Susie Fielding
@susiefielding.bsky.social
Historic Buildings Investigator @ Royal Commission Wales | Nonconformist Chapels | C20 Built Heritage | Digital Technologies in Heritage | Countryside & Dogs | O Gymru - Dysgwr | Personal Account
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🏖️ ONLINE TALK!
Twentieth Century Seaside Architecture in Wales: Pools, Piers & Pleasure with Dr Kathryn Ferry — 10th June 2025, 6.30pm.
Join us for a tour along Wales's seafronts exploring how Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and Brutalism shaped our resort architecture. Tickets: buff.ly/zBU9WpK
Twentieth Century Seaside Architecture in Wales: Pools, Piers & Pleasure with Dr Kathryn Ferry — 10th June 2025, 6.30pm.
Join us for a tour along Wales's seafronts exploring how Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and Brutalism shaped our resort architecture. Tickets: buff.ly/zBU9WpK
May 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
🏖️ ONLINE TALK!
Twentieth Century Seaside Architecture in Wales: Pools, Piers & Pleasure with Dr Kathryn Ferry — 10th June 2025, 6.30pm.
Join us for a tour along Wales's seafronts exploring how Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and Brutalism shaped our resort architecture. Tickets: buff.ly/zBU9WpK
Twentieth Century Seaside Architecture in Wales: Pools, Piers & Pleasure with Dr Kathryn Ferry — 10th June 2025, 6.30pm.
Join us for a tour along Wales's seafronts exploring how Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and Brutalism shaped our resort architecture. Tickets: buff.ly/zBU9WpK
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Despite the grey and drizzly weather on the North Wales coast, our @c20cymru SC Folkes day was brightened by a wonderfully eclectic mix of buildings & architectural styles. Diolch yn fawr to Adam Voelcker, Conwy Archives, and all who braved the rain with us. 📸 @christianlindsay @susiefielding123
May 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Despite the grey and drizzly weather on the North Wales coast, our @c20cymru SC Folkes day was brightened by a wonderfully eclectic mix of buildings & architectural styles. Diolch yn fawr to Adam Voelcker, Conwy Archives, and all who braved the rain with us. 📸 @christianlindsay @susiefielding123
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Er gwaethaf y tywydd gwlyb ar hyd arfordir gogledd Cymru, cafodd ein diwrnod S C Folkes ei loywi gan gymysgedd o adeiladau ac arddulliau pensaernïol gwych. Diolch i Adam Voelcker, Archifau Conwy ac i bawb ddaeth allan er gwaethaf y glaw.
📸 @christianlindsay @susiefielding123
📸 @christianlindsay @susiefielding123
May 18, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Er gwaethaf y tywydd gwlyb ar hyd arfordir gogledd Cymru, cafodd ein diwrnod S C Folkes ei loywi gan gymysgedd o adeiladau ac arddulliau pensaernïol gwych. Diolch i Adam Voelcker, Archifau Conwy ac i bawb ddaeth allan er gwaethaf y glaw.
📸 @christianlindsay @susiefielding123
📸 @christianlindsay @susiefielding123
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Last night, the Capeli Cymru team had a fantastic time at the Keith and Marj: Us, Pots, and a Welsh Chapel show!
May 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Last night, the Capeli Cymru team had a fantastic time at the Keith and Marj: Us, Pots, and a Welsh Chapel show!
April 12, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Barcelona Pavilion
Mies van der Rohe 1929/1986
#architecturephotography #barcelona #modernistarchitecture #miesvanderohe
Mies van der Rohe 1929/1986
#architecturephotography #barcelona #modernistarchitecture #miesvanderohe
April 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Barcelona Pavilion
Mies van der Rohe 1929/1986
#architecturephotography #barcelona #modernistarchitecture #miesvanderohe
Mies van der Rohe 1929/1986
#architecturephotography #barcelona #modernistarchitecture #miesvanderohe
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A new national census of Nonconformist chapels across Wales has been launched, in a bid to build the most comprehensive picture in over a century of their condition, use and future wp.me/p8Mk4U-1iH4
April 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
A new national census of Nonconformist chapels across Wales has been launched, in a bid to build the most comprehensive picture in over a century of their condition, use and future wp.me/p8Mk4U-1iH4
Capel Rehoboth, a Calvinistic Methodist Chapel high above Arthog. Long derelict but not forgotten with a memorial to Gwynfor Evans and the final resting place of Dewi Prys Thomas.
