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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The churchyard of the old parish church at Chiswick and the adjacent burial ground are best known for the graves of Hogarth and Whistler. But they include monuments to figures of local and national importance too. The tour is led by Vic Soc trustee + local resident Henry Sainty. tinyurl.com/yerva6ep

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Victorian Society has welcomed four new trustees to its Board. Tom Ashley, Anna Dewsnap, Dr Sarah Flew and Andrew Willetts were appointed as trustees at the Society’s Annual General Meeting in Llandudno on 25th September. You can read more here: tinyurl.com/yz77uwfy

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here’s another kiosk. They house shops.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Owen Jones ‘ Grammar of Ornament’ influenced the design of the railings and detail on the pier. Islamic design lends itself to the cast iron process.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There were 106 seaside resorts in the Victorian period. Here’s Llandudno Pier. The kiosks were designed by Charles Driver.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Day 2: Vic Soc AGM. Panoramic view of the pastel seafront houses of St George’s Crescent with North Shore beach and Ormes Bay, Llandudno.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today our members and trustees are setting off to the #VicSocAgm. We are in Wales this year, in Llandudno. It is one of the great Victorian towns. We celebrate the remarkable Victorian and Edwardian heritage with a 3-day programme of talks, walks and visits. Photo: Bailey-Cooper Photography / Alamy

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hello Dr Walsh - A huge number of our lectures are online. Lots of people want in-person lectures - so this is one of those. The location at St Mary Abbots Church means we aren't recording this one. You can find lots of our recorded talks here: www.victoriansociety.org.uk/recorded-tal...

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Recorded Talks - The Victorian Society

A wide range of recorded talks available to buy via Eventbrite. Browse through the talk sets that we have available and listen any time.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hello Barbara, a huge number of our lectures are online. Lots of people want in-person lectures - so this is one of those. You can find lots of our previous talks to buy here: www.victoriansociety.org.uk/recorded-tal...

victoriansociety.org.uk

Recorded Talks - The Victorian Society

A wide range of recorded talks available to buy via Eventbrite. Browse through the talk sets that we have available and listen any time.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📸 in thread: Room de Luxe in the Willow Tearooms 1903 with furniture and interiors designed by Mackintosh and Macdonald. 📸Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Collections - Public Domain 📸NTS 📸 Open Glasgow CC BY-SA 2.0 📸 dalbera CC BY 2.0 📸 JJCMarshall CC BY-SA 4.0 📸 Open Glasgow CC BY-SA 2.0

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The National Trust for Scotland took on the ownership of the tearooms in 2024 with the aim of ensuring their long-term security. An intervention needs to be made to stop the potential loss of another precious piece of Rennie Mackintosh's legacy to Glasgow which a fire next door could bring about.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Tearooms were opened by Miss Cranston in 1903 and were designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh working in with his wife, Margaret Macdonald. With Sauchiehall Street, Mackintosh was given responsibility not just for the interior design and furniture, but for the whole internal layout and exterior.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We echo our friends at the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society's deep concern at this latest development that threatens one of the Scottish architect's works and one of his amazing collaborations with his wife, Margaret Macdonald. tinyurl.com/4npbfap6

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We're reaching for our smelling salts. A new vape shop will be opening on Sauchiehall St next to the world-renowned Mackintosh Tearooms. This follows the devastating fire at Union St earlier this year caused by a vape shop that destroyed a Victorian building + took the Station out of use for days 🧵

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Join us for this illustrated talk based on original research. Emily Gee will tell the story of the campaigns to house a new generation of urban working women, the specialised design of the buildings and the women whose lives were transformed by this architectural movement. More tinyurl.com/2ffvkcyy

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is one of our Top Ten Endangered Buildings. Up for auction again. It needs a sympathetic owner.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This year developers received planning permission to allow the Victorian family house to be demolished. However the developer came back later with another planning application and that would see a bigger development on the site. tinyurl.com/bdzf6kjp

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Addiscombe locals suspicious as fire destroys heritage house

“Owners and developers should be held responsible when something like this happens.” That was the quick take of one concerned resident yesterday, which was typical of the angry and sadd…

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Unlisted, Ecclefechan, at 275 Addiscombe Road had been subject to close to 30 planning applications since 2020. An application to turn it into flats was turned down. The very next application was for demolition. There have been changes in ownership. tinyurl.com/3b2twu73

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Croydon’s planners save historic Addiscombe house – twice

Addiscombe residents are preparing themselves for a renewed battle to save an historic, landmark house in their neighbourhood after the council’s planning department first refused planning pe…

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Permitted Development Rights enable the demolition of buildings, which are neither listed or within a Conservation Area, without the need for planning permission. Many local landmark buildings that make up the character and charm of our villages, towns and cities have been lost.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The sad saga of Ecclefechan at 275 Addiscombe Road in Croydon is an example of why planning law surrounding permitted development rights urgently needs to change.🧵 📷 London Fire Brigade

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thanks. We have posted a thread - we've linked to two of your stories.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The public, private + education sectors are working together to repair the unlisted building with no cost to the Council. The goal is to make the building dry and secure. Carlisle College students will complete work experience on the site. tinyurl.com/9eym7549

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Preparation work starts for restoration of Carlisle’s Bitts Park Lodge – cumbriacrack.com

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Great news for the campaigners in Carlisle who worked to save the park keeper's lodge in Bitts Park. Work is happening to restore this lovely Edwardian building empty since it was severely damaged when the River Eden flooded in 2015. 🧵 📷Kevin Waterhouse CC by SA 2.0

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

They are in Pevsner. Nos 52-60 and the group in East Tenter St. No Architect, but Jewish builder developers N & R Davis are mentioned. Here's an extract: 'high fronted red brick tenements of c1901 display the poor character of the district at the end of the C19.'

