The Victorian Society is an CPD provider recognised by the The Institute of Historic Building Conservation.
Victorian Society events are publicised to members below and in the 'Blue Sheet' with our mailings in February, June and October. Some require booking, for others you can just turn up on the day.
For events organised by our regional groups, please see the regional group pages:
Birmingham & West Midlands; Leicester; Liverpool; Manchester; West Yorkshire; South Yorkshire and Wales.
We're always looking for volunteers to put on events for us. Please contact us if you are interested in getting involved at [email protected]
The Victorian Society AGM will be taking place in Nottingham on Friday 30 September 2-4pm, followed by a weekend of talks and events.
Date: Thursday 9 June 2022
Time: 6pm - 9pm
Join us for a fascinating exteriors-only walk through Lutyens’ London, stopping at a luxury apartment building with a glamourous penthouse. We will visit a bank for ladies only, a showroom for a Canadian Plumbing company and a new memorial to Sir Edwin himself.
Paul Waite is a Trustee and Chair of the Events Committee of the Lutyens Society.
Ticket Price: £15
Date: Wednesday 15 June 2022
Time: 6.30pm - 8pm
Alec Forshaw leads this walk through Spitalfields, taking in a fascinating and varied slice of Victorian buildings, including the Great Eastern Hotel, Bishopsgate Institute, Spitalfields Market, industrial and warehouse buildings along Commercial Street, the Jewish Soup kitchen, Toynbee Hall and Rothschilds Buildings.
Ticket Price: £15
Date: Tuesday 21 June 2022
Time: 7pm - 8:30pm
Brian Parsons, co-author of London Cemeteries, an Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer, explores some familiar and lesser known aspects of the capital’s Victorian cemeteries. A large proportion of London’s 150 plus cemeteries were established by private companies and burial boards between the 1830s and 1900. This has provided us with a unique array of sites differing in terms of landscape, buildings and memorials. A new edition of the fascinating book is due to be published.
Ticket Price: £6
Date: Saturday 25 June 2022
Time: 12:30pm - 5pm
The tour sweeps south and east from the department stores, railway station and industrial buildings of Peckham, before heading towards Dulwich Village and the terracotta architecture of Dulwich College, recently restored. The tour stops at works by Southwark Architectural dynasties Henry Jarvis & Son and the Barrys, and the Horniman Museum. Bring a picnic lunch and optional pub drinks. Riders must be ready to tackle steep Forest Hill.
Ticket Price: £20
Our Autumn talk series focused on the terraced house, the much-loved housing that forms the bedrock of English and Welsh cities.(Buy six talks for the price of five here) Alternatively buy the individual talks below:
Alec Forshaw, historian & urban designer will open the
series by tracing the origins & history of the terraced house in
Bloomsbury. (Buy a ticket to watch
the recording here).
Gareth Carr, architect and lecturer at Wrexham Glyndwr
University, will look at development through the Welsh Streets in Liverpool. (Buy a ticket to watch
the video recording here).
Architectural historian and Victorian Society trustee, Kit
Wedd will explore the materials, design and construction of the terraced house.
(Buy a ticket to watch
the video recording here).
Joanne Harrison, architect and heritage consultant, will
trace the development of back-to-back house building in Leeds. (Buy a ticket to watch the
video recording here).
Edmund Bird, heritage manager at Transport for London will
discuss the development of London's transport infrastructure. (Buy a ticket to watch
the video recording here).
Practicing architect and professor of architecture, Dave King, will cover the reinterpretation and sustainable reuse of the terrace house. (Buy ticket to watch the video recording here).
The model villages of Saltaire and Akroydon in West Yorkshire are both full of architectural decoration, it carries messages that were of great importance to their respective patrons. (Buy a ticket to watch the video recording here)
Package deal of Andrew Saint's series chronologically covering the development of the British capital from 1870-1914. (Complete series for £10 - click here to purchase).
Four talks for the price of three (Click here to purchase).