Decimus - The Society Journal
Decimus is the bi-annual journal of The Decimus Burton Society. The journal is A4 sized, with typically 40 pages. It contains articles relating to the life and times of Decimus Burton (many by eminent academics and professionals), news items, book reviews, Society events, and other topics that we believe our members would find of interest.
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Issue 1
Decimus Burton – Architect and Gentleman 1800 – 1881,
by Dr Philip Whitbourn
The Residents of Calverley Terrace and Calverley Parade,
by Dr Chris Jones
The Temperate House, Kew Gardens,
by Aimee Felton
Sir John Soane, by Sue Palmer
Christopher Maxwell-Stuart on Decimus Burton,
by Christopher Maxwell-Stuart
Richard Turner and Decimus Burton,
by Kate Teltscher
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Issue 2
Architecture and Gentility: The Cult of the Villa,
by Rosemary Yallop
Decimus Burton and The Beulah Spa,
by Chris Shields
The Founding of Fleetwood, Lancashire – Part 1,
by Richard Gillingham
Decimus Burton’s Holwood House,
by Simon Gooch
Mitchells, Tunbridge Wells, Villa – but what did it look like,
by Dr Chris Jones
Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells: a Conservation Plan for its future,
by Stuart Page
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Issue 3
The Founding of Fleetwood (Part 2)
by Richard Gillingham
Bath and Burton’s Curve,
by Elizabeth Nathaniels
The Rejuvenation of Hyde Park,
by Harry Reid
Rescuing the Wellington Arch (Part 1),
by Alasdair Glass
61 Calverley Road, Tunbridge Wells,
by Stuart Page
Saving Burton’s Ven House drawings,
by Paul Avis
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Issue 4
The Decimus Burton Museum Project,
by Paul Avis
The Wellington Arch (Part 2),
by Alasdair Glass
Grimston Park,
by John Fielden
The Colosseum – Burton’s lost masterpiece,
by Paul Avis
Progress at Trinity Theatre - Trinity Clocktower project update,
by Kaner Olette
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Issue 5
Holford House: Regent’s Park - ‘A Mansion of Large Extent and Rare Magnificence’
by Cynthia Poole
Decimus Burton: his St Leonards home - The Cottage, its history as a single residence
by Christopher Maxwell-Stuart
The importance of Archives
by Fiona Orsini
The Colosseum, Part 2: 1845-1875
by Paul Avis
John Henning’s Parthenon Frieze
by Paul Avis
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Issue 6
Middleton Park, Cove of Cork
by Tom Spalding and Dr Philip Whitbourn
Sandstone, Tunbridge Wells and Decimus Burton
by Stuart Page
A visit to Fleetwood
by David Woosnam
A Burton Family Tree – a 6th form student’s work experience project
by Sarah Avis
Retro-Fit for Purpose
by Michael Kaner, RIBA
The Colosseum – Part III - Construction of the Regent’s Park building
by Paul Avis
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