Category Archives: Edgar Wood Vigilantes

Edgar Wood 150

Edgar Wood 150th Anniversary Events in Middleton near Manchester Website: www.edgarwood.com Tel: 0161 6435228 Email: enquiries@edgarwood.com The Edgar Wood Project on flickr Thursday, May 13th at 7pm : ‘Edgar Wood and Middleton’ An illustrated talk by JOHN ARCHER at Long … Continue reading

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Pseudo-Wood Demolished

13th January 2008 The First Church of Christ Scientist, Castlemere Street, Rochdale is being demolished. Built between 1911-14 the architect was Thomas Butterworth of 78 King Street Manchester, the same address as the office of Wood and Sellers. It is … Continue reading

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Edgar’s Garden

The garden made by Edgar Wood at Monte Calvario, Porto Maurizio, Liguria around 1935 has a theatrical air. His housekeeper, to whom he bequeathed the villa, is sitting on the bench. (We thank J. Jelly for permission to display this … Continue reading

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Edgar Wood Flyer

Event at Long Street Methodist Church, Middleton, 6-9 September 2007 Andy Marshall writes: Just to let you know that I have a photo exhibition of Edgar Wood buildings commissioned by Friends of Long Street Methodist on at Long Street Methodist … Continue reading

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Card No.17

Edgar Wood. Ed Wood

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Edgar Wood Skating Mystery

A book of great architects skating would be necessarily brief but would certainly contain this splendid image of the dashing Edgar Wood. Uncovered by CiA in the Manchester Art Gallery archives this photograph has been mutilated possibly to cut off … Continue reading

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The Edgar Wood Project

Andy Marshall (‘fotofacade’) has started a flickr group called The Edgar Wood Project as a repository of images of buildings by er…. Edgar Wood. Andy is an architectural photographer and blogs at fotofacade.

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Festschrift for John Archer

Thursday 11 January saw Continuity in Architecture attending a celebration for the eightieth birthday of the architectural historian John Archer. John is a former lecturer at the University of Manchester School of Architecture, and the event was hosted by the … Continue reading

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