News

Complete list of news items

• LISSCA sends letter to the Editor of The Times 10 May 2023
• Could you be our next Chair of the Board of Trustees? 05 May 2023
• The Victorian Society’s amendments removing permitted development rights for demolition debated in the House of Lords 28 April 2023
• Griff Rhys Jones and heritage campaigners to ask Michael Gove to decide Liverpool Street Station’s future 27 April 2023
• Book tickets for our AGM weekend and discover Bath’s Victorian heritage this October 27 April 2023
• 10 difficult questions to ask about the Liverpool Street Station demolition plans! 19 April 2023
• ​The Victorian Society encourages people to object to insensitive 10 storey tower at Gloucester’s historic docks 29 March 2023
• City of London’s protection of heritage and the environment questioned as tower overshadowing Leadenhall Market approved 15 March 2023
• Rent office space at our Grade II listed headquarters in Chiswick, London 14 March 2023
• The Victorian Society objects to insensitive redevelopment of historic brewery maltings in Dorchester 10 March 2023
• The latest Victorian magazine is now available to our members 03 March 2023
• The Victorian Society’s climate emergency push to require planning permission for demolition 03 March 2023
• The Victorian Society seeks listing for historic Somerset rectory designed by famous architects to prevent its demolition 17 February 2023
• The Victorian Society seeks listing for historic West Sussex rectory designed by a famous architect to prevent demolition 16 February 2023
• Tettenhall Court one of the finest Arts and Crafts houses in Wolverhampton successfully listed 15 February 2023
• Little Barford Manor House in Bedfordshire successfully listed 15 February 2023
• Birmingham City University Wins 2022 West Midlands Conservation Award 11 February 2023
• The Victorian Society objects to plans to demolish historic carriage showrooms in Manchester 09 February 2023
• Relaunched Liverpool Street Station Campaign names Griff Rhys Jones as President and asks public to sign petition 03 February 2023
• The Pevsner Architectural Guides in the 21st Century 24 January 2023
• Liverpool Street Station Development Consultation Begins in London 18 January 2023
• The Victorian Society welcomes the charity’s new Media and Communications Manager 12 January 2023
• Liverpool Street Station listing revisions should spell end for demolition plans 08 December 2022
• Don’t miss your chance to object to demolition plans at Liverpool Street Station! 23 November 2022
• The Victorian Society urges Westminster Council not to remove historic gaslights 11 November 2022
• VicSoc Welsh Heritage Day in Cardiff Saturday 3 September 19 July 2022
• The Victorian Society AGM in Nottingham 18 July 2022
• ​Political chaos must not delay plans to restore the Palace of Westminster 12 July 2022
• Nominations open for the 2022 Top Ten Endangered Buildings List 22 June 2022
• ​Ipswich Museum under threat from historically insensitive redevelopment 22 June 2022
• Listing Success in Manchester 23 May 2022
• Young Victorian Committee Elected 10 May 2022
• Sandwell Council Presented The Victorian Society’s West Midlands Group’s Conservation Award 03 May 2022
• The Victorian Society objects to ‘badly thought-through’ demolition of Victorian Villa in conservation area 21 April 2022
• ​Successful listing in Birmingham, the Samuel Heath and Sons Head Offices (1888, David Henry Ward) 14 April 2022
• ​Darlaston Police Station (1899-1902, Charles William Davies Joynson) successfully listed 14 April 2022
• Our new Events Coordinator 12 April 2022
• ​Listing success for Norfolk Convent 24 March 2022
• The Threat to Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage: An Open Letter ​To the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Olga Borisovna Lyubimova 18 March 2022
• ​Theatres in the Spotlight – Spring 2022 Edition of the Victorian Magazine Out Now 09 March 2022
• Midlands Industrial Association Limited wins The Victorian Society Birmingham and West Midlands 2021 Conservation Award 22 February 2022
• ​Surprise ruling in case of G. E. Street’s St Mary the Virgin, Wheatley, Oxfordshire 11 February 2022
• We are hiring: The Victorian Society is looking for an Events Co-ordinator 28 January 2022
• The Victorian Society’s 2021 Top 10 Endangered Buildings 13 December 2021
• Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff, Grade 2 Listed, Oatley and Skinner, 1902-1908 10 December 2021
• Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Church of St Helen, Biscathorpe, Lincolnshire, Grade II* Listed, W. A. Nicholson, 1847 10 December 2021
• Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Oldham Equitable Cooperative Society (Hill Stores), Oldham, Grade 2 listed, Thomas Taylor, 1900 10 December 2021
• Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Minley Home Farm, Hampshire, Unlisted, Arthur Castings, 1896 10 December 2021
• Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Jones & Higgins Department Store, London, Unlisted, Henry Jarvis & Sons, 1894 10 December 2021
• Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Indoor Market, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Unlisted, Architect Unknown, (1897) 10 December 2021
• Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Icknield Street School, Birmingham, Grade II* Listed, by J.H. Chamberlain of Martin and Chamberlain, 1883 10 December 2021
• Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Healings Flour Mill and Warehouses, Tewkesbury, Grade II, by W H James of Tewkesbury for Samuel Healing and Son, 1865-6 10 December 2021
• Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Horncliffe House, Lancashire, Grade-II listed, Architect Unknown, 1869 10 December 2021
• Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Coal Drops, Halifax, Grade II, Architect unknown, 1874 10 December 2021
• ​Remembering Geoff Brandwood 30 November 2021
• The Victorian Society is Updating – Joining the fight to save Victorian and Edwardian Heritage is even easier 12 October 2021
• Andrew Saint: London 1870-1914: a City at its Zenith – Book Sale Now on 23 September 2021
• Book your place now for our online talk series: Building the Victorian and Edwardian terraced house 20 September 2021
• Want to save a threatened historic building? Nominate it for our top ten endangered list 2021 12 August 2021
• The Victorian Society and Georgian Group unite to oppose demolition of listed buildings which tell the story of Manchester’s past 29 July 2021
• The Victorian Society saddened by the loss of Liverpool’s World Heritage status 21 July 2021
• The Victorian Society calls for better protection of UK’s World Heritage sites 13 July 2021
• The Victorian Society listing success for lodge and gateway in park associated with David Bowie 23 June 2021
• Council urged not to destroy last pub on historic ‘golden mile’ 28 May 2021
• The Victorian Society urges Kinmel Hall’s new buyer to carry out critical repairs 19 May 2021
• South Cambridgeshire District Council urged to stop Hotel Felix demolition 17 May 2021
• The Victorian Society saves country house delisted by accident from demolition 04 May 2021
• The Victorian Society’s Birmingham & West Midlands Group commend restoration of Victorian school saved from demolition 24 April 2021
• Crunch time for rotting ‘Versailles of Wales’ as The Victorian Society urges suitable buyers to come forward 18 March 2021
• Fight to save building designed by Sherlock Holmes author reflecting his spiritualist beliefs 11 March 2021
• The Victorian Society urges Secretary of State to prevent harm to some of London’s most important Victorian buildings 09 March 2021
• Virtual book launch: AWN Pugin by David Frazer Lewis 02 March 2021
• The Victorian Society urges Mayor to reject Brixton’s Hondo Tower on environmental grounds 08 February 2021
• Worcester’s Vesta Tilley House shouldn’t face the wrecking ball due to non-listing 29 January 2021
• Listing success for The Victorian Society’s Leicester Group 29 January 2021
• Protect London’s historic heart from skyscrapers’ uncontrolled spread 28 January 2021
• The Victorian Society succeeds in having historic bank Grade II-listed 26 January 2021
• The Victorian Society slams damaging changes to Preston’s landmark Grade I-listed Harris Museum 07 January 2021
• The Victorian Society back local campaign to stop towering 20-storey development in Brixton 05 January 2021
• High Court quashes planning permission for skyscraper after The Victorian Society advice ignored 11 December 2020
• The Victorian Society asks Secretary of State to call in Exeter’s Harlequins development 10 December 2020
• Listing success for The Victorian Society’s Birmingham Group 03 December 2020
• The Victorian Society applies for listings to protect Worcester’s historic cityscape 19 November 2020
• Herefordshire Council must reject demolition of historic rectory to reach 2030 environmental targets   11 November 2020
• The Victorian Society comments ‘should not be brushed aside’ says judge in Birmingham skyscraper challenge 05 November 2020
• Victorian society expresses concerns over proposed planning changes 30 October 2020
• Listing success for The Victorian Society’s Leicester Group 22 October 2020
• The Victorian Society’s Top 10 Most Endangered Buildings list 2020 30 September 2020
• Joe O’Donnell appointed new Director of the The Victorian Society 10 September 2020
• Win for the The Victorian Society as Liverpool zip wire blocked after our legal challenge 03 September 2020
• The Victorian Society legal challenge to Liverpool Council’s zip wire decision 19 August 2020
• The Victorian Society slams Liverpool Council’s approval of zip wire 20 July 2020
• The Victorian Society celebrates as plans are approved to finally restore Smithfield Market 24 June 2020
• The Victorian Society urges councils and owners to protect historic buildings from arson 28 May 2020
