Victorians and their Buildings

Architecture

History

Residential course

Philip Wilkinson

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Bristol Temple Meads - Victorian Building

9 May 2022 to 11 May 2022

From £240 Non-residential fee

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Description

The architecture of the Victorians was endlessly inventive and transformed England.

This course explores the variety and versatility of Victorian architecture, looking at examples such as vast town halls, intricately decorated churches, and dazzling theatres. From workers’ housing to schools, from the Houses of Parliament to Paddington Station, this course shows how the Victorians built our world.

All comers welcome.

Residential Fees From: £358.   Non Residential: £240

Course runs from Dinner on Monday to Lunch on Wednesday.

Tutor information

Philip Wilkinson is the author of many books on architecture and history. He wrote a series of books to accompany the BBC2 series Restoration and Restoration Village and is the author of The English Buildings Book (publisher English Heritage), Fifty Architecture Ideas You Really Need To Know (Quercus), Phantom Architecture (Simon & Schuster) and Irreplaceable (Historic England). He explores buildings ceaselessly, recording discoveries on his blog (englishbuildings.blogspot.co.uk) and gives talks on architectural subjects

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