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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Buildings Archaeologist book tour starts next week (a thread)... More info & tickets: triskeleheritage.com/the-building... #archaeology #history #architecture #thebuildingsarchaeologist #booktour

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Construction History Society @constructionhist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well, this looks pretty disastrous for researchers into English structures. How on earth could this have happened so suddenly that #HisttoricEngland had no warning?? Their risk register and risk management must be pretty weak. www.sarsen.org/2026/09/hist...

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Historic England’s Vanishing Archive

Historic England’s photos didn’t vanish. SmartFrame did. Then they broke their own links. Not just the aerials. The lot. Historic Englan...

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Celine Camps @celinecamps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Need I say more ❤️ #MedievalSky #EarlyModern 🗃️

A medieval, 15th century timber-framed house in Oxford

Side view of a medieval, 15th century timber-framed house in Oxford

Close up of the upper windows and roof of a 15th century timer-framed house in Oxford

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Tony Denzer @tdenzer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@sevensixfive.bsky.social they are practically begging you to apply 😆

Job ad saying "This search is particularly interested in scholars whose
work advances the design, construction, and operation of terrestrial built environments and
extra-planetary settlements."

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 15/09/2026

15-17 George Street under construction. Lightbody is at the foot of the ramp. The Whiteinch Primary School in the background survived the building of the tunnel.

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 15/09/2026

Rear facade of tenements under construction at 15-17 George St (later Medwyn St) in 1902. The figure on the ramp is William Lightbbody of builders Messrs P W & A Lightbody. 24 room-and-kitchen flats (16 with internal WC, 8 shared) built by a workforce of 10 men in 9 months. #Glasgow

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Architectural Heritage Education @archi-heritage.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lath and Plaster: Lath (from old German Lætt) meaning strips, or pieces, typically of wood. While in English speaking countries it's typically ran parallel, it can vary greatly greatly. Over time it transitioned to modern plaster board that we are familiar with today

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Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The trompe l'oeil of Gavi.

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EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes @mininglandscapes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pottering along the coastal footpath at #StMonan’s #Fife first time I’ve noticed the surviving Leven and East Fife Railway infrastructure, opened early 1860s closed to passengers in 1965 and goods in 1966 #RailwayHeritage

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Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Any wood conservators want to live and teach in Vienna? The Institute for Conservation and Restoration at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna is looking for one. A friend who works there forwarded this.

akbild.ac.at

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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Huddersfield was the second town in the country to build council housing. My new post explores its early civic and housing history when it was described 'as advanced a town as any in the kingdom’: municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/h...

Terraced housing in industrial landscape aerial view

Kirkgate tenement s- three-storey gables tenements in sandstone

Two-storey tenements with second-storey balcony access

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One of my favourite archaeological projects in a career spanning over a quarter of a century was the opportunity to survey this 15th century latrine at the London Guildhall 😁🫣💩 Come & find out about my career in ruins at my London gig, 18 November: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-buildi...

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I literally debunked this for them in April. Skip forward to September and the short term memory of the BBC is in full view...

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Celine Camps @celinecamps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

16thc artisans for the win! ❤️ The roof construction of the Dutch Prime Minister's office —"het Torentje"—turns out to be in its original #EarlyModern state. The wood's growth rings reveal it was made of oak from a tree cut down in southern Sweden around 1546 🤯 tinyurl.com/3frhvav3 #HistSTM #Craft 🗃️

A photo of the interior of the hexagonal tower ("the little tower") of the Dutch Prime Minister's office in The Hague, showing the wooden roof construction from 1547. Photo by the Rijksvastgoedbedrijf, from the linked article.

"Het Torentje" (Little Tower) at the Binnenhof in The Hague.

