| - | 's historic Liverpool Street Station features on the Victorian Society's latest top ten list of endangered buildings . <br>The grade II listed station, which opened in 1875, is set to be transformed by developers as part of £1.5billion proposals which would see the doubling in size of the concourse and the rebuilding of the historic Andaz hotel that neighbours it.<br>The plans, dubbed 'grossly opportunistic' by critics, have [https://www.britannica.com/search?query=prompted prompted] the to put the station on this year's list of the buildings it considers most under threat. <br>Announcing the list today, comedian Griff Rhys Jones, the Victorian Society's president, said: 'I cannot believe that we have had to put a national monument, a great railway station, a part of the story of London and the City on to our list of endangered buildings.'<br>Other buildings on the list include magnificent Turkish baths in Carlisle and a former sewage pumping station in Norwich. <br>Liverpool Street Station<br> Liverpool Street station opened in 1875 and is now one of London's busiest<br>Liverpool Street station opened in 1875 and is now one of London's busiest.<br>An estimated 135million people passed through it each year before the coronavirus pandemic.<br>The accompanying hotel, which was named the Great Eastern when it opened in 1884, is the last of its kind in the City of London.<br>Developer Sellar rail network operator MTR want to demolish much of the 20th century trainshed which closely matches the Victorian original. <br>They also want to build a 21-story tower above the hotel and station which would be topped with a swimming pool. <br>It would be an unprecedented move to carry out such a [https://Imgur.com/hot?q=development development] of a grade II* listed building. <br> Sellar says its proposals involve more than £1.5 billion of private investment, including £450 million to double the size of the station concourse and add more lifts and escalators.<br><br>Above: A CGI image of the proposed redevelopment<br>Plans to redevelop the station in the 1970s received fierce opposition, including from the Victorian Society. <br> Sir John Betjeman, then poet laureate, was also involved in campaign, which helped to push developers into dropping the plans. <br>The Victorian Society, along with eight other heritage and amenity organsiations argues that the new plans, if approved, would set a precedent which would mean that no listed building is safe from harm.<br>The developers have however repeatedly said that the project would not harm the station. <br>Mr Rhys Jones added: 'The gathering of these major voices for roof repair jobs near me ([https://www.pressrelease.org.in/press-release/toiture-couvreur-montreal-covers-customers-with-247-emergency-roofing-76491 i thought about this]) heritage and conservation is extremely rare and reflects how seriously we all view the threat to these glorious buildings.<br>'The Society won the fight to save Liverpool Street Station in the 1970s, and it also saved St Pancras Station too. <br> Liverpool Street station is seen above in 1930, as passengers wait to board a train to Felixstowe<br>'We have to win this time because all listed buildings are at stake if the proposals to build so cavalierly on top of the station and hotel go through.'<br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-372f1940-0ebf-11ee-a535-dd0710658df0" website Street station on Victorian Soc's endangered buildings list
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