The Warwick Society

Tuesday 09 May 2023 at 1930 hour. The Visitor Centre at Hill Close Gardens,  Bread & Meat Close, Warwick, CV34 6HF This talk is a tribute to the practices of key Victorian Architects, celebrating their imagination and organisational skills and the teams of draftsmen who supported their efforts. The talk illustrates a number of nationally … More In the Victorian Architect’s Studio – Perfectionists, Pragmatists and ‘Rogues’: by Angus Kaye

Our new programme of events will commence in March. We would like to give you the opportunity to review and discuss the issues which are facing the town now. These include, All of these have implications for Warwick Conservation Area* and we hope to talk more about its condition and the threats that it faces. … More Next Meeting Tuesday 14th March

Friday @ December 2022 from 19.30hrs at St Mary Immaculate Parish Hall, West Street, Warwick CV34 6AB You may already have saved the date (and those familiar with the Society’s movements will remember the first Friday in December had become the event for Members and their guests to get the Festive season off to a good start!) … More Christmas Jazz Evening

Our next talk to be held on Friday 4th November in St Mary Immaculate Church, West Street, Warwick. CV34 6AB at 19.00hrs. Please note the earlier than usual time. The church of St Mary Immaculate in West Street is one of relatively few notable 19th century buildings in Warwick. It is of considerable architectural significance, … More Edward Pugin in Warwickshire and Beyond: a talk by Gerard Hyland

The next meeting of the Warwick Society is on: Tuesday 11 October 2022 at 1945 hours for 2000 hours start NOTE: later than usual start time St Mary Immaculate Church Hall, West Street, Warwick. CV34 6AB Warwick, its fine buildings, its people, and its economy face renewed threats from unsympathetic developers and Councils, and too … More The Next Meeting Tuesday 11th October

Meeting on Tuesday 13th September at 7.30pm To be held in The Lammas Room in the Visitor Centre at Hill Close Gardens, Bread & Meat Close, Warwick, CV34 6H Alex is co-founder and creative director at RiVR, a virtual reality studio that creates immersive photo-realistic VR training for blue light services all over the world. He … More Beneath Warwick’s Streets: A talk and Demonstration by Alex Harvey

Tuesday 10 May at 1930 hours. To be held in the church hall of St Mary Immaculate, West Street. An enigmatic title indeed…but during the Covid epidemic, the Hosking Houses Trust had to close its retreat Cottage in Clifford Chambers. Instead, they commissioned this collaborative work based upon twelve legends associated with Warwickshire. Appointing twelve historians … More Legends of deep England explored and reimagined. A presentation by Sarah Hosking

12th April 2022 7.30 Tim Clark returns to give this illustrated talk to showcase some of the delights of St Mary’s interior and exterior. It will dovetail neatly with his 1123 to 1704 talk given on 08 March. Next year is the 900th anniversary of St Mary’s Warwick being granted collegiate status and the Church is … More The Art and Architecture of St Mary’s 

Tuesday 8th March at 7.30pm in the Hill Close Gardens, Visitor Centre, CV34 6HF Tim Clark will give this illustrated talk to showcase St Mary’s varied and fascinating history. Next year is the 900th anniversary of St Mary’s Warwick being granted collegiate status and the Church is running a series of events in commemoration, in parallel with … More Our next event is a talk on St Mary’s 1123 to 1704