The Edgar Wood Society hosted an Italian themed evening celebrating Edgar Wood’s time in Italy, which he visted regularly before finally settling there and building the last of his three homes in Porto Maurizio, Liguria. In England, Wood is remembered primarily as an exceptional architect but in Italy, he is reknown for his paintings. Lots …
The Edgar Wood Society has now achieved one of its long term aims in that Edgar Wood’s Long Street Methodist School, aka the Edgar Wood Rooms, has at last been taken off the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register following the repairs and alterations carried out last year. A big ‘thank you’ is in order …
Read moreEdgar Wood Rooms taken off the Heritage at Risk Register
On Saturday 26th October, we had our annual general meeting, which like all others before it, was a quick race through the business section to the main item, the Society’s Annual Lecture. This year was the first to be held in the newly restored Edgar Wood Rooms at the Arts & Crafts Church, Long Street …
Read moreEdgar Wood Society – AGM and Annual lecture – 26th October 2019
A big ‘thank you’ to all members who assisted or led events in the Heriatge Open Days celebrations at the Arts & Crafts Church and in Middleton. The events were well attended, though perhaps not as much as previous years owing to the reduced level of publicity following the end of the THI project.