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Campaigning for threatened historic buildings
Welcome to SAVE Britain's Heritage. SAVE has been campaigning for historic buildings since its formation in 1975 by a group of architects, journalists and planners. SAVE is a strong, independent voice in conservation, free to respond rapidly to emergencies and to speak out loud for the historic environment.
SAVE welcomes news of buildings at risk near you as well as information on your local campaigns. Please visit our website regularly to check on breaking news and updates on current campaigns.
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Breakthrough in Lancaster as brewery building is listed
SAVE is hailing the decision by the Architecture Minister Margaret Hodge to list a rare 18th-century malthouse in Lancaster as a crucial breakthrough in efforts to save a sensitive historic industrial quarter from the bulldozers.
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Arson Attack on Lancaster Brewery
Locals raise alarm on Saturday 27 February
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Bulldozers Move in on Strood's Edwardian Gem
Demolition gathers pace.
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Historic industrial quarter saved from bulldozer
Victory in Lancaster as Secretary of State Throws out Canal Corridor Application
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15 historic buildings set for demolition under Spurs stadium plans
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has now submitted an application to redevelop its existing stadium in north London. The plans involve the demolition of over 15 buildings on Tottenham High Road including 2 listed Georgian houses. SAVE has produced alternat
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Fight is on to save historic brewery
SAVE secures an injunction to prevent demolition of historic brewery when workmen began removing the roof.
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Turnmills saved!
Contrary to previous reports, the landmark Turnmills building in Clerkenwell, London - a former stables and warehouse dating from the 1870s - has been saved from demolition.
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Demolition notice for Lancaster brewery
The owners of the brewery complex at the heart of the Lancaster canal corridor site have submitted a demolition notice.
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SAVE and Huw Thomas produce alternative for Strood
As part of a campaign to preserve one of Strood's best Edwardian buildings, SAVE Britain's Heritage has published details of a new vision for the town's quayside. The plans show how the Aveling & Porter Building, threatened with destruction by Medway Coun
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The Supreme Court and the Middlesex Guildhall - the real story
On the 1st October, the judges were sworn in at the UK's new Supreme Court, housed at the Middlesex Guildhall. The Grade II* listed building has been adapted to its new function at the cost of £59 million and its previously unique, complete, historic inte
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Sheerness Dockyard put on WHF's list of Watch sites for 2010
Sheerness Dockyard, nominated by SAVE Britain's Heritage, has been included on the WMF's list of Watch sites for 2010.
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The SAVE Trust - Castle House
Castle House, a remarkable folly in Bridgwater, Somerset, constructed in 1851 entirely from concrete, was purchased by the SAVE Trust in 2002. Follow the story of the Trust's efforts to rescue and repair this unique Grade II* building.
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SAVE Attacks Medway Council Over Plans to Destroy Landmark Edwardian Building
SAVE Britain's Heritage is calling for Medway Council to abandon plans to destroy a landmark Edwardian commercial building in North Kent, which occupies a commanding riverside position in Strood.
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Lancaster Public Inquiry in Disarray as Council Pulls Out
In what is rapidly turning into one of the planning fiascos of the decade, Lancaster City Council has announced its withdrawal from the Canal Corridor North Public Inquiry. This announcement comes just days into the proceedings, following damning evidence
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Demolition approved for Clarence Street School
Bitter disappointment as Bolton Council vote for demolition of Former Clarence Street School following a hard fought battle.
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More threats to historic buildings as a result of school expansion plans
Proposed expansion of a school in Reading, and the construction of leisure facilities, seek the demolition of 2 fine Victorian villas on Bath Road, Reading.
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Ashley House - A Complicated Story
A recent change in Council Cabinet moves the threat away from Ashley House, but for how long?
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Waterloo Station under threat
Join our campaign to list Waterloo Station and protect this magnificent Edwardian structure, together with Nicholas Grimshaw's iconic former Eurostar Terminus from damaging redevelopment.
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The Rebirth of Toxteth Street, SAVE proposes alternatives to demolition of Manchester Terraces
SAVE Britain's Heritage is joining forces with local residents in east Manchester to fight plans to demolish over 400 terraced houses under the government's notorious Pathfinder initiative.
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Barford Granary, Wiltshire
Delightful granary building saved from demolition and beautifully repaired.
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Campaign for Totnes Pumping Station
Following reports that owners, Dairycrest, had commenced illegal demolition of a rare Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed Atmospheric Pumping House, SAVE called for its immediate listing. In a mad and exciting tale the building was saved!
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Unidentified Photograph of the Month
We are trying to identify certain unmarked photographs in the SAVE archive. Can you help?
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English Heritage Recommends Lancaster Call-In
SAVE welcomes news that English Heritage is requesting a call in of the proposals which threaten the centre of Lancaster.
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Lancaster Call-In Announced
SAVE is very pleased to hear news that the Secretary of State will call-in plans for Lancaster Canal Corridor.
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SAVE Announces Alternative Scheme for Lancaster's Canal Corridor
As the developer behind Lancaster's controversial Canal Corridor redevelopment pulls out of a forthcoming Public Inquiry, SAVE Britain's Heritage reveals its own blueprint for the regeneration of the historic ‘Canal Corridor’ area of the city.
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Lancaster Canal Corridor Public Inquiry Underway
SAVE has been campaigning to prevent the destruction of a historic area of Lancaster City Centre from a crude and damaging retail-led development scheme. Now the application is being scrutinised at a Public Inquiry, with SAVE, English Heritage and a local
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A Lament for Lancaster? Stop the destruction of the canal corridor
In this shocking new report, SAVE Britain's Heritage reveals the devastating impact of a proposed new development in the canal corridor area of the historic city of Lancaster.
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Veneto in Peril?
In 2006 SAVE Britain's Heritage published its devastating report on the unchecked development blighting the setting of the Villas of Palladio in the Veneto. Unforgiveable Assault on a World Heritage Site described the damage being wrought on this remarkab
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Breakthrough in Lancaster as brewery building is listed
SAVE is hailing the decision by the Architecture Minister Margaret Hodge to list a rare 18th-century malthouse in Lancaster as a crucial breakthrough in efforts to save a sensitive historic industrial quarter from the bulldozers.
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Arson Attack on Lancaster Brewery
Locals raise alarm on Saturday 27 February
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