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The Victorian Society is very pleased to announce Joe O’Donnell as its new Director.
03/09/2020
The Mayor of Liverpool has blocked plans to build an intrusive zip wire attraction in the heart of Liverpool’s historic civic buildings.
19/08/2020
An application was filed on Friday to request leave for a judicial review into Liverpool City Council's decision to allow a zip wire in the heart of Liverpool's World Heritage Site.
20/07/2020
The Victorian Society deplores the recent decision of Liverpool City Council to grant planning permission for a zip wire between St John’s Beacon and the Central Library building.
24/06/2020
Plans to transform the historic market into the Museum of London have been officially approved.
28/05/2020
Following yet another major blaze at a listed building, pressure mounts on councils to do more to protect our precious historic buildings. The Victorian Society warns councils that we face losing many more important buildings to arson unless urgent action is taken to secure them properly.
27/05/2020
A characterful Victorian police station in Birmingham imminently faces the wrecking ball. The historic structure, built by prominent architects, is deemed ‘inconvenient’ - standing in the way of a road-widening scheme.
01/05/2020
Plans to tear down parts of the Grade II-listed gothic orphanage in Preston are set to go ahead.
12/03/2020
The Victorian Society requests a public inquiry into the Silverthorne Lane development in a final bid to save an irreplaceable part of Bristol’s industrial heritage.
27/02/2020
The Victorian Society urge Bradford Council to save the remains of a historic piece of Victorian architecture currently facing demolition.
10/02/2020
The Birmingham & West Midlands group of the Victorian Society have named Sandwell Council as the winners of their 2019 Conservation Award for the restoration of Smethwick Council House.
06/02/2020
An incongruously large development planned for Exeter would greatly overshadow the surrounding low-rise historic townscape
10/01/2020
The Victorian Society launch a series of lectures exploring the imaginative conservation and reuse of historic buildings.
10/12/2019
A historic Grade II-listed orphanage complex in Preston faces the wrecking ball to make way for a housing development.
18/11/2019
The Victorian Society expresses its grave concern over reports that Sheffield City Council intends to cut up to 40 jobs within its planning department, stressing that the repercussions of these cuts could result in the loss of many of the city’s historic buildings.
13/09/2019
Christopher Costelloe, Director of the Victorian Society, said: “This year’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings is a particularly rich mix, with buildings of amazing quality throughout the country facing demolition or ruin. With a great country house, one of the country’s most important industrial complexes, and public buildings at the heart of our cities all on the list, it is vital that we get the public’s help to try to save our threatened heritage.”
An overview of 2019’s Top 10 Most Endangered Buildings
21/06/2019
A key part of Mumbai's heritage is under threat from demolition.
09/04/2019
Proposed high-rise development put forward by the developers of the Shard raises major concerns over the loss of Southwark’s industrial heritage.