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Dr Bethan Scorey

@bethanscorey.bsky.social

/Architectural Historian interested in the Welsh country house and garden /PhD on St Fagans Castle from the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates /Resident Building Historian for Cartrefi Cymru on S4C Clic & BBC iPlayer /www.bethanscorey.com

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Spread the word! A new postgraduate and early career researcher seminar series at @universityofleeds.bsky.social! For those studying the Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern periods. We look forward to reading your proposals! #medievalsky #earlymodern #lateantique

30.10.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Join Llafur, in collaboration with the Cyfarthfa Foundation, to explore the rich history of Merthyr and the next steps in the story of its heritage.
Also including the Llafur AGM 2025.

πŸ“† Saturday 29 November
πŸ•°οΈ9.30am - 6pm
πŸ“Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil

🎟️https://tinyurl.com/yb9cv7tm

27.10.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
Two soaring fluted piers of black marble looking vertically up to a coffered ceiling with decoration picked out in gold and green and a round spiky light shade.

Two soaring fluted piers of black marble looking vertically up to a coffered ceiling with decoration picked out in gold and green and a round spiky light shade.

Finishing touches under way for my talk on Percy Thomas's interwar modern classicism at the Lutyens Trust conference on 1 November. #20s30s www.lutyenstrust.org.uk/portfolio-it...

17.10.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Challenging time(s): Exploring how we shape the past and future of Eryri through the exchange of material culture, Alex Ioannou The first Annual Archives and Special Collections Lecture was delivered by Professor Owen Dudley Edwar

Honoured to be invited to share my work as the guest speaker at @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Archives and Special Collections Lecture.

November 12
17:30 -18:30

See you there!

I am thankful for all the support I have received from the BUASC staff and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social.

30.09.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Campaign to save Cwm Rhondda chapel for community A campaign to save the chapel has raised almost half the funds needed after just four days.

Excellent to see this campaign to save Capel Rhondda, #Pontypridd

Campaign to save Cwm Rhondda chapel for community www.bbc.com/news/article...

21.07.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Huge congratulations to ISWE’s @bethanscorey.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD thesis earlier today! Bethan’s thesis is a wonderfully expansive architectural history of St Fagans Castle, examined by Dr Ruth Larsen (Derby) & Dr Euryn Roberts (Bangor).

Llongyfarchiadau enfawr Dr Scorey!!

26.06.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Recently had the pleasure of visiting the β€˜No Welsh Art’ exhibition at NLW and the chance to chat with its curator Peter Lord. Read my report for ISWE here…

25.06.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2025

Former Marine Hotel, Penarth, Glamorgan. Grade II, perhaps Samuel Dobson, c.1865

Read more: t.co/5ehdITu4gL

#Wales

22.05.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Galw am ddiogelu adran archifau Prifysgol Bangor Mae’r adran yn rhan o ymgynghoriad i dorri 78 o swyddi mewn ymgais i arbed gwerth Β£5.3m

Galw am ddiogelu adran archifau Prifysgol Bangor

Mae’r adran yn rhan o ymgynghoriad i dorri 78 o swyddi mewn ymgais i arbed gwerth Β£5.3m

16.05.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr Marian Gwyn, promoting the petition to save Bangor University Archives and Special Collections at our National Library of Wales earlier today.

Please support: www.change.org/p/save-your-...

Diolch!

@archpbu.bsky.social

16.05.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SAVE YOUR ARCHIVE / ACHUBWCH EICH ARCHIFDY Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

A kind request to sign the petition to show support and solidarity with the Archives Team at the University of Bangor.

The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts.

Help save our archives!

15.05.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely to see so many intelligent references to Sadie’s book in the β€˜Wales & Europe in the Renaissance’ essays that I’m in the middle of marking. Doctoral research undertaken at Bangor informing how our undergraduates think about the history of Wales

@bangorhistory.bsky.social

13.05.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Announcing #Cambrians Walks and Talks 2025!

We have an amazing lineup of walks (free, led by experts) including Dinefwr (10 May), upland Blaenau Gwent (15 June), Llangollen Denbighshire (29 June), Hillfort at Moel Fenlli (9 Aug), and historic Bangor (16 Aug)! πŸ˜€

Info and booking: bit.ly/4ckpOAy

08.04.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Really looking forward to this tomorrow evening. Hope you’re able to join us! All welcome!

@bangorhistory.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

01.04.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Percy Thomas book cover featuring a photo of the Temple of Peace in Cardiff.

Percy Thomas book cover featuring a photo of the Temple of Peace in Cardiff.

'This is a book essential for the record of architecture in Wales in the twentieth century.'

An excellent review of 'Percy Thomas: Modern Architecture as a National Service' by @rproctor.bsky.social in Touchstone.

Discover more about 'Percy Thomas', publishing in May www.uwp.co.uk/book/percy-t...

20.03.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Join C20 Cymru in Monmouthshire!

Saturday 26 April

We'll visit The Savoy Theatre for a talk on C20 theatres by Rob Firman, then go to High Glanau Manor, built for Henry Avray Tipping, editor of Country Life. We’ll have a tour of the Arts and Crafts gardens, followed by cream tea πŸ«–
bitly.cx/YmUA4

10.03.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mae Cartrefi Cymru yn Γ΄l heno! Our tv programme about Welsh houses, Cartrefi Cymru, resumes tonight at 8.25pm on S4C. In episode 6 we’ll be looking at houses from the 1920s and 1930s, so expect garden villages and Art Deco!

05.02.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great afternoon at Margam Castle for the launch of the wonderful M[AR]GAM app, which allows users to explore the long-lost Library and Dining Room. Congratulations to all involved! @swanseauni.bsky.social @ystadaucymru.bsky.social

23.01.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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