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We have a vacancy for a conservation adviser
£20,000pa + pension, Full time, based in London
Our conservation advisers are at the forefront of our efforts to ensure that changes to historic buildings are made in a way which does not damage their architectural interest.more...
Saving a century comes to Manchester!
January 2009
SAVING A CENTURY celebrates fifty years of The Victorian Society. The photographic exhibition, curated by noted architectural historian and author Gavin Stamp, shows the best Victorian and Edwardian buildings and structures from around the country that the Society has campaigned to save for the nation.
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We reveal our Top Ten Endangered Buildings
25 September 2008
The Victorian Society's Top Ten Endangered Buildings for 2008 has been announced this week following a nationwide appeal to uncover the best and most threatened Victorian and Edwardian buildings in England and Wales.
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Grand finale of 1000 Year Swim
2 September 2008
Last week Dr Ian Dungavell successfully completed his challenge to visit all of the listed Victorian and Edwardian pools still open for public swimming in England and swim a lap for every year each of the buildings has been standing. His last port of call was Dulwich Leisure Centre in South London.
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Fundraising drive begins for Preston's grandest church
22 August 2008
A fundraising drive for one of Lancashire's most significant Roman Catholic churches kicks off this weekend in an effort to secure the future of the building which is threatened with closure under Lancaster Diocese's plans.
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Greening your Victorian house
Some notes from our seminar in November 2008
Victorian and Edwardian houses are our future. They are very popular with owners, and most of them are still likely to be around in fifty years' time. Yet there is little doubt that climate change is upon us, and we need to do what we can to mitigate its effects.
What reasonable changes can we make to our houses to increase their energy efficiency, without spoiling what is special about them? more...
0901.1 Lecture: AWN Pugin: Contrasts and After
Monday 12 January 6.30pm to 8pm
First in our Architecture and the Pen lecture series. Pugin’s Contrasts of 1836 was the first architectural manifesto. With True Principles, published in 1841, it inspired a generation and transformed the Gothic Revival. His later writings were less well received and less widely read. They show him, nevertheless, still at the forefront of architectural thinking. Our speaker, Rosemary Hill’s award-winning biography of Pugin, God’s Architect, was published in 2007.
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Saving a century
50th anniversary commemorative publication
The Victorian Society was founded over 50 years ago, in 1958. It was a response to a growing threat to fine examples of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. As the initial manifesto stated, 'The Victorian Society has been formed to make sure that the best Victorian buildings and their contents do not disappear before their merits are more generally appreciated... The objects of the Society comprise the study and appreciation of Victorian architecture and associated arts with a view to the preservation of outstanding examples.'
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Regional Groups of the Victorian Society
The Victorian Society is the champion for Victorian and Edwardian buildings in England and Wales.
The Victorian Society is the champion for Victorian and Edwardian buildings in England and Wales.
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Here's how to join
Become a member of the Victorian Society and help save the best examples of Victorian and Edwardian architecture when they are threatened with demolition or unsuitable alteration. We also lobby Government for changes in the laws which protect our unique built heritage. Members' subscriptions go partly towards the employment of expert Conservation Advisers who are at the forefront of the battle to protect the best remaining Victorian and Edwardian architecture.
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Saving threatened buildings
How can the Victorian Society help me to save a threatened building?We welcome information about threats to listed Victorian and Edwardian buildings, and will supply advice and comments on individual cases where it is appropriate for us to do so. more...
Our role in saving Victorian and Edwardian buildings
Victorian and Edwardian buildings are irreplaceable, cherished, diverse, beautiful, familiar and part of our everyday life.They contribute overwhelmingly to the character of places people love and places where people live. They belong to all of us. Their owners are really only custodians for future generations. Victorian and Edwardian buildings are part of our collective memory, and central to how we see ourselves as individuals, communities and as a nation.
When decisions are taken which affect their future, the debate must be open and informed. We need to understand what is special about Victorian and Edwardian buildings and landscapes so that any necessary changes can be incorporated without damaging them forever. We don't want to lose our past through ignorance. more...
Information wanted on English parsonages
for a new book by Anthony Jennings
Anthony Jennings is writing a book about the history and architecture of English parsonages (rectories and vicarages) entitled 'The Old Rectory', to be published in the New Year. He would very much like to hear about any parsonage worthy of inclusion, Victorian or otherwise. more...