@capelicymru
#capelicymru #welshchapels #gwynforevans #dewiprysthomas
@capelicymru
#capelicymru #welshchapels #gwynforevans #dewiprysthomas
April 4, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Capel Rehoboth, a Calvinistic Methodist Chapel high above Arthog. Long derelict but not forgotten with a memorial to Gwynfor Evans and the final resting place of Dewi Prys Thomas.
@capelicymru
#capelicymru #welshchapels #gwynforevans #dewiprysthomas
@capelicymru
#capelicymru #welshchapels #gwynforevans #dewiprysthomas
@capelicymru.bsky.social @rcahmwales.bsky.social are carrying out a census of Welsh Nonconformist Chapels to get data on how many of the 6,500 chapels in Wales are open and what has happened to those which closed for worship. Please take time to submit info on the chapels in your area and share!
📢 New Census of Welsh Nonconformist Chapels Launched!
The @rcahmwales.bsky.social has launched a new census to record the current story of Welsh Nonconformist chapels and inform their future.
Take part here:
🔗 zurl.co/cNO1n
The @rcahmwales.bsky.social has launched a new census to record the current story of Welsh Nonconformist chapels and inform their future.
Take part here:
🔗 zurl.co/cNO1n
March 31, 2026 at 3:08 PM
@capelicymru.bsky.social @rcahmwales.bsky.social are carrying out a census of Welsh Nonconformist Chapels to get data on how many of the 6,500 chapels in Wales are open and what has happened to those which closed for worship. Please take time to submit info on the chapels in your area and share!
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This month, the Capeli Cymru project team are hosting and attending a range of events. We would love to see you at some of these events, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of caring for chapel heritage.
March 6, 2026 at 11:05 AM
This month, the Capeli Cymru project team are hosting and attending a range of events. We would love to see you at some of these events, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of caring for chapel heritage.
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The Capeli Cymru Project Team will be at the Market Hall, Holyhead on the 24th February, alongside Holy Island Landscape Partnership, Oriel Môn, Anglesey Archives, and Holyhead Townscape Heritage Initiative.
January 30, 2026 at 11:37 AM
The Capeli Cymru Project Team will be at the Market Hall, Holyhead on the 24th February, alongside Holy Island Landscape Partnership, Oriel Môn, Anglesey Archives, and Holyhead Townscape Heritage Initiative.
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Gweler isod wybodaeth am gynllun grant atgyweirio newydd yng Nghymru gan Ymddiriedolaeth Eglwysi Genedlaethol.
See below information about a new repair grant scheme in Wales by National Churches Trust.
#CapeliCymru #WelshChapels
See below information about a new repair grant scheme in Wales by National Churches Trust.
#CapeliCymru #WelshChapels
Cymru/Wales: Grade I & II* listed repair grant
Thanks to new funding we have received to support Grade I and II* listed churches, chapel and meeting houses in Wales/Cymru to make urgent repairs, we have created this additional grant scheme. This g...
www.nationalchurchestrust.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Gweler isod wybodaeth am gynllun grant atgyweirio newydd yng Nghymru gan Ymddiriedolaeth Eglwysi Genedlaethol.
See below information about a new repair grant scheme in Wales by National Churches Trust.
#CapeliCymru #WelshChapels
See below information about a new repair grant scheme in Wales by National Churches Trust.
#CapeliCymru #WelshChapels
Thanks to a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, @rcahmwales.bsky.social is developing a new project to safeguard the heritage of #WelshChapels - we are recruiting for two posts to come and work with me on the development phase of #CapeliCymru so take look! rcahmw.gov.uk/royal-commis...
