Saturday 11 May, 10am – 12pm  To celebrate National Mills Weekend, join us for a springtime walk around beautiful Dean Village with its 800 years of milling history. Led by tour guide Estelle Meyer and stone conservation expert Nic Boyes, we’ll explore the area’s fascinating industrial history and discuss some of the conservation and building maintenance … Continue reading SPAB Scotland – Visit to the Mills of Dean Village →

We are counting down the days until our Sustainable and Traditional Buildings Fair, taking place on Saturday 11th May 2024, here at the Tywi Centre! From 10 am, experts, suppliers, and contractors will come together to provide essential insights and solutions for making homes more sustainable. Concerned about the cost? No worries! The fair will be … Continue reading Canolfan Tywi Centre – Sustainable & Traditional Buildings Fair →

Part of the Yorkshire Heritage Summit weekend of events, the Symposium is a full day of presentations, debate and open discussion on a range of issues and projects related to the local and wider Yorkshire. Panel discussions closing both the morning and afternoon sessions will allow delegates to put their questions to experts and speakers. … Continue reading The Yorkshire Society – Yorkshire Heritage Symposium →

We are pleased to announce that the 2024 Yorkshire Heritage Summit will be held in Hull at the magnificent Hull Minster. The annual Yorkshire Heritage Summit is now established as the region’s most important event for organisations concerned with any and every aspect of Yorkshire heritage, history and culture. It offers organisations, large and small, … Continue reading The Yorkshire Society – 2024 Yorkshire Heritage Summit →

Join us for an evening of discussions around heritage and building projects, with an opportunity to join conversations and network. Following the Tywi Centre’s Sustainable and Traditional Buildings Fair, Heritage Trust Network are hosting ‘Constructive Conversations’ an evening networking event for organisations and individuals to create and join conversations about their projects. This event is a … Continue reading Canolfan Tywi Centre – Constructive Conversations →

Wednesday 15 May, 12pm GMT, Professor Miles Lewis: ‘The Iron Lighthouse’, chaired by Tara Inniss.  Professor Miles Lewis is a historian specialising in the cultural history of building technology, principal author of the international text Architectura, and an honorary life fellow of the Comité International d’Architecture Vernaculaire. The iron lighthouse was developed in Britain in the … Continue reading CHF – ‘The Iron Lighthouse’ with Professor Miles Lewis, chaired by Tara Inniss →

Most medieval cities and towns had several churches, of different sizes, serving the population.  Edinburgh was no exception, and while several have vanished, more remains than is realised.  This talk will describe what was and what remains as well as look at some later developments.  It will cover well-known survivors, such as St Giles as … Continue reading SHBT & EWH – The Medieval Churches of Edinburgh – Forgotten Riches! A talk by Adam Cumming →