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19/08/2020
An application was filed on Friday to request leave for a judicial review into Liverpool City Council's decision to allow a zip wire in the heart of Liverpool's World Heritage Site.
01/05/2020
Plans to tear down parts of the Grade II-listed gothic orphanage in Preston are set to go ahead.
17/03/2020
The Victorian Society is sorry to announce that due to the coronavirus outbreak we are cancelling all of our events until further notice. However, apart from event cancellations, we will be running business as usual and continuing our fight to protect our Victorian buildings.
12/03/2020
The Victorian Society requests a public inquiry into the Silverthorne Lane development in a final bid to save an irreplaceable part of Bristol’s industrial heritage.
27/02/2020
The Victorian Society urge Bradford Council to save the remains of a historic piece of Victorian architecture currently facing demolition.
06/02/2020
An incongruously large development planned for Exeter would greatly overshadow the surrounding low-rise historic townscape
10/12/2019
A historic Grade II-listed orphanage complex in Preston faces the wrecking ball to make way for a housing development.
18/11/2019
The Victorian Society expresses its grave concern over reports that Sheffield City Council intends to cut up to 40 jobs within its planning department, stressing that the repercussions of these cuts could result in the loss of many of the city’s historic buildings.
13/09/2019
Christopher Costelloe, Director of the Victorian Society, said: “This year’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings is a particularly rich mix, with buildings of amazing quality throughout the country facing demolition or ruin. With a great country house, one of the country’s most important industrial complexes, and public buildings at the heart of our cities all on the list, it is vital that we get the public’s help to try to save our threatened heritage.”
An overview of 2019’s Top 10 Most Endangered Buildings
21/06/2019
A key part of Mumbai's heritage is under threat from demolition.
09/04/2019
Proposed high-rise development put forward by the developers of the Shard raises major concerns over the loss of Southwark’s industrial heritage.
21/03/2019
The historic Still & Star pub in Aldgate, dating back to the 1800s, faces demolition with a new bid to replace it with an office block.
The only surviving building designed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle could be demolished for new residential units if a planning application gets consent.
The Consistory Court hearing concerning the permanent removal of Bath Abbey’s pews will commence today.
The Grade II-listed Tudno Castle Hotel in Llandudno is set to be completely demolished after botched planning has left it structurally unstable.
08/12/2017
Much of the Victorian interiors of the chancel of St Botolph’s Church in Longthorpe are to be retained following a protracted legal battle between the parish and The Victorian Society.
05/12/2017
The Chancellor of the Diocese of Bath and Wells has granted permission for Bath Abbey to permanently remove its fine nave pews, despite opposition from the Victorian Society.
04/12/2017
The Victorian Society have applied for leave to appeal against the recent judgement in favour of removing the nave pews from Bath Abbey.