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How to object to the harmful plans to partially demolish and inappropriately redevelop Liverpool Street Station
We have prepared this guide to help anyone who wishes to write an objection to the plans to partially demolish and inappropriately redevelop Liverpool Street Station. How do I object…
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…
A new vision for Liverpool Street Station unveiled by John McAslan + Partners
Innovative design by leading UK architect shows desired station improvements could be achieved with minimal passenger disruption Heritage groups welcome fresh thinking at landmark site – and call for pause…
The Victorian Society protects Philip Webb’s only church
St Martin’s is the only church designed by the great architect, Philip Webb. Webb is best known as a progenitor of the Arts and Crafts Movement and designer of country…
Rare Anglican Abbey church and monastic buildings that gave succour to seafarers listed
Our Churches and Senior Conservation Adviser, Connor McNeill wrote in support of the listing of this unique set of buildings for a male Anglican religious community in Hampshire. Although many…
In Memoriam – Remembrance Sunday 2025 – Compton War Memorial
The carved inscription on the monument reads: ‘In honoured memory of the men of Compton who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918. “Through the ages one clear flame…
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