• The Victorian Society condemns Birmingham police station’s needless destruction 27 May 2020
• Partial demolition plans for St Joseph’s in Preston recommended for approval 01 May 2020
• The Victorian Society calls for public inquiry into losing a key part of Bristol’s waterside heritage 12 March 2020
• The Victorian Society calls for reuse of Bradford’s historic Fountain Hall 27 February 2020
• Birmingham & West Midlands group’s 2019 Conservation Award winner announced 10 February 2020
• Historic Exeter deserves better 06 February 2020
• The Victorian Society winter lecture series 10 January 2020
• The Victorian Society oppose unnecessary loss of Preston’s gothic Victorian orphanage 10 December 2019
• Who will protect Sheffield’s historic buildings from circling developers? The Victorian Society slams reports of proposal to slash planning department 18 November 2019
• The Victorian Society announce Top 10 Most Endangered Buildings 2019 13 September 2019
• The Victorian Society’s 2019 Top 10 Endangered Buildings 11 September 2019
• Save the historic Watson’s Hotel Building 21 June 2019
• Fisons Factory fire 10 April 2019
• Towering office block would be a shattering blow to Southwark’s industrial heritage 09 April 2019
• The Birmingham & West Midlands group of the The Victorian Society donates £2000 to Birmingham Cathedral restoration project 08 April 2019
• Save the Still and Star! 21 March 2019
• Presentation to winner of 2017 Conservation Award 22 January 2019
• Save Conan Doyle’s last building from demolition 14 December 2017
• Fight for Bath Abbey pews culminates in Consistory Court hearing 11 December 2017
• Irresponsible development razes Tudno Castle Hotel 09 December 2017
• Grade I St Botolph’s to keep chancel fixtures following heritage battle 08 December 2017
• Defeat for Bath’s heritage as Abbey pew removal is permitted 05 December 2017
• Not over yet: The Victorian Society appeals against Bath Abbey judgement 04 December 2017
• Save our gasholders! Iconic skyline at The Oval at risk of being lost 03 December 2017
• Griff Rhys Jones appointed President of the The Victorian Society 02 December 2017
• Fison’s Fertiliser Factory in Bramford, Suffolk on 2017 Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 12 September 2017
• New Tiger’s Head pub in South East London on 2017 Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 12 September 2017
• The Victorian Society marks 10 years of endangered buildings campaign with new top 10 list 12 September 2017
• Chance’s Glassworks in Smethwick on 2017 Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 12 February 2017
• Derby’s Great Northern Railway Warehouse Derby on 2017 Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 12 February 2017
• Feversham Street First School on 2017 Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 12 February 2017
• Llanelli’s Buckley’s Brewery Maltings on 2017 Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 12 February 2017
• Ince-in-Makerfield cemetery chapels near Wigan on 2017 Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 12 February 2017
• Folkestone’s Leas Pavilion on 2017 Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 12 February 2017
• St Andrew’s Church in Huddersfield on 2017 Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 12 February 2017
• St Helen’s Cannington bottle shop on 2017 Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 12 February 2017
• Top Ten endangered buildings list highlights neglect outside South East 14 September 2016
• Cardiff’s old Bute Road Station on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 13 September 2016
• Philip Webb’s Red Barns in Redcar on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 13 September 2016
• Wakefield’s Clayton Hospital on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 13 September 2016
• Stafford’s Old Library on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 13 September 2016
• Preston’s Mount Street Hospital on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 13 September 2016
• St Joseph’s Seminary near Wigan on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 13 September 2016
• Wigan cotton mill on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 13 September 2016
• Grimsby mill tower on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 13 September 2016
• St Paul’s Church, Chester on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 13 September 2016
• Barnstaple’s Oliver Buildings on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 13 September 2016
• Brighton’s Madeira Terrace on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings 15 September 2015
• Carlisle hotel on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list 15 September 2015
• Kinmel Hall in Conwy on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list 15 September 2015
• Ipswich’s Tolly Cobbold brewery on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list 15 September 2015
