Public asked to search for Liverpool's most endangered buildings
THE Victorian Society is asking
Liverpool and Merseyside to nominate buildings for its Top 10 Most Endangered
Victorian and Edwardian buildings in England and Wales. Appearing in the
Victorian Society's Top 10 list draws attention to a building's plight and can
help save it. Nominations close on Monday, 1 July 2015.
Individuals, organisations and campaign groups are invited to name the buildings
and structures that are most at risk in their local area; whether from
demolition, neglect or inappropriate redevelopment. Buildings must have been
built between 1837 and 1914.
The last Merseyside building to have featured
in the Society's Top 10, was Langton Dock Pumphouse, Bootle in Bootle (2012).
Christopher Costelloe, Director of the Victorian Society, said:- "All over
the country fine examples of Victorian and Edwardian architecture face neglect,
demolition or unsympethic re-development. We want the public to be our eyes and
ears and nominate the Victorian and Edwardian buildings we are most at risk of
losing. Whether it's a school building, an empty pub, a redundant chapel or a
neglected but impressive feat of engineering, make sure you tell us about it so
we can try to save them."
To nominate a building contact the Victorian Society via:-
email,
tweet
Twitter,
Facebook or via sending a letter by post
to:- 1 Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT, with brief details of the building(s) on
or before Monday, 1 July 2015.
All the buildings nominated will be considered by the Society's architecture and
conservation experts before the 2015 list of the Top 10 Most Endangered
Buildings in England and Wales is announced.
There has been good news for some of 2014's Top 10:- Emergency repair work has
started at the Navigation Colliery in Crumlin funded by a £250,000 grant from
the Welsh Government. Repair work is also expected to start on the Hammerhead
Crane in Cowes following the release of funding from Historic England to appoint
a specialist firm.
Since appearing in last year's Top 10, a 'Save the Cardiff Coal Exchange'
group has been set up to help secure funding for restoration with use as a hub
for media businesses mooted. The Exchange is also due to be used as the set of a
new film 'The Crow'. It is thought the fee will be put towards
emergency restoration works
Finally, the Society secured a meeting with Sheffield Council to discuss the
future of the City's Crimean war memorial which has been absent from the City
for over a decade. Although the Council has so far failed to commit to
re-erecting the monument plans for a £480m retail development in Sheffield Town
Centre could perhaps provide an answer to finding both a location and funding.
