The speaker for our November meeting was Keith Cattell, making a welcome return to talk on \u2018Our Victorian Architectural Heritage\u2019.\u00a0 Using a varied and fascinating series of slides, Keith led us on a journey through Victoria\u2019s reign, taking in a plethora of designs.\u00a0 He reckoned to have covered more than twelve distinct styles from Egyptian, through Classical, Norman, Jacobean and Italianate to High Victorian Gothic: all manner of styles were borrowed by the Victorians to great effect.\u00a0 Punctuating the grand buildings, Keith included some of the engineering masterpieces of the age in the form of famous bridges, like the Forth, Saltash, Menai and Clifton.\u00a0 Members greatly enjoyed his presentation and look forward to a return visit in the future.<\/p>\n
Later in the month a group of members visited Bantock House in Wolverhampton, where, after an introduction to the house\u2019s history we toured the building and enjoyed its fascinating contents.\u00a0 After lunch our coach dropped part of the group at Banks\u2019s 1875 Park Brewery, whilst the remainder went on to the Molineux Hotel.\u00a0 Both groups had most informative tours: the first covered the historic buildings and the brewing process while the second again looked at the building but also had a glimpse of the archives now stored there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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