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Wednesday 9 April 2025 Richard Suggett,the doyen of Welsh traditional building studies Talks about ‘Peter Smith and his achievements: 'The Man, The Book and The Legacy'  Houses of the Welsh Countryside

Duration 50 mins

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Wednesday 15 March 2025 ‘The lost Farmsteads of Ardudwy'

Jessica John. Recording ruins and sharing the excitement’  An archaeological and recording project on the lost farmsteads of Ardudwy for Eryri National Park.


Duration 55 mins

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Wednesday 15 January 2025 A return visit from

Edward Parry and Martin Cherry ‘The building that moved: Cwrt Plas yn Dre, Dolgellau and the enduring myth of Owain Glyn Dŵr’s Parliament House’

Duration 55 mins

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Wednesday 14 May 2025 Duncan James,Architectural historian. - ‘The Early pioneers of the study of traditional buildings in Wales and England’  In this talk he will be looking at the some of the leading figures of the nineteenth century, but will focus on research in Wales in the twentieth and suggest where future directions of study might lead. 

Duration 50 mins


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Wednesday 08 Oct 2025 Paul Davis,Houses in the Hills: dendrochronology and the farmhouses of upland Gwent.’ Paul is a professional surveyor and author of the highly acclaimed "Forgotten Castles of Wales", notable for its stunning graphics.  An opportunity to learn about the results of a survey of historic farmhouses that were built before the heavy industrialisation of the Valleys

Duration 58 mins


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Wednesday 19 November 2025  Dr James January-McCann is the Place Names Officer for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.  Collecting place names in the north. James will explain the work of the the Royal Commission, which maintains the statutory List of Historic Place Names,

Duration 58 mins


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Wednesday 10 December 2025   Nathan Goss, Director Nathan Goss Conservation:Breathing life back into Strata Florida. The great Cistercian abbey of Strata Florida is well looked after by Cadw but some of the buildings around it have fared less well. Working with the Strata Florida Trust, Nathan who runs one of the leading conservation companies in Wales, explains the thinking behind saving the buildings and bringing them back into new educational uses

Duration 1 :13:32 mins


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18 December 2025

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