Anthony Burton talks about 'Marple's Architecture' at Civic Society Social Evening

The society's annual social evening took place on Thursday, 8th October 2015 in Marple Library. It was great to see so many friends                          and to welcome newcomers.

Speaker Anthony Burton gave a fascinating presentation about Marple's architecture.  The talk concentrated on domestic buildings from 17th century farms, early industrial houses to commuter villas and 20th century overspill estates. 

Anthony drew particular attention to the architecture of Samuel Oldknow, an interesting mix of styles referred to by our speaker                                                                                              as "Oldknow Vernacular"

The talk was followed by an interesting discussion about our architectural heritage, what we can learn from the past and how we manage the sometimes difficult relationship between architects and planners, in order to achieve satisfactory design and development outcomes for society.