2026 - Top Ten Endangered Buildings

Our list of Victorian and Edwardian buildings at risk in 2026

Former Library and Mechanics Institute Devonport

Added to the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list in 2026 Grade II, A. Norman, 1843-44 The former Library and Mechanics’ Institute in Devonport is a significant early Victorian...

St Michael’s Cemetery Chapel Sheffield

Added to the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 2026 Grade II, Charles Hadfield, 1898 St Michael’s Roman Catholic Cemetery Chapel in Sheffield’s City Road Cemetery is a striking...

Parndon Hall Harlow

Added to the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list in 2026. Grade II, possibly Joseph Clarke, 1867 Parndon Hall is a remarkable Victorian house now standing neglected within the...

Former Oakes School Huddersfield

Added to the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list in 2026. Grade II, Charles Fowler, 1873; extended by Ben Stocks, 1885 The long empty and seriously decaying buildings of...

Faenol Mausoleum

Grade II, Henry Kennedy of Bangor, late 1870s Set within woodland just off the Wales Coast Path, the Faenol Mausoleum appears at first glance to be a romantic folly. In...

Former Strand Railway Station and Railwaymen’s Club, Barrow in Furness

Added to the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list in 2026 Grade II, Architect, E. G. Paley, 1863 The former Strand Railway Station in Barrow-in-Furness is a significant survivor...

The New Market Hall Bridgnorth

Added to the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list in 2026 Grade II, Robert Griffiths of Quatford, 1855 -1859 Prominently positioned on Bridgnorth’s High Street, the New Market Hall...

The Tees Transporter Bridge

Added to the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list in 2026. Grade II*, Engineer: G.C. Imbault, construction: Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd, 1911 The Tees Transporter Bridge –...

Hackney Borough Disinfecting Station

Added to the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list in 2026 Grade II, Gordon and Gunton, 1901 On the eastern edge of Hackney, in Clapton, stands a remarkable and...

Former Derby School of Art

Added to Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings List 2026 Grade II*, F.W. Waller, 1876 with additions 1899 The former Derby School of Art is one of the city’s most...