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The Victorian Society's first ever Welsh built heritage day in Cardiff
13/07/2022
Join the Victorian Society at Cardiff City Hall for a plethora of talks about Welsh Victorian and Edwardian architecture from heritage experts, celebrity guests and our Vic Soc team. Local heritage groups will be represented on stalls in the hall and the day will be followed by a walk around Cardiff.
Conference: Architectural Sculpture in Britain 1850-1914
13/07/2022
Join Vic Soc at the Art Workers Guild for the conference day: A new aesthetic or ‘mere decoration’? Architectural Sculpture in Britain 1850-1914
Political chaos must not delay plans to restore the Palace of Westminster
12/07/2022
The Victorian Society has written to over 600 MPs and 60 Lords urging them to use debates this week on 12/13 July to push for a firm timeline for the restoration of the Palace of Westminster
Nominations open for the 2022 Top Ten Endangered Buildings List
22/06/2022
Nominations for our annual Top 10 Endangered Buildings campaign are now open!
Ipswich Museum under threat from historically insensitive redevelopment
22/06/2022
Insensitive redevelopment of Ipswich Museum threatens rare survival of Victorian curation
Listing Success in Manchester
23/05/2022
Former Union Bank, Heywood, Manchester, receives Grade II listing.
Young Victorian Committee Elected
10/05/2022
Congratulations to our newly elected Young Victorians Committee.
Sandwell Council Presented The Victorian Society’s West Midlands Group’s Conservation Award
03/05/2022
On Thursday 28th April, Her Majesty’s Deputy Lieutenant for the West Midlands, Mr John Wood, presented Sandwell Council with the Victorian Society’s Birmingham and West Midlands Group’s 2019 Conservation Award for its restoration of Smethwick Council House, built in 1907.
Victorian Society objects to 'badly thought-through' demolition of Victorian Villa in conservation area
21/04/2022
Victorian Society object to demolition of Victorian Villa to make way for new surgery in Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
Successful listing in Birmingham, the Samuel Heath and Sons Head Offices (1888, David Henry Ward)
14/04/2022
Following Victorian Society caseworker, Tim Bridges’, application Historic England has listed the offices for their architectural interest and high-quality craftsmanship as well as the historic interest as testament to Birmingham’s industrial development with Samuel Heath and Son operating on the site since the company’s inception.
Darlaston Police Station (1899-1902, Charles William Davies Joynson) successfully listed
14/04/2022
Following Victorian Society caseworker Tim Bridges’ application Historic England has listed the building and the attached railings at Grade II.
Our new Events Coordinator
12/04/2022
Ruth Miller will be providing events support two days a week to help take forward our events programme.
Listing success for Norfolk Convent
24/03/2022
All of Henry Woodyer’s extant houses of Mercy are now listed, as Abbe Pierre House and Holy Cross House (formerly the house of Mercy and Convent) in Ditchingham, Norfolk, receives grade II status, after the Victorian Society submitted a listing application at the end of last year.
The Threat to Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage: An Open Letter To the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Olga Borisovna Lyubimova
18/03/2022
The Victorian Society with other heritage groups expresses grave concern over the loss of life and the loss of tangible and intangible culture, architectural heritage, art, monuments, archaeology, and collections of art and antiquities in Ukraine
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