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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…
The Red House in Godalming
An Early and Seminal House by Sir Edwin Lutyens The recent offering for sale of The Red House presents an important opportunity to recognise not only one of the earliest…
Roof collapse at the Old Town Hall in Sheffield
A photo posted on social media, and drone footage commissioned by the Victorian Society, confirm that part of the Old Town Hall roof in Sheffield has collapsed. The Grade…
We’re hiring an Evaluation Consultant
The Victorian Society is looking for an Evaluation Consultant to support the monitoring and impact evaluation of our project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund: Capacity Building for a…
Griff Rhys Jones launches the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 2026
The Society’s President Griff Rhys Jones OBE appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme on 28th April to reveal the Society’s 2026 list of Top Ten Endangered Buildings for England and…
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…
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