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Government commits to consult on making it harder to demolish locally important buildings after the loss of ‘Crooked House’
07/09/2023
The Government has committed to consulting on requiring planning permission to demolish unlisted buildings. Currently most unlisted buildings outside a conservation area can be demolished without planning permission. The move comes in the wake of the controversial demolition of the ‘crooked house’ pub which highlighted the vulnerability of unlisted buildings- irrespective of how loved by local communities they are.
Hornblotton House in Somerset is successfully listed
06/09/2023
We are absolutely delighted that Hornblotton House in Somerset has been listed at Grade II.
Sir John Betjeman's birthday sees launch of major fundraising appeal to Save Liverpool Street Station
23/08/2023
Monday 28th August 2023
Would you like to organise events for the Victorian Society?
18/08/2023
Do you love visiting Victorian and Edwardian heritage or hearing talks about it? Would you like to organise visits to places the public don’t ordinarily get to see? If so, the Victorian Society Events Committee is the place for you.
Network Rail urged not to demolish rare surviving Victorian ticket office in Northumberland
09/08/2023
At a time when the RMT union and rail users are campaigning to retain ticket offices across the UK, Northumberland County Council has approved plans to demolish a historic survivor from the days of steam.
Victorian Society’s online talk series explores what can be learnt from 19th Century railways and their legacy today
Railway Architecture and Society in the Victorian Age - The Victorian Society’s Online Autumn Talk Series 2023
25 October – 6 December 2023
Victorian Society secures listing for Norman Evill house in Stanwix Carlisle
26/07/2023
Grade II, Norman Evill, 1902
Victorian Society secures listing for church in Ruswarp North Yorkshire
St Bartholomew, Ruswarp, North Yorkshire, Grade II, C N Armfield, 1869
Presentation of the Birmingham & West Midlands Group's Conservation Award 2022
24/07/2023
Birmingham & West Midlands Group’s eighth annual conservation award presented by Professor Sir David Cannadine, to Birmingham City University. The Award is sponsored by Hortons’ Estate Limited.
City of London must refuse permission for tower over the top of listed Victorian Turkish Baths to avoid being branded failing on heritage protection
18/07/2023
The Victorian Society is urging the City of London to reject plans to cantilever a tower over a listed Victorian Turkish bath house – the exterior of which is covered in show stopping tiles. Worryingly most of the proposed site is outside the tall building cluster and no listed building consent application has been submitted.
Latest edition of The Victorian is out now - July 2023
The July 2023 edition of The Victorian is devoted to interior decoration.
Fire at Ushaw involving Grade II* St Aloysius Chapel and the Ushaw Junior House
10/07/2023
Victorian Society secures listing for eye-catching former bank in Gateshead
03/07/2023
A second success this summer in the north of England for the listings team is the former Lloyds Bank at 15 West Street, Gateshead.
Victorian Society secures listing for the oldest surviving cricket pavilion in the country located at a first-class cricket ground
29/06/2023
Liverpool Cricket Club's main pavilion has been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, following advice from Historic England. The listing recognises the pavilion's special architectural features and its significance in the history of cricket and sporting events in the North West.
The Victorian Society urges Preston Council not to let flats plan for former Park Hotel extension ruin historic views
28/06/2023
The Victorian Society has objected to plans to extend the elegant former Park Hotel in Preston with a huge L-shaped, wrap around, extension which is 4-5 stories higher than the original building. The hotel site needs sensitive development as it is highly visible from the railway and surrounding listed parks and conservation areas. There is a precedent for further building on the site of the demolished neighbouring 60s tower block, but the current plans will harm the historic building and the surrounding area.
Griff Rhys Jones launches 2023 Top Ten Endangered Buildings list
20/06/2023
The Top Ten Endangered Victorian and Edwardian Buildings list 2023 has beeen revealed by the Victorian Society's President. The full list is here.
Griff Rhys Jones and heritage campaigners to ask Michael Gove to decide Liverpool Street Station’s future
19/06/2023
The campaign to Save Liverpool Street Station (LISSCA) will ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, to ‘call in’ plans to partially demolish Liverpool Street Station and build a tower over the grade II* former great eastern hotel and make the decision himself. The Society urges the public to sign the petition asking Sellar and Network Rail to abandon the plans. If you want to support our work fighting for heritage click here to join.
Life-saving landmark Somerset tower in Rockwell Green features on Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 2023
18/06/2023
Rockwell Green Water Tower in Somerset is on The Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered buildings list 2023. The Victorian Tower now requires a new owner - it would make a unique residential conversion. The Society urges the present owner to sell so the Tower can be sensitively re-used.
The Coach and Horses historic hotel in Wallsend, Sting’s home town, features on Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2023
18/06/2023
The Coach and Horses Hotel in Wallsend is on the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered buildings list 2023. The Grade II listed former hotel is for sale has been empty for years and needs rapid investment.
The Constitutional Club one of Lincoln’s finest Victorian buildings features on Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 2023
18/06/2023
Lincoln’s former Constitutional Club is on The Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 2023. The Grade II listed 1895 building is empty and for sale.
