Nominate Endangered Merseyside Buildings 2017

THE Victorian Society is asking the residents of Merseyside to nominate threatened Victorian buildings for the 2017 Top 10 Endangered Buildings List!

Do you know a Victorian or Edwardian building you feel is under threat? Is there something you wish you could do to help secure its future? Every year The Victorian Society compiles a list of the Top 10 Endangered buildings in England and Wales, shortlisted by our architecture and conservation experts. Appearing in the Top 10 Endangered Buildings List will give your nominated building heightened publicity and could help save it. 

Comparatively few buildings from Liverpool and Merseyside have made it in to our top 10 lists over the past decade, but this by no means suggests there aren't plenty of buildings worthy of nomination for 2017. 2 out of 3 very damaging planning applications for the Grade II listed Langton Dock Pumphouse in Bootle (Top 10 list 2010) were thankfully refused permission in 2014 (following our objections), but the long term future for this grand dock house remains uncertain.

To nominate a building contact the Victorian Society via email or post (1 Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT) with brief details of the building(s) and at least 1 photo on or before Friday, 7 July 2017. The chosen Top 10 list will be announced on Wednesday, 13 September 2017.

Christopher Costelloe, Director of the Victorian Society, says:- "Getting an endangered building in the Top 10 is an invaluable way to bring it to the attention of the people who matter, the people who can ensure its protection. Buildings in previous Top 10 Lists have been bought, sold, restored, protected and repurposed, all because of the people who nominated and campaigned for them. If there's a 19th century building you're concerned about in your area then please let us know and together we can help ensure its future."