Now, cab drivers and corporate leaders alike will unhesitatingly tell you how beautiful they find St Pancras Station whereas even ten years ago admiration was accorded only grudgingly if at all.<\/p>\n
Popular credit for saving St Pancras has gone to cuddly Sir John Betjeman. But, as Simon Jenkins wrote in\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>, ‘the true saviour of St Pancras [was] the The Victorian Society, which single-handedly fought … ministers and railwaymen’<\/p>\n Fifty not out\u00a0<\/strong>Mark Girouard<\/em>\u00a0describes the Society’s inaugural meeting and the first campaigns<\/p>\n Six great Victorian buildings\u00a0<\/strong>Six members reflect on a building of particular importance in the life of the Society<\/p>\n Saving a century\u00a0<\/strong>Jane Fawcett\u00a0<\/em>recalls the early days<\/p>\n The Victorian Society 50th anniversary exhibition<\/strong>\u00a0Gavin Stamp<\/em>\u00a0previews the Society’s exhibition at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London<\/p>\n House Notes<\/strong>\u00a0Janet Collings<\/em>\u00a0is preparing for spring. And should you remove paint from brick or stone walls or not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No. 27 March 2008 This issue, as we celebrate 50 years since the first meeting of the Society on 25 February 1958 in the drawing room at Linley Sambourne House, we can be forgiven for being a little introspective. It’s curious how opinions about Victorian architecture have changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[65,74],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3597","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-publications","7":"product_cat-our-membership-magazine","9":"first","10":"outofstock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n