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Events

ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµruns a diverse programme of events including visits, walks, online talks and weekends away. These are publicised to members below and in the ‘Blue Sheet’ which is mailed with our membership magazine, ‘The Victorian’, in February, June and October. Members receive priority booking.

ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµis an CPD provider recognised by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation. Our recorded online talks can be found in our shop here. This is a fantastic opportunity to discover over 80 lectures on ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµand Edwardian architecture, architects, and related themes including railways.

September

Walk: The AMAZING architecture of Tooley Street! Led by Benedict O’Looney

An evening architecture walk the length of Tooley Street highlighting 700 years of riverside architecture.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Wednesday, September 17th, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Venue: ‘Southwark Needle’ (Eric Parry) the south end of London Bridge, Duke Street Hill. –
Location: London | Walk | In Person

Visit:  Skinners’ Hall

Discover this fascinating building and its changes across the centuries.

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Ticket Price: £30
Date: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025
Time: 10:30 pm – 12:00 pm
Venue: Skinners Hall, Dowling Hill –
Location: In Person | London | Visit

Online Lecture: Understanding the Past, Present and Future of Smithfield, by Tom Butler

Dr Tom Butler presents his research on the past, present and future of the wider Smithfield area.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online –
Location: Online

October

Talk: Late ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµand Edwardian Furnishings in Kensington & Chelsea Churches by Fr Evan McWilliams

A lecture by Fr Evan McWilliams exploring furnishings such as altarpieces, font covers and stained glass in Kensington and Chelsea

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Ticket Price: £10
Date: Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
Time: 07:00
Venue: St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, W8 4LA –
Location: Talk | In Person | London

Visit:  St Andrew, Kingsbury, London With introductory talk by Kit Wedd

Join Kit Wedd as we discover St Andrew’s church (Grade II*; 1844-47)in Kingsbury.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Saturday, October 11th, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue: St Andrew’s Kingsbury –
Location: In Person | London | Visit

Online Lecture: Benjamin Ferrey and the Romanesque Revival: ‘a lamentable accident’? by Harry Spain

This talk by Harry Spain will explore Ferrey’s role in the short-lived Romanesque Revival.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online –
Location: Online

ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµShort Story Reading Group: ‘The Two Sisters’ & ‘The Siwash Rock’ by E. Pauline Johnson

The ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµShort Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Canada.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm– 8:30 pm
Venue: Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT –
Location: In Person | London

Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025: Hot Off The Press: Victorians in the Bookshops – 7 talks for 6

Our autumn lecture series celebrates the remarkable recent flourishing of publications on ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµarchitecture and related topics.

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Ticket Price: £36
Date: Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025

Online Lecture: Lady Charlotte Schreiber: Extraordinary Art Collector by Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth

Discover the life of Lady Charlotte Schreiber in this online talk by Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online –
Location: Online | Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025

Online Lecture: Halsey Ricardo: A Life in Arts and Crafts by Mark Bertram

Halsey Ricardo (1854–1928) is a well known Arts and Crafts figure thanks to his business partnership with William De Morgan.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online –
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online

November

Online Lecture: Clumber Park: A Queer Inheritance by Michael Hall

Explore the story of the Clumber Park in this talk by Michael Hall

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online –
Location: Online | Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025

Online Lecture: Matthew Digby Wyatt by Robert Thorne

The polymath Wyatt – architect, administrator, designer, writer and connoisseur – was project manager to the Great Exhibition of 1851.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online –
Location: Online | Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025

ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµShort Story Reading Group: ‘The Red Girl’s Reasoning’ by E Pauline Johnson & ‘The Epaulettes’ by Gilbert Parker

The ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµShort Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Canada.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm– 8:30 pm
Venue: Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT –
Location: In Person | London

Online Lecture: The Aesthetic Movement in Five English Interiors by Steven Brindle

This talk will examine five celebrated interiors of the Aesthetic Movement that involved Edward Burne-Jones and Morris & Co.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online –
Location: Online | Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025

Online Lecture: Toronto Edwardian: Frank Darling, Architect of Canada’s Imperial Age by David Winterton

Frank Darling (1850–1923), was employed in the office of George Edmund Street and became a leading exponent of Edwardian Baroque in Toronto.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online –
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online

December

Online Lecture: E.W. Godwin by Aileen Reid

Although his fame today rests on his distinguished Aesthetic Movement furniture, E.W. Godwin (1833–86) styled himself ‘architect’.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online –
Location: Online | Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025