78: Historic Mills in Transformation

This edition of our membership magazine was published in March 2025 and features the following articles:

4 Bradford: Commerce and Civic Pride

George Sheeran on the architectural history of Bradford, this year's City of Culture.

6 West Yorkshire: Fifty and Fresh

Ken Powell of the early years of the West Yorkshire Group and June Diamond on its recent revival.

10 Six out of Ten still  Threatened

Geoff Hughes revisits West Yorkshire buildings features in our Top Ten Endangered Buildings list.

12 Yorkshire Chatelaine

James Lomax considers the impact of Emily Meynell Ingrams at Temple Newsam.

14 Mills Transformed

Neil Horsley on documenting the recuse and re-use of mills in Yorkshire and Lancashire.

16 Memories of an adviser

Hugh Mellor recalls his experiences as Architectural Adviser to the Victorian Society 1977- 1979.

17 House Notes

Moses Jenkins looks at ways to keeping buildings cool inside as the temperature rises outside.

18 Casework

An update on the society's recent casework

23 Case Study

Cristian Petrescu describes the recent restoration of the Crystal Palace Subway

24 Book Reviews

Charles J Connick, the Northern Art Workers Guild, Bradley's Railway Guide and London's lost interiors.

28 Meet the Team

Interviews with our new chair, James Grierson, and our new director, James Hughes

29 News

Liverpool, Welsh Corinthian and Bedales.

30 Farewells

Obituaries for Janet Douglas and Dr Julien Litten FSA

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