Update on Greenside
C20 puts case against demolition of a major C20 house once more. Following the earlier quashing of Runnymede Council’s misguided decision to grant listed building consent for the… More…
Press releases
Greenside owner flouts consent processes and demolishes his home – entire listed building consent system now at risk
The owner of the grade II house by Connell Ward and Lucas on the edge of Wentworth golf course, which was the subject of judicial review proceedings earlier… More…
Letter to the Times re. the South Bank
The Editor The Times I am really surprised by Edward Smith’s suggestion that the Festival Hall should be demolished (Time to Ditch the Festival Hall 21/6/03). Not only… More…
Update on Greenside
As we announced back in January, our bid to get Runnymede Council’s decision to grant listed building consent to demolish Connell Ward and Lucas’s Greenside (1936) quashed was… More…
One step closer in fight to save Birmingham Central Library?
The C20th Society requested last March that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport spot-list Birmingham Central Library, as redevelopment proposals involved the building’s demolition. Completed in 1973,… More…
Twentieth Century Society stands alone in fight to save Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is seeking planning permission and listed building consent for a new building by Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, which will demolish part of its… More…
The Midland Hotel – A happy end to a sorry tale
The C20th Society is delighted to learn that the Midland Hotel in Morecambe has been sold to property developer Urban Splash. The fate of the Midland Hotel is… More…
Greenside Saved – Courts To Quash Demolition Order
In December the C20th Society took the unusually courageous step of issuing Judicial Review proceedings against Runnymede Council’s decision to grant listed building consent for the complete demolition… More…
The strangest conversion yet? Can a rare and forgotten 1930s water softening plant make an amazing new home?
The strangest conversion yet? Can a rare and forgotten 1930s water softening plant make an amazing new home? Situated near Newnham in Kent, the reinforced concrete building consists… More…
Proposals to demolish key buildings at University of Wolverhampton
Current outline application proposes to demolish key buildings at University of Wolverhampton’s Walsall campus, says Twentieth Century Society The former teacher training college at Walsall (now part of… More…
About The Twentieth Century Society
The Twentieth Century Society is a membership organisation which campaigns for the conservation of the best C20th architecture. It was founded in 1976 as the Thirties Society and is now recognised by government and has a statutory role in the planning process. For more details, see our website, www.c20society.org.uk.