Date/Time
Date(s) - 14th Apr 2025
19:15-20:45
Location
St Luke's Hall
Categories
Unbuilt Bath, a talk with Julian Orbach, looks at what might have been in Bath. Georgian schemes for great classical additions to the town gave way to Victorian municipal set pieces. One of the boldest proposals, for a neo-classical centre dates from 1916. The twentieth century sought to replan Bath most thoroughly, and ultimately most destructively. The lecture takes the story from John Wood’s giant Royal Forum proposal of 1740 to the present day, the neo-Roman Colosseum suggested for Bath Rugby Club in 2024, showing that in Bath, nothing is ordinary.
Julian Orbach makes a welcome return visit to the Friends. An Author and Lecturer, Julian is a graduate in History and Italian from Magdalen College, Oxford.
On graduation he was employed as an architectural adviser to the Victorian Society from 1975-77. He then worked on the listing of historic buildings in England (and later in Wales) and wrote the Blue Guide to Victorian Buildings in Britain, (1987).
In 1993 he co-founded the eco-community at Brithdir Mawr, which aimed to promote eco-housing, sustainability and self-sufficiency. He is an honorary member of the Royal Society for Architects in Wales and, most recently, has been revising Nikolaus Pevsner’s Wiltshire volume in The Buildings of England series.
Monday 14th April 7:15pm at St Luke’s Hall, St Luke’s Place GL53 7HP. Directions to the hall can be found here.
Free on-site parking – 30 spaces, first-come-first-served.
Tickets FoTW members £11, non-members £13
If you have any questions about the event or booking please phone Alison on 01242 519413 or Sue Reeves on 01242 675497 or email events@friendsofthewilson.org.uk.
Please book using one of the following options:
- On-line bookings with a debit or credit card can be made using the form below.
- Bank transfer – please email events@friendsofthewilson.org.uk to let us know you have sent your transfer so that we can send you a booking confirmation. Bank transfers should be made to Friends of The Wilson Sort Code 30-91-87 Account 00005816. The reference must include your surname plus as much of the event title as will fit, for example SMITH ORBACH.
- Cheque – please complete a booking form (download here ) and post it with your cheque. Please make cheques payable to Friends of The Wilson and send with a SAE or clearly written email address to Mrs Alison Pascoe, 77 Naunton Lane, Cheltenham, GL53 7AZ.
Places are not confirmed until payment is received.
Terms & Conditions: When taking part in the talk please follow these guidelines:
- Please do not attend a talk if you have any Covid-19 symptoms
- You are undertaking this event at your own risk