A run-down former nightclub building which has long been a target for regeneration has once again been named among the º£½ÇÊÓƵ's most at-risk sites.
Methodist Central Hall, in Birmingham city centre, has been named on the annual Top Ten Endangered Buildings list by campaigning charity The Victorian Society.
The grade II*-listed terracotta complex, in Corporation Street, was built in 1904 by local architects Ewan Harper and James A Harper and totals 90,400 sq ft of space.
It is a well-known landmark in the city centre, once home to the famous Que Club until 2017 which hosted a wide
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But it has been mostly empty for many years, has fallen into a state of disrepair and has previously been named on Heritage England's At Risk Register.
In 2022, Irish outfit Press Up Hospitality and sister company Oakmount won planning consent from the city council to regenerate the building to create a new 155-bedroom hotel called 'The Dean'.
Other plans included a rooftop restaurant, food and beverage units and restoration of the central hall for events while a three-storey extension was to be added to the building's roof. The developers estimated that the project could create 400 jobs.
However, no work on creating the mixed-use complex has taken place and last year receivers were appointed by the project's funder.
In March, property agencies Savills and Sanderson Weatherall placed the building on the market in the hope of finding a new owner and fresh investment.
The Victorian Society said Methodist halls were built as a way for Victorian Britain to steer the working class away from alcohol by hosting concerts, films and other events.
Around 100 were built between 1886 and 1945 and Birmingham's replaced a smaller, 1,100-seat predecessor in Corporation Street by Osborn & Reading. Its spandrels depict allegories of Methodist teaching, the society said.
"One of Birmingham's most impressive buildings is deteriorating, its rich history steadily overtaken by buddleia, its future uncertain," the society added.
President Griff Rhys Jones said: "Echoing its name, a central fixture of a great city with a recent history of success that must be freshly minted in a lot of people's minds, the old Que needs a new life.
"It would be inconceivable to lose this treasured house of good repute. It needs friends and it needs some noise.
"Let interested parties know that it needs some new ideas and dynamic thinking."
The other buildings on the Victorian Society's 2025 endangered list are:
- Bosworth Park Water Tower, Market Bosworth
- Torquay Pavilion, Devon
- Birley Spa, Hackenthorpe, Sheffield
- 33-39 St James Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk
- Former Marine Hotel, Penarth, Glamorgan
- Gibson Street Baths, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Aldermaston Court, Aldermaston, Berkshire
- Edgerton Cemetery Chapel, Huddersfield
- Gwalia, West Derby, Liverpool
Nominated buildings must be dated between 1837 and 1914.
