Fine Edwardian girls’ school joins the list at Grade II* following application by Victorian Society

An application by the Society’s Birmingham and West Midlands Group has led to the listing of the King Edward VI Handsworth Girls’ School in Birmingham. The grammar school was designed by...

Griff Rhys Jones reveals the Victorian Society’s list of Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2025

The Society’s President, Griff Rhys Jones OBE, has today launched the list of the Top Ten Endangered Buildings in England and Wales. The buildings in the Top Ten are nationally...

The show will go on as the DCMS lists The Futurist Cinema in Birmingham

The Victorian Society is delighted that the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Historic England, has accepted our Birmingham & West Midlands Conservation Adviser’s request to...

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...

Our Liverpool Regional Group marks its 60th anniversary

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of our Liverpool Regional Group. Our members in Liverpool will be celebrating at their AGM on 18th January, and throughout 2025....

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,...

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...