2016 - Top Ten Endangered Buildings
Our list of Victorian and Edwardian buildings at risk in 2016
Wigan cotton mill on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list
Rylands Mill which has been lying derelict since the early 2000s now needs a new owner to secure its future Grade II-listed, 1866, George Woodhouse The former Gidlow Mill was...
Wakefield’s Clayton Hospital on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list
Wakefield Grammar School Foundation which owns buildings around Clayton Hospital urged to withdraw planning application for total demolition of the hospital and to reuse fine hospital building Locally listed, 1879...
St Joseph’s Seminary near Wigan on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list
St Joseph’s Seminary in Upholland, Lancashire needs new purpose to avoid decaying further Grade II-listed, 1880-83, J O’Byrne; extended 1921-8, Pugin and Pugin Described in The Tablet as ‘one of...
St Paul’s Church, Chester on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list
Grade II* church on the banks of the Dee with stunning interior and stained glass in process of closing while slowly deteriorating Grade II*-listed, 1876, extended 1902, John Douglas From...
Stafford’s Old Library on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list
Stafford Borough Council urged to consider compulsory purchase and transfer to the community group to reopen the building as a multi-purpose arts/cultural hub Grade II-listed, 1913, Briggs, Wolstenholme and Thorneley...
Philip Webb’s Red Barns in Redcar on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list
Former home of pioneering Victorian explorer Gertrude Bell at risk after developer’s plans for housing stall Grade II*-listed, 1868, Phillip Webb Red Barns is an architecturally significant building, designed by...
Preston’s Mount Street Hospital on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list
Sensitive plans urgently needed for Preston’s former orphanage for destitute girls and later convalescent home Grade II-listed, 1872, R.W. Hughes St. Joseph’s Orphange was commissioned in 1872, by order of...
Grimsby mill tower on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list
Action needed to secure future of silo tower at Victoria Mills Grade II-listed, 1889 and 1906, Sir William Gelder of Hull Victoria Mills was built in phases between 1889 and...