Visit: Manchester Group 60th Anniversary Celebration
A celebratory day to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Manchester Group of the Victorian Society, 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.
Visit: Lambeth Palace Library and Church of England Archives
Discover the variety of archival material in Lambeth Palace covering churches, cathedrals, housing and other buildings.
Visit: Tour of the Linnean Society of London
Join expert staff for a tour of the Linnean Society of London, the world’s oldest learned society devoted to biology and natural history.
Visit: An 1890s House in Clapham
This is a rare opportunity to see the colourful and atmospheric candlelit interiors of this house in Clapham.
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.
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.
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.
Visit: St Saviour, Aberdeen Park, London
Explore the Grade I listed Victorian church by William White.
AGM Weekend: Oxford 5-7 September 2025
This year’s AGM weekend will take place in
Oxford, a treasure-trove of Victorian architecture.
Visit: Lutyens, Flockhart, Waterhouse and Voysey Day – Visit to Goddards
A unique visit to explore the architecture of Goddards and surrounding buildings.
Visit: Tour of Stanley Arts in South Norwood
Discover this delightful Grade II listed building hidden in the depths of south London.
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.
Visit: Victorian Sudbury, 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.
Visit: A Guided Tour of Guildhall Art Gallery, London – Afternoon
Looking at one of the country’s best collections of Victorian art at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London.
Visit: A Guided Tour of Guildhall Art Gallery, London – Morning
Looking at one of the country’s best collections of Victorian art at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London.
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.
Visit: A Guided Tour of Two Temple Place, London
Discover this extraordinary Victorian building and its history.
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.
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.
Visit: Palace of Westminster
Join us on a crisp winter morning as we discover one of London's best known buildings.
Visit: An 1890s House in Clapham
This is a rare opportunity to see the colourful and atmospheric candlelit interiors of this house in Clapham.
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.
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.
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.
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 Victorian drawings 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.