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January

Online Lecture: Victorian and Edwardian Women in Architecture, by Lynne Walker

Lynne Walker introduces a series of lectures that will extend our knowledge of women in architecture and the Victorian period.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025

February

Online Lecture: Rhoda and Agnes Garrett, ‘House Decorators’: the History of a Business, 1874–1905 by Elizabeth Crawford

Elizabeth Crawford discusses the first women to run a professional interior design business.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025

Online Lecture: A W N Pugin and Women by Rosemary Hill

Pugin’s biographer explores the role women played in both Pugin’s personal and professional life

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025

Online Lecture: Victorian Chatelaine: Emily Meynell Ingram of Temple Newsam, by James Lomax

The lecture will explore the life and legacy of a major female architectural patron.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025

March

Online Lecture: Octavia Hill, John Ruskin, and Victorian Society, by William Whyte

William Whyte looks at her approach to social work as it was particularly shaped by her understanding of art and architecture.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025

Online Lecture: Clotilde Brewster: A Life in Perspective: the Journey of the First Female international Architect

Laura Fitzmaurice discusses the life of Clotilde Brewster (1874–1937) who became the first woman to work internationally as an architect.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025

Winter Online Lecture Series 2025: Victorian and Edwardian Women in Architecture – 7 talks for 6

The Winter Lecture Series 2025 explores Victorian and Edwardian’s women’s connections with architecture.

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Ticket Price: £36
Date: Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025

Online Lecture: Marion Mahony Griffin: ‘Stage 1’ of a remarkable career’, by Anna Rubbo

Ann Rubbo discusses the early career of Marion Mahony Griffin who worked in the USA, Australia and India.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Location: Online | Winter Online Lecture Series 2025