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G E Street St James the Less, Pimlico, 1861 © Neil Jackson

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October

Visit: Street’s Church, Holmbury St Mary – G E Street Bicentenary

This visit is to the church which G E Street built in in 1878-79 as a memorial to his second wife, Jessie, who died soon after their honeymoon in 1876. It is very much a personal statement which he paid for himself.

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Ticket Price: £22
Date: Saturday, October 19th, 2024
Time: 2:30 pm at the church or 1:00 pm at Royal Oak Pub
Venue: St Mary Church, Holmbury –
Location: Visit | G E Street Bicentenary 2024 | In Person

Visit: RIBA Drawings Collection at the V&A

The visit will start with an introductory talk on the history of the RIBA Drawings Collection by curator, Charles Hind followed by a look at a selection of Ƶdrawings from the collection, including several by Alfred Waterhouse for the Natural History Museum. We will move across to the Museum to look at the exterior and the Great Hall.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Monday, October 21st, 2024
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue: Victoria and Albert Museum, Exhibition Road –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

November

Visit: All Saints’ church, Putney Common – G E Street Bicentenary

All Saints’ church, Putney, was opened as a chapel of ease in 1874. The interior is richly polychromatic and the many Morris & Co windows are of outstanding quality. This visit is our final look at a church by G E Street.

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Ticket Price: £15
Date: Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
Time: 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Venue: All Saints, Putney –
Location: Visit | G E Street Bicentenary 2024 | In Person | London

Visit: St Mary’s at West Tofts

A unique opportunity to visit a small medieval church transformed by A W Pugin and his son in the 1840s and 1850s.

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Ticket Price: £29
Date: Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm at Thetford Station
Venue: Meet at Thetford Station –
Location: Visit | In Person

December

Visit: Palace of Westminster

Join us on a crisp winter morning as we discover one of London’s best known buildings.

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Ticket Price: £30
Date: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024
Time: 8:45 am – 10:30 am
Venue: Palace of Westminster –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

January

Visit: An 1890s House in Clapham

This is a rare opportunity to see the colourful and atmospheric candlelit interiors of this house in Clapham.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Thursday, January 16th, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Address available closer to the date. –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

Visit: Old Bailey

Discover the architecture of the Old Bailey.

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Ticket Price: £30
Date: Thursday, January 30th, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Venue: Old Bailey –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

February

Visit: Royal Albert Hall

This is a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of Grade I listed building and see parts of the Royal Albert Hall that are normally off limits to the public.

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Ticket Price: £25
Date: Monday, February 17th, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Venue: Royal Albert Hall –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

March

Visit: Makers of Modern Gothic: A.W.N Pugin and John Hardman Jr: Curators’ Tour

Join Angus Patterson & Max Donnelly, co-curators of Makers of Modern Gothic: for a exhibition talk at the V& A museum, London.

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Ticket Price: £18
Date: Thursday, March 20th, 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 11:30 pm
Venue: Victoria and Albert Museum, Exhibition Road –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

Visit: A Guided Tour of Two Temple Place, London

Discover this extraordinary Ƶbuilding and its history.

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Ticket Price: £18
Date: Thursday, March 27th, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Venue: 2 Temple Place –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

April

Ticket Price: £5 members. £8 non-members.
Date: Saturday, April 5th, 2025
Time: 11am – 4pm
Venue: Scarborough town centre starting at the railway station. –
Location: Visit | Walk | In Person

Visit: Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington including a Visit to the Restored Chapel

Join us on a tour of Abney Park, one of London’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries, as we discover its history.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Sunday, April 6th, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue: Abney Park Cemetery –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

Visit: Tour of Stanley Arts in South Norwood

Discover this delightful Grade II listed building hidden in the depths of south London.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Time: 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue: Stanley Arts –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

Visit: A Guided Tour of Guildhall Art Gallery, London – Afternoon

Looking at one of the country’s best collections of Ƶart at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
Time: 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Venue: Guildhall Art Gallery, London –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

Visit: A Guided Tour of Guildhall Art Gallery, London – Morning

Looking at one of the country’s best collections of Ƶart at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Venue: Guildhall Art Gallery, London –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

May

Visit: Woking, England’s First Crematorium: A Visit led by Prof Hilary J Grainger

A unique opportunity to visit the UK’s first crematorium, designed by Edward Francis Channing Clarke in 1885.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Saturday, May 31st, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Venue: Woking Crematorium –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

June

Ticket Price: Members £5. Non-members £8.
Date: Saturday, June 7th, 2025
Time: 2pm-4.30pm
Venue: Manningham Mills and surrounding area, Bradford –
Location: Walk | Visit | West Yorkshire | In Person

Visit: Lutyens, Flockhart, Waterhouse and Voysey Day – Visit to Goddards

A unique visit to explore the architecture of Goddards and surrounding buildings.

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Ticket Price: £55
Date: Sunday, June 8th, 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 4:00 pm
Venue: Goddards, Surrey –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

Visit: ƵSudbury, Suffolk including a visit to a Functioning Brickyard

A unique opportunity for members to learn about the brickmaking process for historic buildings at a brickyard normally closed to the public.

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Ticket Price: £70
Date: Thursday, June 12th, 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
Venue: Sudbury (Suffolk) Station –
Location: Visit | In Person

August

Visit:  St Saviour, Aberdeen Park, London

Explore the Grade I listed Ƶchurch by William White.

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Ticket Price: £15
Date: Saturday, August 9th, 2025
Time: 11:30 pm – 13:30 pm
Venue: St Saviours, Highbury –
Location: Visit | In Person | London

September

AGM Weekend: Oxford 5-7 September 2025

This year’s AGM weekend will take place in
Oxford, a treasure-trove of Ƶarchitecture.

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Ticket Price: £275 for Weekend Activities
Date: Friday, September 5th, 2025
Venue: Keble College Oxford –
Location: Visit | 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: Visit | London | In Person

October

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: London | Visit | In Person
Ticket Price: £5
Date: Saturday, October 25th, 2025
Time: 12 Noon
Venue: Canada House, 11 Commercial Street, Sheffield S1 2AT –
Location: South Yorkshire | Visit | In Person

November

Visit:  Special event at the Royal Academy of Music

Join us for privileged access to the Royal Academy of Music buildings and historical collections with Susana Caldeira, RAM’s Head of Collections, as our guide.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Thursday, November 6th, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Venue: Royal Academy of Music –
Location: London | Visit | In Person

January

Visit:  Nineteenth-Century Furniture at the V&A. A Visit led by Max Donnelly

Max Donnelly, Curator, Furniture and Woodwork 1800-1915, will present a gallery talk at the V & A museum.

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Ticket Price: £16
Date: Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Venue: Victoria and Albert Museum –
Location: London | Visit | In Person

Visit: An 1890s House in Clapham

This is a rare opportunity to see the colourful and atmospheric candlelit interiors of this house in Clapham.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Address available closer to the date. –
Location: London | Visit | In Person

Visit: Manchester Group 60th Anniversary Celebration

A celebratory day to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Manchester Group of the ƵSociety, including the following: talks from a number of the specialists involved in the Rochdale Town Hall restoration project; guided tours of the building, the Square and Broadfield Slopes; a two course lunch; an opportunity to meet friends old and new.

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Ticket Price: £50.00 including lunch
Date: Saturday, January 24th, 2026
Time: 10am to 5pm
Venue: Rochdale Town Hall The Esplanade Rochdale OL16 1AZ –
Location: Manchester | Visit | In Person