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Nominate a building for the 20th edition of the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list
Griff Rhys Jones and the Victorian Society are calling on people across England and Wales to nominate threatened Victorian and Edwardian buildings for the landmark twentieth edition of its Top…
In Memoriam – Remembrance Sunday 2026 – Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp
This War Memorial’s eternal light is maintained by our friends, the London Lamplighters, the service and repair engineers who maintain the capital’s remaining 1,500 historic gas lamps. They tend the…
The Victorian Society establishes Memorial Fund in honour of architectural historian Andrew Saint
The Victorian Society has launched a memorial fund in honour of Professor Andrew Saint (1946–2025), one of Britain’s foremost architectural historians and a longstanding champion of the Society and its…
Restoration and reuse for buildings and structures placed on our Top Ten Endangered Buildings lists 2007 – 2026
As the Society prepares for the 20th edition of our Top Ten Endangered Buildings list in 2027, we look back at some examples from previous Top Ten lists of Victorian…
Remembering Shirley Nicholson (1928 – 2026)
The Victorian Society was saddened to learn of the death of Shirley Nicholson, a longstanding volunteer, distinguished researcher and leading authority on Sambourne House and the Sambourne family. Shirley died,…
Remembering Mary Traynor (1934 – 2025)
Mary Traynor, a Cardiff-based artist and campaigner, died peacefully at home in August 2025, aged 91. She served as Secretary and subsequently Chair of the South Wales Branch of the Victorian…
Government funding announced for four buildings on the Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list
The Society is delighted that Government funding has been announced for no less than four of the buildings on our Top Ten Endangered Buildings list! Historic England and the DCMS…
How was a Grade II-listed church in Manchester allowed to deteriorate to the point of complete demolition?
The Victorian Society is appalled by the destruction of the former All Souls Church on Every Street in Ancoats, Manchester, demolished on the 5th October 2026 after standing for more…
New Bearings in Victorian Architecture – Tickets for Autumn lecture series go on sale
The Victorian Society Autumn 2026 Lecture Series 21st October – 9th December 2026 The Society’s Autumn Lecture Series celebrates the publication of the most ambitious overview of Victorian architecture in…
The Llandudno AGM weekend
Victorian Society members from across England and Wales gathered in Llandudno from 25th – 27th September for the Society’s 2026 Annual General Meeting and a weekend celebrating the remarkable Victorian…
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