70: The Country House Revisited

This edition of our membership magazine was published in July 2022 and features the following articles:

4 Country Seats: Wiltshire's Victorian Country Houses

Julien Orbach revisiting country houses for the revised Wiltshire 'Pevsner'.

8 Victorian jewels of the National Trust Collection

Stephen Ponder on two houses taken by the trust half a century ago.

11 Lighting up Hatfield House

Lucie Clark on the electrification of Hatfield House.

12 Inside Kelmscott Manor

Kathy Haslam reveals the revived decoration of Morris's beloved country home.

14 Scenes of a Childhood revisited

Elsabeth Dikkes on a painting by Edward Gregory R.A.

16 House Notes

Moses Jenkins on what to do with redundant chimneys.

18 Case Notes

Tom Taylor on the Barmouth Railway Viaduct.

19 Casework

An update on the society's recent casework.

23 Case Study

Elgan Jones on the rescue of Victoria Pier, Colwyn Bay.

24 Book Reviews

County Durham, the Messei family, Decimus Burton, the English country house and garden eccentrics.

29 News

The Victorian Society Short Story Reading Group; a Temple Moore drawing, the wonderlands of Alice de Rothschild; and Charles Hind.

30 The battle for the Soul of Ukraine

Jeremy Musson speaks to Dr Kateryna Goncharova about the threat to Ukrainian built heritage.

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