RCAHMW | Royal Commission Launches Major Project to Safeguard Wales’s Nonconformist Chapels
rcahmw.gov.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Thanks to a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, @rcahmwales.bsky.social is developing a new project to safeguard the heritage of #WelshChapels - we are recruiting for two posts to come and work with me on the development phase of #CapeliCymru so take look! rcahmw.gov.uk/royal-commis...
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Dewi-Prys Thomas (1916-85) First University of Wales professor of architecture, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture, and instigator of a Town Planning Department, he had a profound influence on Welsh architecture and town planning
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog & Pencadlys, Caernarfon
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog & Pencadlys, Caernarfon
April 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Dewi-Prys Thomas (1916-85) First University of Wales professor of architecture, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture, and instigator of a Town Planning Department, he had a profound influence on Welsh architecture and town planning
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog & Pencadlys, Caernarfon
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog & Pencadlys, Caernarfon
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Telephone Exchange, Brackla Street, Bridgend which operated 1960-1987. Mrs Margaret Curnock from Pontycymer, who took the first call in the centre, was photographed also taking the last ever call ☎️
April 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Telephone Exchange, Brackla Street, Bridgend which operated 1960-1987. Mrs Margaret Curnock from Pontycymer, who took the first call in the centre, was photographed also taking the last ever call ☎️
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📢 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 🫖
bitly.cx/YmUA4
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 🫖
bitly.cx/YmUA4
March 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📢 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 🫖
bitly.cx/YmUA4
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 🫖
bitly.cx/YmUA4
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So pleased to have a successful outcome for Wrexham Waterworld, especially as this was the second attempt for designation! 🏊
NEWS: C20 and @c20cymru.bsky.social are celebrating the 5th Leisure Centre to be listed as a result of our ongoing campaign, and the first example in Wales.
Wrexham Waterworld (1967-70) is known for its hyperbolic paraboloid roof, one of the largest ever built.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/wrexham...
Wrexham Waterworld (1967-70) is known for its hyperbolic paraboloid roof, one of the largest ever built.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/wrexham...
February 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
So pleased to have a successful outcome for Wrexham Waterworld, especially as this was the second attempt for designation! 🏊
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⚠️Wolverhampton School of Art is under threat!
Designed 1966-70, the nine-storey block has been earmarked for potential demolition by Wolverhampton University.
C20 has submitted a listing application, and local campaigners have started a petition to save it.
✍🏼Sign here: change.org/p/save-wolve...
Designed 1966-70, the nine-storey block has been earmarked for potential demolition by Wolverhampton University.
C20 has submitted a listing application, and local campaigners have started a petition to save it.
✍🏼Sign here: change.org/p/save-wolve...
January 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
⚠️Wolverhampton School of Art is under threat!
Designed 1966-70, the nine-storey block has been earmarked for potential demolition by Wolverhampton University.
C20 has submitted a listing application, and local campaigners have started a petition to save it.
✍🏼Sign here: change.org/p/save-wolve...
Designed 1966-70, the nine-storey block has been earmarked for potential demolition by Wolverhampton University.
C20 has submitted a listing application, and local campaigners have started a petition to save it.
✍🏼Sign here: change.org/p/save-wolve...
📢Job alert: Trust Manager for Addoldai Cymru: The Welsh Religious Buildings Trust
22.5 hours a week
£24,132.60 p.a. (£40,221.00 pro rata)
welshchapels.wales/support-us/s...
22.5 hours a week
£24,132.60 p.a. (£40,221.00 pro rata)
welshchapels.wales/support-us/s...
welshchapels.wales
February 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
📢Job alert: Trust Manager for Addoldai Cymru: The Welsh Religious Buildings Trust
22.5 hours a week
£24,132.60 p.a. (£40,221.00 pro rata)
welshchapels.wales/support-us/s...
22.5 hours a week
£24,132.60 p.a. (£40,221.00 pro rata)
welshchapels.wales/support-us/s...
