Planning chaos at Liverpool Street Station!
In a highly unusual situation, the public is faced with not one but two live and competing planning applications for the major redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station. The Liverpool Street...
How to object to the harmful plans to partially demolish and inappropriately redevelop Liverpool Street Station
We have prepared this guide to help anyone who wishes to write an objection to the plans to partially demolish and inappropriately redevelop Liverpool Street Station How do I object...
The Victorian Society welcomes two new Conservation Advisers
The Victorian Society is delighted this quarter to welcome both a new Northern Conservation Adviser, Tom Ollivier, and a new Southern Conservation Adviser, Morgan Ellis Leah. Tom Ollivier – Northern...
First major study of the Victorian polymath Matthew Digby Wyatt
Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-77) was a Victorian figure with wide-ranging accomplishments as an architect, administrator, designer, artist, writer and connoisseur. He was a member of the distinguished Wyatt family of...
Victorian and Edwardian Women in Architecture
Winter Online Talks Series 29 January – 18 March 2025 This winter lecture series organised by Lynne Walker provides the opportunity to engage with recent, path-breaking research by leading experts,...
LISSCA says “Do not pass go, do not collect £1.5 Billion: Don’t let Network Rail and the City play Monopoly with Liverpool Street Station”
Time to pause – and question Network Rail’s plans. The Liverpool Street Station Campaign (LISSCA), headed by Griff Rhys Jones, has carefully considered the latest plans for Liverpool Street Station....
Birmingham Council’s lack of enforcement action threatens heritage in the city
Threat to heritage may multiply as more councils stave off bankruptcy The Victorian Society and its regional West Midlands and Birmingham Group are concerned at the current situation in relation...
Nominations for the Victorian Society’s Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 2025 are now open!
The Victorian Society is asking the public to nominate threatened Victorian and Edwardian buildings for their list of Top 10 Endangered Buildings to be announced in 2025. The Society’s Top...
James Grierson appointed Chair of the Victorian Society
The Victorian Society is delighted to announce the appointment of James Grierson as Chair of the Society in succession to Professor Hilary Grainger OBE. James is a Chartered Surveyor with...
Lord Mayor of Bradford to welcome Victorian Society to the city for its AGM and weekend of architectural exploration
Friday 4 October to Sunday 6 October 2024 AGM from 2.45pm at Midland Hotel, Bradford BD1 4HU The Victorian Society, the national charity that campaigns for Victorian and Edwardian buildings...
Come and visit our listed HQ as part of Open House Festival 2024
We are opening our listed offices as part of this year’s Open House Festival. We are based in Bedford Park, Chiswick. The building is Grade II, built in 1880 and...