There has been a change of plans for our next talk 3rd March due speaker being indisposed.
Join Marion Allan to talk stone carving - Stonemason Robert Glassby studied in Sheffield and Paris, then helped create Trafalgar Square lions, Albert Memorial and Royal Albert Hall friezes
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Our February Talk is on Sheffield's Globe Theatre & Cavern Club Combined- an introduction to the city's footballing heritage through its surviving Victorian Buildings, with Steve Wood.
Steve is a trustee and historian of the charity Sheffield Home of Football
Book Here - bit.ly/49tty1C
It's that time of year again and we continue to great the New Year qith our annual visit to th Sheffield Heritage Fair. We will be there both Saturday and Sunday and look forward to meeting firends old and new amongst the couple of thousand visitors expected.
⛓️Our next fascinating talk will be on a tough subject, Sheffield's involvement in the Atlantic slave trade in Victorian times. See the full details, including booking here - bit.ly/4a1fbDB
Our speaker, Tobias Gardner, is a final year history PhD researcher.
Our National colleagues have just launched the Victorian Society Top Ten Endangered Buildings nominations for 2026. Closing date is 5th January 2026 and you can get all the details here- bit.ly/3X3tAaX - You can also contact the South Yorkshire group direct at- victoriansocietysyorks@gmail.com 🏛️
❌ 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
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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.🧵
Vic Soc President Griff Rhys Jones and Fiona Milne of the Birley Spa Friends Group speak about number three of the 2025 Top Ten Endangered Building
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💦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
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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.
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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 🏦
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👶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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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🎄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