The Philharmonic in Liverpool is the first and only Victorian pub to receive a Grade I listing. This is the crowning achievement of a glorious pub-building boom at the end of the nineteenth century.

We are excited to have architectural historian Geoff Brandwood taking us on a virtual exploration of our Victorian pubs in our online lecture on Wednesday 9th September. Geoff will be taking a look at one of our great British institutions and their historic fabrics. From small country pubs and old inns, he will show how the pub as we know it was essentially a Victorian creation with a truly magnificent flowering in the closing years of the nineteenth century. Geoff has co-authored and edited a number of books on pubs, as well has being heavily  involved with the Victorian Society for many years. He has played a key role in the Campaign for Real Ale’s fight to preserve historic pub interiors.