2010 - Top Ten Endangered Buildings
Our list of Victorian and Edwardian buildings at risk in 2010
The Grimsby Ice Factory, Gorton Street, The Docks, Grimsby
Key building from fishing’s past derelict and at risk. This vast factory produced ice for Grimsby’s fishing industry for 90 years. The building and its early 20th century ice machinery...
The Unitarian Chapel, Upper Brook Street, Manchester
An early Pugin chapel, roofless since 2005 Grade II*-listed, 1837-9, Charles Barry The former Unitarian Chapel, later known as the Welsh Baptist Chapel is owned by Manchester City Council. It...
Royal Liverpool Seamen’s Orphanage, Newsham Park, Tuebrook, Liverpool
Majestic building suffering badly from rot and neglect Grade II-listed, 1871, Alfred Waterhouse Alfred Waterhouse was commissioned by the Liverpool Seamen’s Orphan Institution to provide a home for children who...
Normansfield Hospital, Kingston Road, Teddington, Middlesex
Impressive private sanitorium in increasingly poor condition (1866, architect unknown, Grade II*) The state of the interior of this former private sanatorium for mentally handicapped children is appalling and clearly...
Old Fire Station, Court Road, Barry, South Wales
Edwardian fire station in an appalling state Grade II-listed, 1901, architect unknown Sadly after sitting empty for nearly 10 years this custom designed Edwardian fire station is now in an...
Former Wedgwood Institute, Queen Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
Important historic building needing repair and a new use Grade II*-listed, 1869, G.B. Nichols, John Lockwood Kipling, Robert Edgar Until recently the Wedgwood Institute was home to Burslem’s public...
Former Moseley School of Art, Moseley Road, Birmingham
Distinguished building in the process of steady decay (1898, W.H. Bidlake, Grade II*) This is an area of Birmingham where a remarkable number of distinguished Victorian and Edwardian buildings...