West Midlands Conservation Award goes to Sandwell Council for their project at West Bromwich Town Hall and Library
The Victorian Society’s Birmingham & West Midlands Group has announced its tenth annual Conservation Award made to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council for their project at West Bromwich Town Hall and...
Call for immediate action to preserve Scarborough’s rare Victorian tennis pavilion
Despite the Victorian Society having placed the former Bramcote Tennis Pavilion on the Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list in May 2024 no action by its owners or the Council...
Rare marine villa in Lyme Regis has listing upgraded to Grade II*
The Victorian Society is delighted that the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Historic England, has accepted our request to upgrade the listing of Upper Cobb...
Sheffield City Council have chosen to delay making the Castlegate area of the City a Conservation Area
Castlegate is a part of the city of Sheffield that has seen the total loss of three significant pieces of the heritage streetscape in the last twelve months: The Market...
First major book on the ‘rogue’ architects of Victorian England
The Rogue Goths – R.L. Roumieu, Joseph Peacock and Bassett Keeling By Edmund Harris Publication date: 28th November 2024 Author Edmund Harris’s book is the latest in the Victorian Society’s...
The Victorian Society secures listing for Church of All Saints, Chigwell Row, Essex
(Grade II, J. P. Seddon, 1867) All Saints is a bold and impressive church from the height of the Victorian Gothic Revival. Opened in 1867 on the edge of Hainault...
Could you be the Fundraising Manager for the Victorian Society?
Fundraising Manager FTE Salary band £35-37.5k pro rata Why not work for the only charity dedicated to fighting to protect our Victorian and Edwardian heritage? The Victorian Society is looking...
We’re hiring a Membership Manager
Membership Manager FTE Salary band £35k–£37.5k pro rata Why not work for the only charity dedicated to fighting to protect and celebrate our Victorian and Edwardian heritage? The Victorian...
Could you be a Conservation Adviser at the Victorian Society?
Conservation Adviser Full time, based in London Salary £26,000-£30,000 The Victorian Society is the national charity campaigning for the Victorian and Edwardian built environment. This is one of the most...
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...
The Victorian Society opposes the needless demolition of Aire Place Mills as permitted development rights continue
An application has been submitted to Leeds City Council to determine if prior approval is required for the complete demolition of Aire Place Mills in Leeds under Permitted Development Rights....
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...