{"id":3013,"date":"2024-01-30T10:31:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T10:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/?post_type=regional_group&p=3013"},"modified":"2026-01-04T15:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T15:06:40","slug":"west-midlands","status":"publish","type":"regional_group_pages","link":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-groups\/west-midlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham & West Midlands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We endeavour to devise a wide-ranging programme of events for our members, and potential members, including, but not restricted to, day schools, talks, walks and visits to places that relate to our period of 1837-1914, with the objective of scheduling interesting, educational,\u00a0entertaining and social events; and to foster a feeling of \u2018belonging\u2019 to a Society of like-minded people.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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Events<\/h4>\n

Click to see our forthcoming events.<\/p>\n

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News<\/h4>\n

Click to see Birmingham & West Midlands News.<\/p>\n

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Contacts<\/h4>\n

Contact the Birmingham Group.<\/p>\n

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Executive Committee<\/h4>\n

Click to see our executive committee.<\/p>\n

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Casework Committee<\/h4>\n

View details of the Regional Casework Committee.<\/p>\n

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Founding of the Group<\/h4>\n

Read the story of how our group was founded.<\/p>\n

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Conservation Award<\/h4>\n

Details of our 2025 Conservation Award<\/p>\n

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Join The Victorian Society.<\/h3>\n

The battle to save Victorian and Edwardian buildings is far from over.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Members can read our membership magazine, enjoy priority booking for our events, be part of our regional groups across the country and with many more benefits.<\/p>\n

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Birmingham & West Midlands News<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n \n\n\t\t
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Papers for the Birmingham & West Midlands AGM 2026<\/h3>\n
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Papers for the Birmingham & West Midlands AGM 2025<\/h3>\n
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Semicentenary Commemorative Items<\/h3>\n
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Tudor Grange wins 2023 West Midlands Conservation Award<\/h3>\n
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Papers for the Birmingham & West Midlands AGM 2024<\/h3>\n
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Birmingham & West Midlands Events<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
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Previous events<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
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January 25th, 2026<\/div>\n

Lunch: New Year Lunch at Browns\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n
Our New Year Lunch will be at Browns in the Bull Ring, in their private dining area, The Mezzanine. <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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November 1st, 2025<\/div>\n

Day School: Transport in Victorian and Edwardian West Midlands\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n
A Day School at the Birmingham & Midland Institute looking at the new and rapidly developing transport systems and designs which affected day to day life for everyone in the Victorian and Edwardian West Midlands. <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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October 5th, 2025<\/div>\n

Walk: A Guided Tour of Highbury Hall, Birmingham\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n
An afternoon tour of Highbury Hall, the former home of Joseph Chamberlain. Built in 1878 in the Venetian Gothic style, to the designs of J. H. Chamberlain, the house was both a private residence and a venue for political and civic gatherings.<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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August 20th, 2025<\/div>\n

Walk: Austin Village Conservation Area Guided Walk led by Hazel Griffiths<\/h3>\n
Austin Village Conservation Area Guided Walk Wednesday on 20th August 2025, 10.30am \u2013 Noon led by Hazel Griffiths<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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July 19th, 2025<\/div>\n

Visit: A Coach Trip to Banbury<\/h3>\n
We will visit 3 churches, have a short town walk in Banbury led by Dr David Low and visit a residential private school designed by G. E. Street. Cost \u00a355<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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June 25th, 2025<\/div>\n

Visit: Early Evening Walk in Birmingham City Centre<\/h3>\n
Birmingham city centre has a wealth of Victorian\/Edwardian buildings, many of them around the Colmore Row area. This circular walk will allow us to discover and appreciate the architecture and design of some of them. \nCost \u00a310.00. Led by Andy Foster<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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Members\u2019 Afternoon<\/h3>\n
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March 7th, 2025<\/div>\n

Visit: Day Trip to Walsall<\/h3>\n
A visit to Walsall town centre on Friday 7th March 2025 \nCost: \u00a323 to include morning refreshments, lunch and donations \n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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February 8th, 2025<\/div>\n

Regional AGM: The Annual General Meeting of the Birmingham & West Midlands region<\/h3>\n
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January 26th, 2025<\/div>\n

Lunch: New Year Lunch at Bistrot Pierre\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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November 27th, 2024<\/div>\n

Visit: A Guided Visit around the Victorian Radicals Exhibition\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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Talk: Day School on Gas, Water and Sewage<\/h3>\n
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Walk: A Day Visit to Three Stourbridge Churches – SOLD OUT<\/h3>\n
Following the Group\u2019s walking tour in June, we have now arranged access to three significant churches in the town centre: St John the Evangelist, St Thomas & Our Lady & All Saints RC church.<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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Visit: Coach Trip to Shropshire<\/h3>\n
A coach visit to Shropshire, taking in St Mary’s Church, Tenbury Wells; St John the Baptist at Stokesay Castle and Stokesay Court, near Craven Arms, described by Niklaus Pevsner as \u2018the most grandiloquent Victorian mansion in the County’.<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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Visit: Day Trip to Stourbridge<\/h3>\n
This walking tour of Stourbridge will be led by Andy Foster and David Low and will highlight some of the town\u2019s significant Victorian buildings.\u00a0<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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April 27th, 2024<\/div>\n

Members\u2019 Afternoon<\/h3>\n
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April 9th, 2024<\/div>\n

Visit: Great Malvern & Malvern College<\/h3>\n
A guided tour of Great Malvern Railway Station by Peter Clement from Malvern Civic Society; then a guided walk of Great Malvern by our Chairman, Stephen Hartland; lunch at the Mount Pleasant Hotel; then a tour of Malvern College by our Honorary Treasurer, James Fletcher, who works at the college. Malvern College was founded in 1865 and is regarded as one of England\u2019s premier independent schools. The tour of the campus includes the main College (1865), Chapel (1899), Pavilion (1894), Music School (1862), St Edmund\u2019s Hall (1905) and others. We will finish with refreshments in the Memorial Library (1924).<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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Symposium to celebrate the completion of Birmingham cathedral\u2019s divine beauty project<\/h3>\n
A celebration of the completion of the Divine Beauty Project, which involved cleaning and renovating the magnificent Edward Burne-Jones windows at Birmingham Cathedral. Speakers include Andy Delmage, Canon Missioner at the Cathedral, Rhian Tritton, Divine Beauty Project Officer, Steve Clare who restored the windows and Peter Cormack, former director of the William Morris Gallery.<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n
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Contact Details<\/h3>\n

If you wish to get in touch with the Birmingham and West Midlands Group, please contact one of the following people:<\/h4> <\/div>\n \n\n\n \n
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Stephen Hartland \u2013 Chairman<\/h4>\n

Email: chairman@victorian-society-bham.org.uk<\/a><\/strong>
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Akil Dowe \u2013 Honorary Secretary<\/h4>\n

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Nina Hatch \u2013 Programme Secretary<\/h4>\n

Email: nina.hatch@victorian-society-bham.org.uk<\/a><\/strong>
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Joe Holyoak \u2013 Casework Committee Chairman<\/h4>\n

Email: joe.holyoak@victorian-society-bham.org.uk<\/a><\/strong>
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Tim Bridges – Conservation Adviser<\/h4>\n

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