As a statutory consultee, by law it must be notified of any work to a listed building which involves any element of demolition or structural alteration.

Wodehouse in his 1937 novel, Summer Moonshine: "Whatever may be said in favour of the Victorians, it is pretty generally admitted that few of them were to be trusted within reach of a trowel and a pile of bricks.

[14] The society has worked to save numerous landmark buildings such as St Pancras Station,[15] Albert Dock in Liverpool, the Foreign Office and Oxford University Museum.

[19] In 2015, the society launched a campaign to preserve Victorian gasometers, after utility companies announced plans to demolish nearly 200 of the now-outdated structures.

"[20] The society publishes an annual list of the Top Ten Most Endangered Victorian or Edwardian Buildings in England and Wales.