Buildings at risk

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Historic England takes London ‘birthplace of feminism’ off at-risk list

October 14, 2020

A once damp and leaky meeting house known as the “birthplace of feminism” is one of 181 historic sites facing a brighter future after being taken off England’s 2020 Heritage at Risk Register. The building in Newington Green, London, has been a remarkable hotbed of dissent for more than 300 years and counted Mary Wollstonecraft, […]

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Landmark 20th Century Fox building in London facing new threat

June 1, 2020

The distinctive building in Soho Square will be almost entirely demolished if developers’ proposals succeed in gaining planning consent Part of Soho history … the 20th Century Fox Film building, Soho Square, London, pictured in 2011. Photograph: Plamen Peev/Alamy Stock Photo Twentieth Century Fox’s former HQ faces the threat of imminent demolition after developers submitted […]

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