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

Events

The Victorian Society runs 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.

The Victorian Society is 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 Victorian and Edwardian architecture, architects, and related themes including railways.

July

Visit: A Coach Trip to Banbury

We will visit 3 churches, have a short town walk in Banbury led by Dr David Low and visit a residential private school designed by G. E. Street. Cost £55

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Ticket Price: £55 including coach fare, lunch, refreshments and donations
Date: Saturday, July 19th, 2025
Time: 9.00 a.m. Coach departs
Venue: Church Street, Birmingham, B3 2BS – View on map
Location: In Person | Birmingham & West Midlands
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Ticket Price: £5.00
Date: Saturday, July 19th, 2025
Time: 2.00 pm – 4.00pm
Venue: Loxley United Reformed Churchyard – View on map
Location: South Yorkshire | In Person
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August

Visit:  St Saviour, Aberdeen Park, London

Explore the Grade I listed Victorian church 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 – View on map
Location: Visit | In Person | London
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Ticket Price: £ 5.00
Date: Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
Time: 4.00 pm
Venue: NESM West Bar, Sheffield S3 8PT – View on map
Location: In Person
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September

AGM Weekend: Oxford 5-7 September 2025

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

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Ticket Price: £275 for Weekend Activities
Date: Friday, September 5th, 2025
Venue: Keble College Oxford – View on map
Location: Visit | In Person
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Ticket Price: £10.00 pay on the day
Date: Tuesday, September 9th, 2025
Time: 12.30-2.00pm
Venue: Meet outside the Atlas Bar (376 Deansgate Manchester M3 4LY) at the junction of Deansgate and Whitworth Street – View on map
Location: Manchester
Ticket Price: £18
Date: Friday, September 12th, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Venue: Westminster Bridge TBC – View on map
Location: Walk | In Person | London
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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. – View on map
Location: Walk | In Person | London
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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 – View on map
Location: Visit | In Person | London
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Ticket Price: £10.00 payable on the day
Date: Saturday, September 27th, 2025
Time: 2 for 2.15-3.45pm
Venue: Stretford Public Hall Chester Road Stretford M32 0LG – View on map
Location: Manchester

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 – View on map
Location: Online
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Ticket Price: £10.00 payable on the day
Date: Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
Time: 12.30-2.00pm
Venue: Entrance to Mayfield Park on Baring Street M1 2PY – View on map
Location: Manchester

October

Talk: Late Victorian and 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 – View on map
Location: In Person | London
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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 – View on map
Location: Visit | London | In Person
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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 – View on map
Location: Online
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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 – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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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 Victorian architecture 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: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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Ticket Price: £10.00 pay on the day
Date: Saturday, October 25th, 2025
Time: 11am-12.30pm
Venue: St Augustine’s Church, Bolton Road, Pendlebury , Manchester M27 8UX – View on map
Location: Manchester

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 – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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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 – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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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 – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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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 – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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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 – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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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 – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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