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C is: Theatr Clwyd
Opened 1976, Theatr Clwyd was designed by Flintshire County Architect RW Harvey. Grade II as an important post war civic arts and theatre complex, extensive work is now underway, radically altering the original form
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c20society.org.uk/news/plans-t...
Opened 1976, Theatr Clwyd was designed by Flintshire County Architect RW Harvey. Grade II as an important post war civic arts and theatre complex, extensive work is now underway, radically altering the original form
@c20society.bsky.social
c20society.org.uk/news/plans-t...
February 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
C is: Theatr Clwyd
Opened 1976, Theatr Clwyd was designed by Flintshire County Architect RW Harvey. Grade II as an important post war civic arts and theatre complex, extensive work is now underway, radically altering the original form
@c20society.bsky.social
c20society.org.uk/news/plans-t...
Opened 1976, Theatr Clwyd was designed by Flintshire County Architect RW Harvey. Grade II as an important post war civic arts and theatre complex, extensive work is now underway, radically altering the original form
@c20society.bsky.social
c20society.org.uk/news/plans-t...
Fantastic Tim Burton exhibition at @designmuseum.bsky.social this weekend - old favourites and some additions to Ceinwen's 'must see's'...
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Fantastic Tim Burton exhibition at @designmuseum.bsky.social this weekend - old favourites and some additions to Ceinwen's 'must see's'...
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We're seeking insights on the challenges facing the #heritage sector to shape our next sector support programme. Please fill in our questionnaire and let us know about the types of support you would find most useful. 🏰 📝
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January 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We're seeking insights on the challenges facing the #heritage sector to shape our next sector support programme. Please fill in our questionnaire and let us know about the types of support you would find most useful. 🏰 📝
Fill Out Our Form Here 👉 https://buff.ly/3PQHyJy
Fill Out Our Form Here 👉 https://buff.ly/3PQHyJy
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We’re doing this tomorrow! Zoom along for some Brutalism from the comfort of your sofa
Don't miss a stunning online visual tour of Britain’s modern places with photographer Simon Phipps and historian John Grindrod, Wed 29 Jan.
Tickets: mklitfest.org/this-must-be...
#architecture #modernism #brutalism #photography #builtenvironment @grindrod.bsky.social @septemberbooks.bsky.social
Tickets: mklitfest.org/this-must-be...
#architecture #modernism #brutalism #photography #builtenvironment @grindrod.bsky.social @septemberbooks.bsky.social
This Must Be the Place: Simon Phipps & John Grindrod | MK Lit Fest 2025
Join architectural photographer Simon Phipps and writer John Grindrod as they take us on a tour of some of the amazing modern places in Britain that Simon has captured in his acclaimed books, includin...
mklitfest.org
January 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We’re doing this tomorrow! Zoom along for some Brutalism from the comfort of your sofa
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Scotland's Superpits: Talk on 20 February in person and online
Dr Miles Oglethorpe will outline the history of coal mining in Scotland in the 20th century and explore the emergence of superpits and their architectural development
Info & tickets £7/£5/£3 at tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
Dr Miles Oglethorpe will outline the history of coal mining in Scotland in the 20th century and explore the emergence of superpits and their architectural development
Info & tickets £7/£5/£3 at tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
January 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Scotland's Superpits: Talk on 20 February in person and online
Dr Miles Oglethorpe will outline the history of coal mining in Scotland in the 20th century and explore the emergence of superpits and their architectural development
Info & tickets £7/£5/£3 at tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
Dr Miles Oglethorpe will outline the history of coal mining in Scotland in the 20th century and explore the emergence of superpits and their architectural development
Info & tickets £7/£5/£3 at tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
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NEWS | Bangor’s Brutalist ‘Eyesore of the Year’ listed
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/bangors...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/bangors...
Bangor’s Brutalist ‘Eyesore of the Year’ listed
The Brambell Laboratory at Bangor University has been Grade II-listed, while the Grade I listing for...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
NEWS | Bangor’s Brutalist ‘Eyesore of the Year’ listed
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/bangors...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/bangors...