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Largest brick-built heritage structure in UK threatened by encroaching new development
The Victorian Society is concerned that the Grade II* Stockport Viaduct, a major feat of British engineering and a pioneering structure of the early railway age, will be badly impacted…
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…
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….
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…
Victorian and Edwardian Women in Architecture
Winter Online Talks Series 29 January – 11 March 2025 This winter lecture series organised by Lynne Walker provides the opportunity to engage with recent, path-breaking research by leading experts,…
LISSCA says “Do not pass go, do not collect £1.5 Billion: Don’t let Network Rail and the City play Monopoly with Liverpool Street Station”
Time to pause – and question Network Rail’s plans. The Liverpool Street Station Campaign (LISSCA), headed by Griff Rhys Jones, has carefully considered the latest plans for Liverpool Street Station….
The Victorian Society celebrates the listing of the Market Hotel on Station Street Birmingham
The Society is absolutely delighted that the Secretary of State and Historic England have agreed to back our Birmingham Conservation Adviser’s call for the listing of the former Market Hotel…
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…
The Victorian Society secures listing for Church of St Mary in Crossway Green
(Grade II, Thomas Vale, 1882) The Mission Church of St. Mary, Crossway Green, was presented to the parish by Henry Philpott, the Bishop of Worcester, who opened it in 1882….
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