2019 - Top Ten Endangered Buildings

Our list of Victorian and Edwardian buildings at risk in 2019

Corn Exchange/Former Town Hall, Swindon

The Grade II-listed Corn Exchange/Former Town Hall in Swindon was built in 1852-54 by Sampson Sage & E Robertson with additions by Wilson and Willcox. This ruined complex at the...

Shadwell Court, Norfolk

The Grade I-listed Shadwell Court in Norfolk was initially built in 1715, but was extended and remodelled out of all recognition in 1840 by Edward Blore and again in 1857-60...

Pelican Works, Birmingham

The Grade II-listed Pelican Works in Birmingham, built c.1868. The Grade II-listed Pelican Works building in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham was built for Thomas Wilkinson of Sheffield as an...

Queensbury Tunnel, Yorkshire

The currently unlisted Queensbury Tunnel in Yorkshire was built between 1874-78 by John Fraser. Queensbury Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel that connects Holmfield and Queensbury in West Yorkshire, England....

Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester

The Grade II-listed Hulme Hippodrome in Manchester was built in 1901 by J. J. Alley. The future of this Manchester landmark hangs in the balance. The Hulme Hippodrome opened its...

​Former Church of St Luke, Cheshire

The Grade II* former Church of St Luke in Warrington, built in 1892 by Bodley & Garner. The former church of St Luke was designed by the distinguished architect George...

Former Leslie Arms Public House, London

The Grade II-listed former Leslie Arms Public House in Croydon, London was built in c.1850. A derelict Arts and Crafts style pub in Croydon, South London. This pub is permanently...

​Everton Library, Liverpool

The Grade II-listed Everton Library in Liverpool was built in 1896 by Thomas Shelmerdine. When the impressive Everton Library opened in 1896 it was one of the earliest public libraries...

​Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, Staffordshire

The Chatterley Whitfield Colliery in Staffordshire was built in the C19 & 20 and is Grade II*-listed and a Scheduled Monument. On the outskirts of Chell in Staffordshire, stands an...

Cowbridge School, Wales

Cowbridge School in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales is currently unlisted. It was built in 1896 by Robert Williams. In a small town in south Wales stands this historic former...

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