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Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

These 1920s Chicago house designs are fantastic. They're quite simple and could be made today in timber, earth, straw, wood block or masonry #Chicago

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Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Subways: Excavating was far more common than tunnelling for subway and metro networks. The 'tunnels' can be surprisingly close to the surface, often making this a far more practical, faster and cheaper option.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A modern megalithic monument for #StandingStoneSunday An (unammed) circle of 15 locally sourced honey-coloured pillars of Hamstone at the northern limit of Ham Hill hillfort #Somerset A Millenium Project to commemorate the centuries of stonemasons who toiled in the quarries here 📷 Aug 2026

Pillars of honey coloured stone in a circle with sun parched grass and blue sky and a distant war memorial

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EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes @mininglandscapes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Want to catch up with all #MiningLandscapes #EcoMuseum news and activities in one place? Our regular news review the Coal Vaults is ready for reading for July and August nip to www.mining-landscapes.org/news

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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Someone must know what this typeface is called (used by the Ministry of Works on buildings now in the care of English Heritage)

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Construction History Society @constructionhist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Twelfth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society, 25-27 September 2026 The conference theme is Building Practice: regulation, corruption, & adaptation, but there are other general sessions too. Booking link in ALT. The proceedings have now gone to be printed. Here is the lovely cover:

https://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-architecture/construction-history-society-conference

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Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Stone turned columns were quite common from the 19c onwards. Much of this was done at the quarry, with the finish being at , or near the construction site, so as to avoid wasted effort.

A limestone column being turned on a lathe

A column being turned on a mechanical lathe

A turned column with a deliberately unfinished column base

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

🧵I find this lithograph dating back to c.1824 fascinating as it is an area of York that many of us will have visited so many times. It illustrates workmen excavating the ruins of Saint Mary’s Abbey in the foreground. King’s Manor stands in the right middle-ground, with the

The image is an 1820s engraving depicting an archaeological excavation at the ruins of St Mary's Abbey in York, with York Minster visible in the background. Image: York Museums Trust CC BY-SA 4.0

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Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Early, tall steel framed buildings with stone cladding tend to have something in common. They rarely start the cladding from the base and work upwards for a good reason. Any guesses?

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Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A rare example of pargetting in North America New York, 1920s

A house with elaborate pargetting (exterior plaster) decoration

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Nice find during a building survey on the North Yorkshire Moors: an intact piggery swill chute (for pouring liquid feed into the stye). The trough has been removed but a cobbled floor surface remains. The humble and the everyday is still significant in buildings archaeology.

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Obligatory York pint and crownpost photo. Bonus points for The Wonderstuff soundtrack.

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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🚨New on Substack: my post on the origins and design of the London County Council's Brandon Estate in Southwark whose 'slim white towers added a new and dramatic feature to the South London skyline' ... municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-brando...

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The Brandon Estate, Southwark I: ‘New and dramatic’

The Brandon Estate in Southwark is ‘one of the most novel’ of the London County Council’s housing schemes.

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Construction History Society @constructionhist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In which the Construction Historian learns a new word. 'multivallate' apparently means more than one set of ramparts. Vallate from Latin 'vallum' meaning wall or rampart. 'Wall' comes from 'vallum' too.

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Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A 1904 composite arch at the St. Louis exposition constructed of: - California granite - Sandstone - Marble - Terra cotta - Slate - Tiling - Pressed and glazed brick

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EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes @mininglandscapes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

One of two cut and cover tunnels on the #Ticknall Tramway under the main drive to Calke Abbey South # Derbyshire, 122m in length Grade II listed #TransportHeritage

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A failure of mid-20thC planning was the widespread demolition of ancient buildings, even in places like York. Black Swan on Coney St dated to 17thC & 1790. Minimal record made. I look at such cases in The Buildings Archaeologist, out 8 Oct: triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/the-building...

