September 2015 news

Griff Rhys Jones launches 2015 Top Ten Endangered Buildings list

Top Ten Endangered Victorian and Edwardian Buildings in England and Wales 2015 revealed


    Weston-super-Mare’s Birnbeck Pier on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list

    The Society urges the Council to work with the pier’s owner and the Birnbeck Regeneration Trust to quickly establish a planning brief for development before it is too late


      Wolverhampton’s St Luke’s Church on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list

      The Society urges the Church to redouble its efforts to find someone willing to take on the building rather than closing it and leaving it empty indefinitely


        Sheerness Boat Store, Kent, on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list

        The Society urges the owners of the Grade I-listed building seek inspiration from the way former naval buildings are re-used at Chatham Dockyard to find a future use the building


          Overstone Hall, Northampton, on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list

          The Society urges the Hall’s owner to take action to ensure the building survives


            London’s Ladywell Baths on Top Ten Endangered Buildings list

            The Society urges Lewisham Council to redouble its efforts to find a developer able to bring the building back to life


              Hunslet Mill and Victoria Works in Leeds on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list

              The Society urges the owners, who have left the site unused for nearly twenty years, to propose a development scheme before it is too late.


                Ipswich’s Tolly Cobbold brewery on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list

                The Society urges the owners to come forward with a development scheme before this important building is lost


                  Kinmel Hall in Conwy on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list

                  The Society urges Kinmel's British Virgin Islands registered owner Acer Properties, which has owned the building since 2011, to come forward with firm plans for Kinmel’s future


                    Carlisle hotel on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings list

                    Investment is desperately needed to save this important city centre building currently languishing in the hands of the Queen’s Crown Estate Solicitors


                      Brighton’s Madeira Terrace on Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings

                      Brighton Council wants entire replacement of is said to be the world's longest cast iron structure. The Society urges the Council to retain as much of the original structure as possible.



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