Help campaigners save Trafalgar House in Nelson. Pendle Borough Council think that demolishing a distinguished building might be a good idea during a climate emergency. Sensitive reuse of heritage buildings is green. Please sign the petition: change.org/p/save-trafa...#lancashire#heritage
A reminder that our Online Autumn Lecture Series 'Crossing Boundaries: Victorian art, Design and Architecture' starts on 29 October. #heritagewww.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crossing-b...
Historian Mary Schoeser in this online lecture discusses the neo-Gothic in relation to textiles and wallpapers, which focuses on ecclesiastical embroideries in particular. The title, 'Fair and Beautiful to Behold' is after a quotation from G.E. Street. #embroiderybit.ly/47ZySJj
The Government is running an online survey looking for views on whether it should change national planning rules regarding demolition and retrofit. The heritage sector needs to reply. horizons.confirmit.eu/wix/p5635103...#heritage
Good luck Jim and team.
A massive thank you to everyone who came to our HQ in Chiswick for the Open House Festival on Sunday. We loved meeting you all, and seeing old friends. The Society has probably never had so many hundreds of people visit our listed building in one day! #OpenHouseFestival#OpenCity#heritage
Delighted that Great Yarmouth Winter Gardens has won the Architects’ Journal 'Future Use' Award 2024 at the publication's Retrofit & Reuse Awards. On our Top Ten Endangered Buildings list following restoration it will return to be a people’s palace bit.ly/47zIgTm 📷Great Yarmouth Borough Council
The Society are opening our doors as part of this year's Open House Festival 2024. We are based in Bedford Park, Chiswick. Do drop-in between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm on Sunday 15 September. Read more bit.ly/4e3LYXB#openhousefestival#architecture#heritage#victorian
The Vic Soc opposes the needless demolition of Aire Place Mills in Leeds as permitted development rights continue. Since the earlier consultation there's been no news as to whether the Government will reform the law that allows such buildings to be demolished bit.ly/3MytZwH#WestYorkshire#Heritage
Coming up in our Online Autumn Lecture Series Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design Curator Matthew Winterbottom talks about the explosion of colour embraced by artists and designers during the 19th-century. Book: bit.ly/47jAFsg#colour#victoriandesign
