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Save Liverpool Street Station: Write to the Mayor
“This is a critical moment for Liverpool Street Station. A damaging and unnecessary scheme now stands to be approved, unless the Mayor intervenes.” Plans approved by the City of London…
Public urged to write to Mayor to stop damaging and undeliverable Liverpool Street Station scheme
The Victorian Society is calling on the public to write to the Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, urging him to refuse damaging proposals for the redevelopment of Liverpool Street…
Concerns grow for the fate of Special Forces historic ‘Big House’
Inverailort House, in Lochaber in the Highlands, is tragically unlisted and is rapidly growing more dilapidated. It was requisitioned by the legendary Lord Lovat at the end of May 1940…
Restoration of arts and crafts jewel in Wolverhampton wins West Midlands Group conservation award
The Victorian Society’s Birmingham & West Midlands Group has announced its eleventh annual Conservation Award made to the National Trust for their project at Wightwick Manor. The award is sponsored…
Liverpool Street Station Campaign statement following City of London’s decision to grant planning permission to Network Rail
The Liverpool Street Station Campaign (LISSCA) has stood at this point before. In the 1970s, LISSCA was formed to oppose the demolition of the Victorian station buildings and, after years…
The City of London Planning Committee will soon formally consider Network Rail and Acme’s destructive plans for Liverpool Street Station
The City of London Corporation Planning Committee will soon formally consider Network Rail and Acme’s destructive plans for Liverpool Street Station, which induced 2147 resounding objections from members of the…
Manchester Group of the Victorian Society to mark 60th anniversary with celebration of decades of successful campaigns
On 18th January 1966 Nikolaus Pevsner lectured to an audience of 500 on the value of Victorian Architecture in the Great Hall of Manchester Town Hall, providing the catalyst for…
Support the future of the Gardens Trust as an integral consultee
The Government has launched an eight-week consultation, which proposes the removal of the Gardens Trust as a statutory consultee in the planning process. Read the Gardens Trust’s statement here. Support…
Victorian Society secures listed status for unspoilt Essex church
The Victorian Society is delighted to announce that it has successfully secured formal designation and statutory protection for the Church of St Barnabas, a remarkably intact small rural church in…
Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement
The Victorian Society’s Hybrid Spring Lecture Series: 28th January – 18 March 2026 Join us from the 28 January for our next lecture series, excitingly our first in-person series for…
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