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Trust continues fight for Conan Doyle's Surrey home
The Undershaw Preservation Trust has been campaigning against plans for Conan Doyle's Surrey home. Despite the council's approval, they haven't given up.
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Application threatening historic dockyard refused at planning
An application to build three blocks of flats within a unique Georgian residential quarter in Sheerness Dockyard has been thrown out by Swale Borough Council.
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Rediscovered Utopias: Saving London's Suburbs
This new SAVE report, produced with the support of English Heritage and edited by Ann Robey and Bridget Cherry, looks at 14 of London's planned suburbs, assessing their importance and proposing ways to protect them from damaging change.
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Colchester, Back to the Future
Colchester is one of England's most overlooked historic county towns. SAVE aims to highlight the wealth of Colchester's built heritage.
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Reviving Britain's Terraces: Life after Pathfinder
SAVE's new, groundbreaking report on Labour's disastrous Housing Market Renewal (Pathfinder) Initiative looks at ways good terraced housing earmarked for demolition can be adapted and upgraded to create exemplar 'eco-communities' of the future.
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The writing's on the billboard in battle to save Georgian house in Blackburn
SAVE has joined a campaign, spearheaded by the Georgian Group, to preserve a listed 1780s house in Blackburn which stands in the way of a proposed link road.
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'Live or Let Die': Buildings at Risk catalogue 2010 - 11
Every year SAVE sets out on a treasure hunt to find a selection of 'sleeping beauties' across England and Wales. The 21st buildings at risk catalogue: 'Live or Let Die' was published on 1st June, you can now order your copy!
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SAVE Hails Revised Spurs Stadium Scheme
SAVE has welcomed dramatic revisions to Tottenham Hotspur's stadium redevelopment, announced on 19 May. The revised scheme is the outcome of cooperation between the football club, SAVE, English Heritage and CABE and has resulted not only in the preservati
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Listed Brewery Safe Despite Court Ruling
SAVE fails in first attempt to secure landmark judgement on demolition but will fight on
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Destruction in Bootle
More Pathfinder madness as landmark Liverpool church is flattened.
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SAVE calls for urgent action to protect Birmingham's 'Forgotten Arcadia'
SAVE has called for immediate action to prevent further erosion of history and charcter in one of Birmingham’s most attractive Victorian suburbs.
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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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Dismay as Leigh School comes down
Dismay as roof is taken off Leigh School
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Bulldozers Move in on Strood's Edwardian Gem
Demolition gathers pace.
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Samara: Endangered City on the Volga
This latest report from the Moscow Architecture Preservation Society (MAPS) and SAVE Europe's Heritage outlines the threats facing the rich architecture of Samara, a great city on the Volga, where the people of Moscow were evacuated during the World War I
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Google Earth Map of Silesia
An interactive map of Silesia showing the location of buildings featured in SAVE's latest publication is now available for users of Google Earth
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Kettering gem under threat
SAVE concerned by application for demolition of fine Edwardian office building.
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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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New SAVE greetings cards now available
Buy our Tottenham High Street cards and Help kick Spurs' demolition plans into touch
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Newsletter - December 2009
Complete with news and updates on our latest fights, SAVE's 2nd newsletter of 2009 is available now and will be posted to Friends in the next few weeks.
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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Appeal for help as SAVE begins its search for the 2010-11 Buildings at Risk Catalogue
We need your beady eyes and local knowledge to help discover new entries for our 2010-11 buildings at risk catalogue.
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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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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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Silesia: the Land of Dying Country Houses
Now available to order
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Moscow Heritage at Crisis Point. Second Edition
Now available to order
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Trust buys Moat Brae House
Historic house under threat now faces a bright future following purchase by Trust.
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Happy Birthday All Souls!
All Souls Church, Haley Hill, Halifax, has celebrated its 150th birthday! It's future was once bleak, however a campaign spearheaded by SAVE secured this magnificent church's future.
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Gravesend Temple Escapes Bulldozers after Successful Legal Challenge
A Sikh temple and former church in Gravesend, Kent, has escaped demolition following a successful legal challenge by SAVE.
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Much-loved Edwardian drill hall faces destruction
Horncastle Town Hall, a much loved and well used community centre, is threatened by demolition for replacement with a residential development scheme.
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New congregation in bid to revive Chelsea chapel
A thriving Orthodox congregation in south London has expressed strong interest in taking over the long empty Guards Chapel at Chelsea Barracks.
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DEMOLISHED - Help SAVE the beautiful interiors of the Palace Theatre in Nelson
Negotiations between the Theatres Trust and the Council lead to temporary stay on beautiful Nelson Theatre allowing consideration of future uses.
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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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'All We Need is Love', Buildings at Risk 2009-2010
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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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SOLD - Thatched cottage in Wiltshire
SOLD: Historic thatched cottage in need of restoration.
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SAVE's New Buildings at Risk Catalogue: Sample Entries
Take a peep at some of the entries from our new buildings at risk catalogue, All We Need is Love.
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SOLD - Idyllic rural cottage in Worcestershire
Higgledy-piggledy timber-framed cottage circa 1700, to be sold at auction 20th May.
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Woodstock Station Spared Demolition for the Second Time
The Former Woodstock Station, which once served Blenheim Palace, has been spared needless demolition for the second time!
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Save money when you buy our latest 2 reports
Buy our 2 latest reports for £25 plus p&p. Download the attached flyer for further details.
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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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Shock as Manchester villa demolished
SAVE decries sudden demolition of 1850s Manchester villa.
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New Publication For Sale Now!
'TRIUMPH, DISASTER AND DECAY - The SAVE Survey of LIVERPOOL'S HERITAGE' is available for purchase now.
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Historic Welsh Pub Threatened with Demolition
Campaign growing to save historic Welsh Pub, the Vulcan Hotel, complete with its Edwardian tiled facade and further internal decorative tilework.
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Toxteth Street CPO Confirmed
SAVE has learned that the Compulsory Purchase Order for 520 houses in Toxteth Street, East Manchester, has been confirmed by the Secretary of State. The news comes as a bitter disappointment both to SAVE and residents who have been fighting demolition
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STOP PRESS! Demolition Approved for Annesley Colliery Headstocks & Bath House
Hopes have been dashed and disappointment descends as application for demolition of Annesley Colliery Headstocks and Bath House is approved after a long and hard fought battle.
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Smithfield is saved!
The Smithfield General Market Buildings have been saved! SAVE Britain's Heritage are delighted to hear that the Secretary of State has thrown out developer's plans to demolish these fine historic buildings situated within the Smithfield conservation area,
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Barford Granary, Wiltshire
Delightful granary building saved from demolition and beautifully repaired.
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Brighton Churches: The Need for Action Now
New Brighton Churches publication. Order your copy now...
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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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Application threatening historic dockyard refused at planning
An application to build three blocks of flats within a unique Georgian residential quarter in Sheerness Dockyard has been thrown out by Swale Borough Council.
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Reviving Britain's Terraces: Life after Pathfinder
SAVE's new, groundbreaking report on Labour's disastrous Housing Market Renewal (Pathfinder) Initiative looks at ways good terraced housing earmarked for demolition can be adapted and upgraded to create exemplar 'eco-communities' of the future.
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