The Victorian Society is calling on people across the country to nominate Victorian or Edwardian buildings at risk in their local area. Buildings that have been nominated in previous years have included pubs, swimming baths, stately homes, former workhouses, many churches and chapels and a large number of threatened Victorian schools.
‘The economic situation has made things harder than ever for the owners of historic buildings, and many development plans have stalled. It’s very important that we identify which buildings may now be at risk of neglect,’ said Ian Dungavell, Director of the Victorian Society. ‘The cost of weather-proofing a building and protecting it from vandals is not huge, but it makes a massive difference. Without it many buildings may be beyond repair by the time the money starts flowing again.’
‘Everyone will live near or regularly walk past wonderful examples of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. If you think something worth saving is now at risk then we want to hear about it.’
Buildings don’t have to be listed to be nominated, and many good Victorian buildings aren’t listed as the criteria for listing 19th century buildings is very strict – but they could be at risk, perhaps of demolition, from insensitive development or simply neglect. They need to have been built between 1837 and 1914.
A list of the top ten threatened buildings will be published in November.
http://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/news/help-us-find-the-nations-top-ten-
endangered-buildings/
