2021 - Top Ten Endangered Buildings
Our list of Victorian and Edwardian buildings at risk in 2021
Icknield Street School, Birmingham, Grade II* Listed, by J.H. Chamberlain of Martin and Chamberlain, 1883
Icknield Street School is in urgent need of repairs. Water leaks from the slate roofs and gutters are now causing damage to both the roof and walls. Grade II*-listed, 1883,...
Indoor Market, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Unlisted, Architect Unknown, (1897)
The market tells the story of Burslem’s rise and subsequent decline, with its ghost signs and fading advertisements from the Victorian era that still adorn several closed shops attached to...
Jones & Higgins Department Store, London, Unlisted, Henry Jarvis & Sons, 1894
Once a key part of a ‘Golden Mile’, this department store is in a terrible state. Unlisted, 1867, Harvey Jarvis The Jones and Higgins Department Store opened at the intersection...
Minley Home Farm, Hampshire, Unlisted, Arthur Castings, 1896
This innovative model farmstead is facing calls for demolition. Unlisted, 1896, Arthur Castings Minley Home Farm was completed circa 1896 to designs by Arthur Castings, then an associate to George...
Oldham Equitable Cooperative Society (Hill Stores), Oldham, Grade 2 listed, Thomas Taylor, 1900
This legacy of the Oldham cooperative movement is in need of urgent repairs. Grade II-listed, 1900, Thomas Taylor The Oldham Equitable Cooperative Society consolidated its presence in Oldham in 1900,...
Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff, Grade 2 Listed, Oatley and Skinner, 1902-1908
The hospital first opened in 1908 as ‘Cardiff Lunatic Asylum’, in the typical style for medical facilities – with a spine of central administrative blocks, and to each side, five-storey...
Church of St Helen, Biscathorpe, Lincolnshire, Grade II* Listed, W. A. Nicholson, 1847
The Church of St Helen, Biscathorpe stands nearly alone, its former village having long since disappeared. Rebuilt on the site of the old church in 1847 by W. A. Nicholson...
Coal Drops, Halifax, Grade II, Architect unknown, 1874
This rare survival continues to deteriorate. Grade II-listed, 1874, architect unknown The Halifax Coal Drops, built for the Ovenden and Halifax Junction Railway in 1874, is a rare and large-scale...
Healings Flour Mill and Warehouses, Tewkesbury, Grade II, by W H James of Tewkesbury for Samuel Healing and Son, 1865-6
Operations ceased at the mill in 2006, and the complex of buildings is now derelict. Grade II-listed, 1865-6, architect unknown The former Healings Flour Mill was started in 1865 and...