Stonebridge school in north-west London is one of the most complete late-Victorian Board schools in the area, but is earmarked by Brent council for replacement under the school building programmePhotograph: Victorian SocietyThe original schoolmaster's house. Other original features include the gates, railings and gateposts. The Victorian Society is hoping that the school is listed, saving it from demolition Photograph: Victorian SocietyGustav Adolfs Kyrka (The Swedish Church), Liverpool. This building, still used as a place of worship, is under threat as the Church of Sweden is intending to pull out. The site is considered an important relic of Liverpool's maritime pastPhotograph: Victorian Society
Newsome Mill, Huddersfield, Kirklees. Sold to a developer in 2006, it has suffered vandalism and theftPhotograph: Victorian SocietyMoseley Road Baths, Birmingham. On the list for the second year in a row, the local council intends to close the pool, the last Grade-II* Edwardian baths in EnglandPhotograph: Victorian SocietyThe Red Lion public house, Handsworth, Birmingham, closed last year. Structural work is being carried out on it, and a new owner is soughtPhotograph: Victorian SocietyCathays Cemetery Chapel, Cardiff. The chapels, part of Welsh religious history, have been closed for services since 1992. Cardiff city council recently granted £100,000 to their repair, but internal structure problems are seriousPhotograph: Victorian SocietyPalace Theatre, Plymouth. Run as a nightclub until its closure in 2006, campaigners are trying to find a future for itPhotograph: Victorian SocietyFletcher Tower, Fletcher Convalescent Home, Cromer, Norfolk. An argument over how the space could be used as affordable housing has delayed redevelopment of this ex-care homePhotograph: Victorian SocietyInterior of St Maries' church, Widnes, Cheshire. The building is locked and unused despite eagerness by the local Catholic community for it to be reopenedPhotograph: Victorian SocietyHoly Trinity, Hove, East Sussex. The only church in the area to have an external pulpit, the building is threatened with demolitionPhotograph: Victorian Society
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