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Absolutely BRILLIANT day overground and underground at the Peak District Mining Museum and Temple Mine at Matlock Bath 🕯⛏️⚒️

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Construction History Society @constructionhist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Newcomen Society has asked the CHS to see if any of our members or friends might feel able to review a journal article on two thousand years of history of road infrastructure in Italy. If you might be willing to do this, please contact the journal editor at: editor.journal@newcomen.com Thanks

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Ste Lingard @stelingard.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

What's left of the open air bathing pool, at #Wroxeter (Viriconium). It was only in use for about 60 years, but made sufficient impression on the landscape to be found and revealed. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Shropshire 📷 My own / #EnglishHeritage

A colour photograph of a shallow, rectangular, man-made hole in the ground, with some remaining stone flooring, and what appears to be modern concrete. The short sides each have a semi-circular extension, like an apse. The Impression is rather like a plan of Goodison Park in its 1966 World Cup phase.

The hole is surrounded by lawns, with other stone remains, a reconstructed villa and a single storey utilitarian structure (the site museum) in the background. It is a grey day, though the green grass and the terracota and pastel shades of a walkway and the villa provide relief.

A reconstruction drawing of the pool in use, with people in states of bathing part-undress. The pool is set in the courtyard of a colonnaded building. The drawing is one one of the interpretation panels on site.

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David Booth @caleydave.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A Lovely picture of the Police Box at Albert Street in Leith. Notice the Box holding the temperature sensor for the Heaters to the left of the Siren. The heaters themselves are the ring on the front. Given how "Square" the base looks it may be a Secomak Siren. #SirenSaturday #EdinburghPoliceBox

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Only 2 months until The Buildings Archaeologist is released! It's tricky to get word out online these days so a reshare would be hugely appreciated 🙂 Order details here: thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/... Tickets for the book tour here: triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/the-building...

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Celine Camps @celinecamps.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#SkyStorians Would anyone be able to help me get a PDF of the introduction and Chapter 3 (Gerritsen) from this volume? Columbia unfortunately does not (yet) have access (not even through its ILL system): www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 03/08/2026

Wait until i tell you all the best way to artificially age copper piping

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 03/08/2026

lol okay it’s meant for stone usually not pointing so test it on a small patch first or ask Reddit, but basically spread some yoghurt on the patch that’s cleaner the rest, it’s encourages natural bio aging very quickly. Wash off after a week if no rain

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 03/08/2026

‘Pointing’ is the mortar joints between masonry (usually brickwork), and ‘repointing’ is when you partially chip out old mortar and replace it. Colour, composition, and style all matter- like Darren excellently illustrates here.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Publicity drawing for Forton services on the M6 near Lancaster, 1963.

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Construction History Society @constructionhist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Construction Historian particularly loves bottom left with all the tools and roof structure.

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EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes @mininglandscapes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The weather finally broke for our last week of our Coalscapes events but managed to dodge the rain up at Lochore Meadows Country Park under the shadow of the Mary head frame. #Benarty #Fife. The wind was another matter…. #MiningHeritage

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David Booth @caleydave.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Vent: Let's talk about why this is a one-way ticket to the Buildings At-Risk register. That is not a natural hill they are digging into, that is a thin layer of top soil on top of Shale brought in from West Lothian which was used to cover a concrete building built on the floor of a Quarry. 🧵

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EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes @mininglandscapes.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Back at Westfield opencast #Fife #MiningLandscapes were under glorious skies for ‘Dances with Time’ a taster workshop with Land Artist Winston Plowes. A tantalising glimpse of work developing here. To view the finished pieces and participants gallery nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog

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Dr Colin Runeckles @colinruneckles.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

For #RomanSiteSaturday I'm going back to a 2014 trip to Agrigento specifically to see the insulae of the Hellenistic & Roman Quarter. The gate was closed and I thought I'd had a wasted trip until I showed a chap an insula plan from De Miro and he let me in!

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Sophie Christensen 1 of Denmark's 1st women master carpenters & furniture designers. 1893 completed furniture maker apprenticeship, attended Chicago World Fair. 1895 opened own business in Copenhagen. Headed Industrial Design School 4 Women 1907-16 d #OTD 31 Jul 1955 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophy_A...

Sophy A. Christensen in her workshop in cropped painting by Maria Thymann in 1899

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