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Griff Rhys Jones launches 2015 Top Ten Endangered Buildings list

Top Ten Endangered Victorian and Edwardian Buildings in England and Wales 2015 revealed

Sheffield’s missing Crimean War Monument

This tribute to Britain’s war dead has been broken up and placed in storage for over ten years, the column feared lost. We call on Sheffield Council to set out its plans for the monument in time for Remembrance Day.

Trentham Hall, Staffordshire

Once part of England’s grandest country houses, mostly demolished in 1912 due to pollution in the River Trent, the remains give an idea of the Hall’s former glory but are in a very poor state

Crumlin Navigation Colliery

A nationally important, nearly complete, complex of both Grade II* and II buildings. Plans for use as community hub at risk due to pollution

Abney Park Cemetery Chapel, Stoke Newington

The oldest surviving non-denominational chapel in Europe, and Hosking’s only surviving public building, is now a picturesque ruin on the brink of being lost without immediate action

Tonedale Mill, Somerset

Plans to redevelop the site fell through during the recession, but as the housing market recovers, is a sensitive housing scheme now viable?

All Souls Church, Hastings, East Sussex

Grade II*-listed church at risk of demolition

Cardiff Coal Exchange

Declared unsafe and in imminent danger of collapse by Cardiff Council in 2013, a thorough heritage assessment is urgently needed

Hartlepool’s former Wesley Chapel

Prominent Grade II-listed landmark deteriorating while awaiting hotel conversion

Greengate Public Baths, Salford

Action needed to save this rare survival of a handsome early public baths designed by one of Manchester’s best 19th century architects

Hammerhead crane, Isle of Wight

Giant cantilever crane in Cowes used for the production of naval warships

Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings 2014 revealed

The Victorian Society annouces the Top Ten following a national appeal for nominations

Palace Theatre, Plymouth

Flamboyant theatre, one of Plymouth's finest buildings, continues to decay

Royal Victorian Pavilion in Ramsgate

Seafront pavilion dilapidated and neglected

Winteringham School and School Board Offices, Grimsby, Lincolnshire

16/10/2013

Charming former College of Art & Design and gabled offices in critical condition

St John’s Church, Crawshawbooth, Lancashire

Catastrophic damage caused by lead theft

Haggerston Baths, Hackney, London

Neglected public baths in search of new role

Fenton Town Hall, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent

Public access to WWI memorial and fine vaulted chamber at risk

Jumbo Water Tower, Colchester

Colchester’s skyline at risk from insensitive redevelopment

Heeley Bank School, Sheffield

Closure and vandalism hit fine Victorian school