2011 - Top Ten Endangered Buildings

Our list of Victorian and Edwardian buildings at risk in 2011

Wansford Station, Peterborough

Jacobean-style gem suffering from dry rot and collapsing floors This delicate Jacobean style building on the old Northampton to Peterborough line is a gem of a station, with its picturesque...

Temple Mill, Leeds

Rare Egyptian style mill crumbling after years of neglect A former flax mill designed to look like an ancient Egyptian temple has been included on the The Victorian Society’s list...

The Old Rectory, Columb Major

Picturesque rectory filled with unique detail in need of urgent repairs The Old Rectory is an immensely picturesque house and one of William White’s most important works. Built on the...

Manningham Baths

Uniquely intact Edwardian pool closed, future uncertain   The Victorian Society has fought hard to keep Bradford’s unique and extraordinarily intact Edwardian swimming pool open to the public, but in...

Former YMCA building, Merthyr Tydfil

Striking terracotta facade disguising the most appalling dereliction   The striking building is an early work by one of Wales’ most important architects, Sir Percy Thomas, who was also responsible...

Hammerton School, Ouseburn Road, Darnall, Sheffield

Attractive old school unguarded and left to vandals   (1904, W.J.Hale, Grade II) W.J. Hale built only a handful of schools for the Sheffield School Board, but this is considered...

Crumpsall and Cheetham District Library

Irreplaceable Baroque library under attack from vandals, thieves and arsonists   The former Crumpsall and Cheetham District Library stopped lending books back in 1974, after which it was used as...

Cricket Pavilion, Bletchley

Attractive pavilion repeatedly targeted by vandals and thieves   The Bletchley Cricket Pavilion was built in the 1890s as part of the expansion of the Bletchley Park Estate commissioned by...

Broadmoor Hospital, Berkshire

Country’s first criminal asylum at risk from over-development   Broadmoor Hospital in Crowthorne is at risk because of an ambitious and damaging plan to demolish part of the original hospital,...

Ancoats Dispensary

Historically significant ‘friend of the poor’ facing demolition The Grade II-listed Ancoats Dispensary on Old Mill Street was built in 1891 to treat patients who did not qualify for the...

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