SAVE on the BBC
Balsam House, Somerset - before
Balsam House, Somerset - after
SAVE has enjoyed publicity on the BBC - both nationally and regionally - in response to the publication of our 22nd buildings at risk catalogue, Take a Chance on Me . The book features a wide range of over 100 empty historic buildings threatened by neglect and decay. BBC Radio 5 Live Drive (click to resume - 2.55.51)BBC News BBC Audio Slideshow BBC 1 Wales BBC Hampshire and Isle of Wight BBC Leeds and West Yorkshire BBC Wales
LATEST CAMPAIGNS Give these buildings a chance: SAVE issues open plea to Council to delay demolition of Bognor Regis seaside heritage SAVE Britain's Heritage has issued a direct appeal to the chief executive of Arun District Council to halt the imminent demolition of two historic seaside buildings in a conservation area. Arun District Council issued a demolition order on 15 January 2019 on the grounds that the buildings are at risk of being occupied by squatters, and therefore on health and safety grounds must be demolished.
Press release: Royal seaside resort uses loophole to demolish its own historic buildings Two of Bognor Regis’s few remaining historic buildings are under imminent threat from demolition. Despite being in a conservation area, the Council has issued a demolition order ignoring legally binding heritage protection rules.
LATEST EVENTS SAVE walking tour of Woolwich With Thomas Bender, Conservation Adviser at SAVE - Woolwich is one of southeast London’s most fascinating town centres
SAVE Victorian Birmingham walking tour With Mike Fox, Conservation Officer at London Borough of Waltham Forest and former deputy director of SAVE - Never a stranger to radically reshaping its built environment, Birmingham was extensively rebuilt during the second-half of the 19th century under the aegis of Joseph Chamberlain