Historic England will object in the strongest terms to current proposals to redevelop London’s Liverpool Street Station. The scheme proposes a giant new building above the existing station and the neighbouring Great Eastern Hotel, both listed buildings set within the heart of the City. It also proposes far-reaching redevelopment of the station complex.

Historic England note that ‘The proposed redevelopment of the station would severely damage the Bishopsgate Conservation Area, to which the group of fine Victorian and Edwardian buildings on Liverpool Street is essential. These plans would also harm the extraordinary historic character of the City of London as a whole: the sheer bulk of development proposed above the station and the hotel would be so large that it would encroach on celebrated views of some of London’s great landmarks, including those of St Paul’s Cathedral protected under the London Views Management Framework. ‘ For further details see: https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/statements/liverpool-street-station/

Liverpool Street Station is a Grade II listed building whilst the adjoining station hotel is Grade II* listed. The complex was built as a railway terminus between 1873 and 1875 for the Great Eastern Railway by chief engineer Edward Wilson. Later extended between 1890 and 1894, it was remodelled between 1985 and 1992 by the British Rail Architects’ Department under project lead Nick Derbyshire.

The Victorian Society also have strong objections to the proposals and have launched a fighting fund to raise money for a legal case, which can be found here; https://justgiving.com/campaign/savelivstreet