❌ SOLD OUT - Our next event is for Heritage Open Days part of over 120 events around the city See the Victorian centre of the City of Sheffield with Nigel Slack, local group chair - Sunday 14th September 2.30pm to 4.30pm start at Town Hall bit.ly/47lNUe4 More events here www.heritageopendays.org.uk

The Planning application for the Highfield Cocoa & Coffee house by local philanthropist FT Mappin designed by renowned architect HE Hadfield would destroy much of the building as a heritage asset and ruin the Victorian streetscape. It is attracting national attention See Here bit.ly/3JBuQP4

LISSCA's new expert carbon report destroys Network Rail's environmental case for its destructive plans for Liverpool Street Station. Read more: bit.ly/47QV7CW #SaveLiverpoolStreetStation

Join us on Fri 5th Sept for a much-anticipated in-person lecture 'Oxford and the Victorian Church' by Professor @william_whyte. The lecture takes place on the first night of the Society's AGM Weekend in the city, proceeds support our work. Read more and book bit.ly/4n3Zcbc #heritage #architecture

☹️ Sorry to report we have had to CANCEL our planned visit to Loxley Cemetery tomorrow, 19th July. The forecast thunderstorms and potentially treacherous ground when muddy means we must put safety first. We will be rearranging the walk for summer 2026, keep an eye out for more details.

🚶Tomorrow, Saturday 14th June-Guided walk through Rotherham Town Centre by our own Graham Hague Starts 2pm at Clifton Park Museum, details here bit.ly/400aqo6 Tickets still available

The Clock is ticking to prevent the Corbett Arms in Tywyn from partial demolition. We need as many objections as possible. Go to the planning portal bit.ly/43s4Mxn The Planning Application ref is: C25/0403/09/CR. You'll need to register to be able to comment it takes a few mins.🧵

💦Birley Spa in Sheffield has made the 2025 Victorian Society Top Ten Endangered Buildings list- Sad it comes to this being owned by the City Council but hopefully a catalyst for future progress in securing the site for the community 🤍 BBC article with Fiona Milne of the Friends Group bit.ly/439AHm0

Nationally, The Victorian Society announce our 2025 Top Ten Most Endangered Buildings. Sadly there are sites from all parts of the country-all in need of serious help to survive into the future. bit.ly/4jlKCtA Keep an eye out for individual posts over the coming days, inc two in Yorkshire 🤍

The #TopTen25 is out including our very own Edgerton Cemetery Chapel in #Huddersfield. Designed by James Pritchett and built in 1855 the Grade II listed chapel is now in a ruinous state suffering from years of decay and damage. victoriansociety.org.uk/endangered-b...

🌼First Summer event a walk through parts of Manchester with Steve Roman of Manchester Regional Group. Passing some highlights of Manchester’s Victorian and Edwardian buildings, themes will include Peterloo, popular reform and suffrage movements, Free Trade and free thinking Book Here bit.ly/3GgQUgi

Tues 8th April is our talk at Showroom 5 in Sheffield. Our last talk for spring 2025 explores the origins of Sheffield's first public museum 150 years ago. Collections of the Literary & Philosophical Society from private house to public facility in 1875 with Alistair McLean 🏦 bit.ly/41Y7rhA

👶Less than a week to our next talk at Showroom5 in Sheffield- 11th February 7pm doors- Popular speaker Mary Garside will talk about the Workhouse Scattered Homes system for children- Link to details and booking here www.victoriansociety.org.uk/regional-gro... or you can just turn up on the night

We have a campaign running for the designation of a Castlegate Conservation Area in Sheffield. See what the local @sheffieldstar.bsky.social had to say at the New Year. We look forward to a stronger expression of support from @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social with consultation proposals bit.ly/3WohWrj

Hoping 2025 willl be a good news year for South Yorkshire heritage- News that HLF have awarded over £4M to Harmony Works in Sheffield to refurbish and develop Grade 2* Canada House on Commercial Street into a Regional music education hub- Harmony Works vision has finally paid off bit.ly/4gRrQdd

Wishing all of you that are interested in our South Yorkshire Victorian & Edwardian Heritage a Happy New Year 🍾🥂 We have a busy year ahead campaigning for Castlegate Conservation Area and trying to save threatened buildings throughout SYorks If you can help see our website bit.ly/4ahxXVL to join

@vicsoc-syorks.bsky.social have proposed a solution to this delay but, so far, @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social want to stick to an 'If ...then' commitment and open ended decision making in 'Summer 2025' - News story here bit.ly/3BA3sxf 🏦 at risk!

'conservation is commercially very valuable. It gives an area its character, it creates places where people want to live and work. It’s not just about preserving an old building, it’s a record. A record of the continuity of this town that we live in...' Griff Rhys Jones, @thetimes.com bit.ly/3BCWTKj

💂 Looking forward to the day these soldiers of the Crimean war have a proper memorial in the city centre, with the reinstatement of the Crimean Memorial, long promised by @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social but yet to find a suitable home 💂

Our last story in this series about the mixed results for heritage in Sheffield is a good news story. Years of neglect and pressure from campaigners has secured the Salvation Army Citadel for the city. bit.ly/4fl2UJs Council now needs to find the political will and the partners to make this work

The 3rd and final heritage building lost during 2024 was derelict and neglected for 6 years before it was deemed dangerous to the public and demolished with no attempt to save any of the significant historic fabric. See the story here. bit.ly/41xkFBN Tomorrow good news for the weekend?

The 2nd of our significant heritage buildings lost in 2024 is the Old Coroner's Court, Nursery Street, Sheffield. A irreplacable example of a combined Coroner's Court and Mortuary from before the first world war, now lost to another modern box with little merit. See the story here. bit.ly/3ZQN44I

🎄As 2024 draws to a close it has been a mixed year for our Victorian & Edwardian heritage. 3 significant heritage buildings lost and one brought into public ownership by Sheffield City Council. Over the rest of the week I'll highlight those stories. 1st The Market Tavern bit.ly/3Dawns8 demolished

A looming office block overshadowing Liverpool St Station would have a profound & harmful impact on the surrounding Bishopsgate Conservation Area. The harm to the historic environment from Network Rail's & Acme's proposed design would be substantial. A small tour: Bishopsgate Institute by wirewiper

Find more information about our heritage campaigning and events in South Yorkshire through our web pages on the National Website www.victoriansociety.org.uk/regional-gro... Picture shows the Old Town Hall on Waingate in Sheffield which is deteriorating rapidly and suffering from years of neglect

The chapel site in 2013 and how it looks today.

Nominations for The Victorian Society’s Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 2025 are open! Email us about your local threatened, dilapidated + neglected Victorian & Edwardian buildings. The deadline is 31 Dec 2024. Here's how: bit.ly/3YzRjkp #heritage Kennington Boys’ School, Lambeth 📷 Connor McNeill

Hello All, Just arrived on Blue Sky and are looking forward to this more supportive and increasingly well connected social media platform We are a regional group for our national charity to be found here @thevicsoc.bsky.social Campaigning for South Yorkshire's Victorian & Edwardian heritage