The old Legat's Ballet School is hidden by thick woodland and "shrouded in mystery". An old Islamic school once suspected of training terrorists and a group of gothic cemetery chapels have been named ...

The Victorian Society has compiled a list of the less well known Victorian buildings London should never have lost. All pictures courtesy of London Metropolitan Archive and its Collage picture ...

There was something seriously wrong with the Victorians. Their architecture has an inclination to ugliness that defies explanation by the shifting tides of tastes. So much of it is wilfully ...

There is a new mythology stalking the land. This is that heritage and old buildings are holding up growth. 'It’s desperate stuff, but gaining traction,’ says actor, comedian and Victorian Society ...

The Victorian Society has been championing Victorian and Edwardian buildings for more than 50 years and photos from their archives form the basis of the exhibition, Saving a Century, now open at the ...

A colliery, a crane and a building where the world's first £1m cheque was signed have been listed in a top 10 of the UK's most endangered buildings. The Victorian Society's annual list of buildings at ...

A century ago, they would have stood as majestic signs of Britain's industrial and civic strength. But now, after decades of decline, a department store, an indoor market and a flour mill have been ...

Victorian society was full of jobs that feel unbelievable today, yet they were once essential parts of daily life. From rat catchers scrambling through alleyways to pure finders collecting bizarre ...

Crocker's Folly was listed by the society in 2007 The pub in St John's Wood appeared on the list in 2007, some 109 years after it was built by John Crocker. Crocker spotted an opportunity to make some ...