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How to object to the harmful plans to partially demolish and inappropriately redevelop Liverpool Street Station<\/h3>\n
We have prepared this guide to help anyone who wishes to write an objection to the plans to partially demolish and inappropriately redevelop Liverpool Street Station. How do I object…<\/div>\n
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The City of London Planning Committee will soon formally consider Network Rail and Acme’s destructive plans for Liverpool Street Station<\/h3>\n
The City of London Corporation Planning Committee will soon formally consider Network Rail and Acme’s destructive plans for Liverpool Street Station, which induced 2147 resounding objections from members of the…<\/div>\n
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Manchester Group of the Victorian Society to mark 60th anniversary with celebration of decades of successful campaigns<\/h3>\n
On 18th January 1966 Nikolaus Pevsner lectured to an audience of 500 on the value of Victorian Architecture in the Great Hall of Manchester Town Hall, providing the catalyst for…<\/div>\n
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Support the future of the Gardens Trust as an integral consultee<\/h3>\n
The Government has launched an eight-week consultation, which proposes the removal of the Gardens Trust as a statutory consultee in the planning process. Read the Gardens Trust\u2019s statement here. Support…<\/div>\n
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Victorian Society secures listed status for unspoilt Essex church<\/h3>\n
The Victorian Society is delighted to announce that it has successfully secured formal designation and statutory protection for the Church of St Barnabas, a remarkably intact small rural church in…<\/div>\n
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Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/h3>\n
The Victorian Society\u2019s Hybrid Spring Lecture Series: 28th January \u2013 18 March 2026 Join us from the 28 January for our next lecture series, excitingly our first in-person series for…<\/div>\n
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A new vision for Liverpool Street Station unveiled by John McAslan + Partners<\/h3>\n
Innovative design by leading UK architect shows desired station improvements could be achieved with minimal passenger disruption Heritage groups welcome fresh thinking at landmark site \u2013 and call for pause…<\/div>\n
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The Victorian Society protects Philip Webb’s only church<\/h3>\n
St Martin’s is the only church designed by the great architect, Philip Webb. Webb is best known as a progenitor of the Arts and Crafts Movement and designer of country…<\/div>\n
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Rare Anglican Abbey church and monastic buildings that gave succour to seafarers listed<\/h3>\n
Our Churches and Senior Conservation Adviser, Connor McNeill wrote in support of the listing of this unique set of buildings for a male Anglican religious community in Hampshire. Although many…<\/div>\n
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In Memoriam – Remembrance Sunday 2025 – Compton War Memorial<\/h3>\n
The carved inscription on the monument reads: ‘In honoured memory of the men of Compton who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918. “Through the ages one clear flame…<\/div>\n
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Join The Victorian Society.<\/h3>\n

The battle to save Victorian and Edwardian buildings is far from over.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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