[3] The Society is noted as being a particularly active branch of the RIBA and organises an annual series of well-attended building visits and lectures, usually held from early autumn through to late spring.

Council meets every two months and is led by the Society's President, who serves a maximum two-year term.

[14][15] The Society's Presidential Chain of Office was designed in 1954 by Fattorini and Sons of Birmingham of hallmarked sterling silver finished in polished hard gold plate and vitreous enamelled in three colours.

Between 1961 and 1994 the Society presented a Past President Medal, similarly designed and produced by Fattorini.

For consistency and in the interests of historical accuracy, the dates shown are therefore taken directly from the Chain of Office.