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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 1d

Book our Special Offer for our Autumn Online Lecture Series and get all 7 Talks for the Price of 6.

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Hot Off The Press: Victorians in the Bookshops - 7 talks for 6

Our autumn lecture series celebrates the remarkable recent flourishing of publications on Victorian architecture and related topics.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 1d

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 1d

As part of our autumn online lecture series
Michael Hall, author of 'A Queer Inheritance: Alternative Histories in the National Trust', to be published by Bloomsbury in February 2026, reconstructs a strange, #queer saga at Clumber Park the seat of the Dukes of Newcastle. Read more bit.ly/4o5qqi6 🧵

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 2d

Photos on this thread:

📷Black and white photo from the Dr Barnardo's Shotley Park Facebook page used with kind permission of the page's Administrator.
📷Colour photo from 20 years ago by Colin Edgar CC 2.0

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 2d

The Northern Echo have been live-blogging the situation:
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2551903...

LIVE: 'Large fire' breaks out at County Durham grade II listed stately home

This is The Northern Echo's live breaking news blog on the 'large fire' that has broken out in Shotley Bridge, Consett. Follow along for live…

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 2d

Shotley Park, a Grade II listed house in Consett, has been on fire overnight. County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service have been working to put out the blaze last night and during today. There was an application in 2024 to turn it into a hotel🧵

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 2d

Come and join us as the Society's Administrator as we campaign for Victorian and Edwardian built heritage.

The Administrator plays a central role for the Society in supporting all aspects of this work, ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the office.

Read more: bit.ly/4mJudAF

#hiring

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 4d

This talk is part of our Autumn Online Lecture Series 'Hot Off The Press: Victorians in the Bookshops'. Individually the lectures are just £6, but buy our Special Offer and Get 7 Talks for the Price of 6:
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Hot Off The Press: Victorians in the Bookshops - 7 talks for 6

Our autumn lecture series celebrates the remarkable recent flourishing of publications on Victorian architecture and related topics.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 4d

Our lecturer Mark Bertram’s monograph on Ricardo (his great-grandfather) was published by Lund Humphries in March.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 4d

He was an engaging personality, as well as a forward-looking thinker. gifted lecturer and essayist, his architectural work, most famously No. 8 Addison Road, London (for Ernest Debenham in 1905) was often highly individualistic in its innovative use of colour and glazed materials.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 4d

Halsey Ricardo is a well-known Arts and Crafts figure thanks to his business partnership with William De Morgan, for whom he designed tiles and vases, and his role as head of architecture at the Central School of Arts & Crafts. Read more + book bit.ly/46QxjNv 🧵

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 5d

The South Yorkshire Group of the Society is seeking new volunteer committee members, as well as someone to lead on their Social Media to support their campaigns/promote our walks & talks. Read more: bit.ly/4gQxIUG

Image: Old Town Hall, Sheffield
📷: Dave Pickersgill CC 2.0

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 5d

Book to hear Caroline's online lecture: bit.ly/3Kw15ja

Lady Charlotte Schreiber: Extraordinary Art Collector

Discover the life of Lady Charlotte Schreiber in this online talk by Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 5d

Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth’s long-awaited study of this great Victorian collector has just been published by Lund Humphries. www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extraordinary Art Collector

This book emphasises Lady Charlotte Schreiber (1812-1895) — also known as Lady Charlotte Guest, née Bertie — as one of the most significant women in the history of collecting. An extraordinary collect...

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 5d

Lady Charlotte Shreiber was a woman who subverted gendered norms and challenged Victorian conventions, Schreiber made major contributions to ceramic history and cultural education, and played an influential role in transnational artistic networks.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 5d

@carolinemccaff.bsky.social gives the first in our autumn online lecture series on 21st October. 🧵

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 5d

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum with partners is hosting a conference ‘Great Expectations’ about the future of the UK’s historic churches, chapels and meeting houses on Tuesday 21 October 2025. Read more and book: bit.ly/4h3oWCT

#heritage #History #churches #chapels #meetinghouses

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 6d

Join us at St Mary Abbots on Kensington Church St for an in-person talk. Rev Evan McWilliams' explores furnishings such as altarpieces, font covers, stained glass windows, and memorials that were provided to ornament existing Victorian churches from the 1890s onwards.

Book here: bit.ly/4mhPJMU

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 8d

Our autumn online lecture series celebrates the remarkable recent flourishing of publications on Victorian architecture and related topics. All the speakers are the authors of new books, either just published or forthcoming.

Book here: bit.ly/4pOE2jD

#booktalks

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 9d

Candy - just realised it is WII we don’t even do WWI. You need our friends at the Twentieth Century Society @c20society.bsky.social

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 9d

Did you have an expert making your listings application? I am sorry we can't contact you as we are pretty busy but you can email our Birmingham & West Midlands Conservation Adviser and explain the situation. I think it is some while before you can reapply for listing now [email protected]

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 9d

So many buildings deserve to find sympathetic reuse. And as you say it is about regeneration and sustainability too.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 9d

What date and where please? If it is pre the start of the First World War it is our period, if after the date WWI started it is the @c20society.bsky.social We are specifically not talking about HE turning down requests to list, but those HE make being turned down by the Minister.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 9d

The amenity societies are concerned currently. Hop over to the @c20society.bsky.social to see two fire stations turned down for listing. Why don't you FOI the Government department to ask within a date range how many requests to list by HE have been turned down.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 9d

Image: Medlock Mill/Hotspur Press in Manchester after the fire in June 2025. Photo: Alan Davies @pitheadbaths Flickr - PitHeadGear and on Twitter @pitheadbaths

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