The Society was established in the 1970s. It aims to encourage the study and enjoyment of architecture, buildings, their contents and settings by organising lectures and visits. It usually holds its lectures in the Fine Art Lecture Theatre, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, and enjoys a close association with the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape of Newcastle University. (Read our constitution, revised October 2018).
Photo ©Chris Downs
Members should now have received details of our Annual General Meeting event, which will be based at St. George's Church, Cullercoats, a striking landmark dominating the coastline from Tynemouth to Whitley Bay. This fine example of High Victorian Gothic Revival (listed Grade 1) was designed by John Loughborough Pearson, a lad from Co. Durham who went on to run a successful London office and whose best-known work is Truro Cathedral. In mid-afternoon we will move on to Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade's Watch House Museum; magnificently restored in 2014, the building contains a treasure trove of artefacts from over 150 years of maritime history.
Full details of our AGM, including booking form - please return this as soon as possible, and by Friday 1st May at the very latest.
Regular lectures are held in the Fine Art Lecture Theatre of Newcastle University; instructions and map of how to find our lectures.