• Hunslet Mill and Victoria Works in Leeds on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list 15 September 2015
• London’s Ladywell Baths on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 15 September 2015
• Overstone Hall, Northampton, on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list 15 September 2015
• Sheerness Boat Store, Kent, on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list 15 September 2015
• Wolverhampton’s St Luke’s Church on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 15 September 2015
• Weston-super-Mare’s Birnbeck Pier on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list 15 September 2015
• Griff Rhys Jones launches 2015 Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 15 September 2015
• Sheffield’s missing Crimean War Monument 07 October 2014
• Trentham Hall, Staffordshire 07 October 2014
• Crumlin Navigation Colliery 07 October 2014
• Abney Park Cemetery Chapel, Stoke Newington 07 October 2014
• Tonedale Mill, Somerset 07 October 2014
• All Souls Church, Hastings, East Sussex 07 October 2014
• Cardiff Coal Exchange 07 October 2014
• Hartlepool’s former Wesley Chapel 07 October 2014
• Greengate Public Baths, Salford 07 October 2014
• Hammerhead crane, Isle of Wight 07 October 2014
• Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings 2014 revealed 07 October 2014
• Palace Theatre, Plymouth 16 October 2013
• Royal Victorian Pavilion in Ramsgate 16 October 2013
• Winteringham School and School Board Offices, Grimsby, Lincolnshire 16 October 2013
• St John’s Church, Crawshawbooth, Lancashire 16 October 2013
• Haggerston Baths, Hackney, London 16 October 2013
• Fenton Town Hall, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent 16 October 2013
• Jumbo Water Tower, Colchester 16 October 2013
• Heeley Bank School, Sheffield 16 October 2013
• Accrington Conservative Club, Lancashire 16 October 2013
• Palace Theatre, Swansea 16 October 2013
• Revealed: top ten endangered Victorian and Edwardian buildings 2013 16 October 2013
• Revealed: nation’s Top Ten most endangered buildings 2012 17 October 2012
• Wingfield Station, Derbyshire 17 October 2012
• Langton Dock Pumphouse, Bootle, Merseyside 17 October 2012
• Holborn Circus, London 17 October 2012
• Hendrefoilan House, Sketty, Swansea 17 October 2012
• Agecroft Chapel, Salford 17 October 2012
• Waterloo Hotel and Grill, Smethwick, West Midlands 17 October 2012
• Mechanics Institute, Swindon 17 October 2012
• St Peter and St Paul, Birch, Essex 17 October 2012
• Butterley Spillway, Marsden, West Yorkshire 17 October 2012
• Ipswich’s former County Hall 17 October 2012
• The cemetery chapels survey 23 November 2011
• Temple Mill, Leeds 10 October 2011
• Broadmoor Hospital, Berkshire 09 October 2011
• Wansford Station, Peterborough 09 October 2011
• Crumpsall and Cheetham District Library 09 October 2011
• Ancoats Dispensary 09 October 2011
• Former South Eastern Railway offices, London 09 October 2011
• Manningham Baths 09 October 2011
• Cricket Pavilion, Bletchley 09 October 2011
• Former YMCA building, Merthyr Tydfil 09 October 2011
• The Old Rectory, Columb Major 09 October 2011
• Hammerton School, Ouseburn Road, Darnall, Sheffield 09 October 2011
• The Victorian Society declares Manningham Pool a heritage crime scene 08 July 2011
• Give Manningham Pool one last chance! 23 June 2011
• Tell Bradford Council why the pool must stay open! 20 April 2011
• Saturday free for all at threatened Bradford pool 06 April 2011
• Historic London pool restored 10 March 2011
• Council urged not to close historic Bradford pool 23 February 2011
• Former Moseley School of Art, Moseley Road, Birmingham 11 October 2010
• Normansfield Hospital, Kingston Road, Teddington, Middlesex 11 October 2010
• The Grimsby Ice Factory, Gorton Street, The Docks, Grimsby 11 October 2010
• Bradgate House Stables, Bradgate Hill, Groby, Leicestershire 11 October 2010
• 30 Euston Square, London 11 October 2010
• The Unitarian Chapel, Upper Brook Street, Manchester 11 October 2010
• Old Fire Station, Court Road, Barry, South Wales 11 October 2010
• Former Wedgwood Institute, Queen Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 11 October 2010
• Royal Liverpool Seamen’s Orphanage, Newsham Park, Tuebrook, Liverpool 11 October 2010
• Council urged not to close historic Staffordshire pool 11 January 2010
• Grand finale of 1000 Year Swim 02 September 2008
• Why the 1000 year swim? 01 September 2008
• When? It’s all over! 01 September 2008
• What people have been saying about the 1000 year swim challenge 01 September 2008
• Health Hydro, Swindon 27 August 2008
• St Luke’s pool, Brighton 27 August 2008
• Manningham baths, Bradford 06 August 2008
• Batley baths 05 August 2008
• Queensbury pool, Bradford 05 August 2008
• Camberwell baths 30 July 2008
• Camberwell baths 30 July 2008
• Beverley Road baths, Hull 28 July 2008
• Bramley baths, Leeds 25 July 2008
• Campaigners fight on for London’s longest-serving pool 11 June 2008