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Victorian Society is deeply saddened to announce the death of Joe Holyoak. Joe Holyoak was a powerhouse for Birmingham’s heritage, and for the Society’s Birmingham & West Midlands Group. A full tribute can be read here: tinyurl.com/28pu3788

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Grade II* Dalton Mills have been subject to the fifth fire in as many years. This is the second major fire at a mill designed by W. Sugden this year with Big Mill at Leek being hit by arson earlier in 2026. Our thanks to West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Buy from the Society's online shop and support our work campaigning for Victorian and Edwardian architecture. www.victoriansociety.org.uk/shop/publica... Chelsea Lodge (demolished), the double house and studio in Chelsea, for Archibald Stuart-Wortley and the caricaturist Carlo Pellegrini (‘Ape’).

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Reid shows the continuities in his career; that all his design work – buildings, journalism, furniture, textiles and theatre – was governed by a set of principles that evolved radically, but remained remarkably consistent. Frank Miles’s House (1878) and The Tower House (1882) in Tite Street

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In this new book, the first on E W Godwin in more than 25 years, Aileen Reid looks at Godwin’s ideas through the prism of his architecture. From Northampton Town Hall to the simplicity of his 1870s studio-houses in Chelsea, including the White House for his friend Whistler. 📷 Library of Congress

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Such celebrity connections, combined with Godwin’s disdain for convention, have helped to frame previous discussion of his buildings, furniture and decorative design previously. 📷 former Council Chamber at Northampton Guildhall, now the Godwin Room, E. W. Godwin, 1861 Photo: Lucy Millson-Watkins

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The architect Edward William Godwin (1833–86) was a key figure in the Aesthetic Movement that began in the 1870s, influenced by Japanese design and a belief in art for art’s sake. He was the lover of the actress Ellen Terry, friends with Oscar Wilde and the painter James McNeill Whistler. 📷Getty LA

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today we welcome the publication of the seventh title in the Society's Victorian Architects series. It is on E.W. Godwin written by Aileen Reid. Front cover: Elevation drawing by E.W. Godwin of the first design for a studio-house for Frank Miles, 1878 (detail). Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Designed by Pugin, opened in 1848, St George’s was the first Roman Catholic cathedral established in London since the Reformation. Although devastatingly damaged during the Blitz in 1941, important elements of Pugin’s work survive. L: 📷The Blessed Sacrement Chapel thevictorianweb.org R: C19 view

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This event offers a unique opportunity to explore one of the most important centres of nineteenth-century Catholic architecture in England and to examine the legacy of the Gothic Revival through architecture, liturgy and the decorative arts. Interior of the cathedral. 📷 JFVoll CC by SA 4.0

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join us on September 19th for an architectural and ecclesiastical study visit to St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, and the adjoining Archbishop’s House. More: tinyurl.com/2ncc2uv5 Nave ceiling inside the Cathedral of Saint George in South London 📷 Doyle of London CC BY SA 4.0

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🚇 As there is planned engineering on the District Line on Sat 12th Sept do check your travel to Turnham Green. Replacement buses should operate, and there are train stations close by, and buses too 🚉 🚌

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🏡 Our 1880 Grade II house is open 12 Sept as part of @opencity-uk.bsky.social. The Victorian Society is based in Bedford Park in Chiswick. Come and meet us to find out about our work. Optional tea and cake is served. Just pop by from 11.00 am to 4.15 pm 🧵https://tinyurl.com/3hnb8ntk

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Intricately carved interiors like the Marble Hall made Elveden a dramatic setting for the Maharaja’s shooting parties, where he welcomed members of the royal family as guests. The Maharaja left Elveden in 1886 - today, the house is owned by the Earls of Iveagh. 📷 @theoldbuilding.bsky.social

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

With the help of architect John Norton, the Maharaja expanded and remodelled Elveden in the style of his native Punjab, taking inspiration from the Mughal palaces of his childhood. 📷 @theoldbuilding.bsky.social

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In 1863 the Maharaja purchased Elveden Hall, a country estate on the border of Norfolk & Suffolk. 📷 @theoldbuilding.bsky.social

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Maharaja Duleep Singh, born #onthisday in 1838, was the last ruler of the Sikh Empire. Deposed and exiled by the East India Company at age 15, he spent most of the rest of his life in Britain. 🧵 📷 courtesy @theoldbuilding.bsky.social

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🙋🙋‍♂️How you can help Mentmore, Cheddington & the landscape: 1) Sign the petition in 60 seconds to lend your support to the Mentmore Under Threat campaign tinyurl.com/4kujdeev 2) Have your say directly on the Local Draft Plan with the step-by-step guide tinyurl.com/4473jfkn Photos: Rob Spicer Photo

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🌳Plans to build a ‘new town’ will encroach on Mentmore’s parkland and destroy an approach designed by Sir Joseph Paxton. There are 16 more sites that the Council's own evidence show offer more suitable opportunities to create new housing than this heritage landscape and arable land. 🌲 📷 Rob Spicer

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The community in Mentmore and Cheddington, and heritage experts, want to preserve the landscape setting of the significant Grade I-listed Mentmore Towers 🏰 Photos on this thread by Rob Spicer Photo

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📢 3 days to OBJECT to stop the adoption of part of the draft local plan for Buckinghamshire which proposes to build 7,450 new houses on the countryside around Grade I-listed Mentmore Towers & two surrounding villages🧵 Object to @buckscouncil.bsky.social Local Plan by 6th Sept tinyurl.com/4kujdeev 🧵

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