Am I the only one who didn't know that chestnut blossoms start out yellow and turn pink once they've been pollinated, to guide pollinators? Incredible stuff.

The sun shone in Glasgow this week for launch of @archhfund.org.uk's 50 Years of Reimagining Heritage exhibition in the glorious Briggait, formerly a fishmarket & today home to artist studios thanks to @waspsstudios.bsky.social. The exhibition is on until 16 May, Mon-Sat - swing by if you're nearby!

Fabulous afternoon at Amersham with the Monumental Brass Society today. A particular joy was spending some time with some gentry monuments I first studied during my masters 23 years ago.

Final hurrah of the school break took us to Ickworth House today - an intriguing place and a huge one. Designed in the after-glow of a Grand Tour, the building is almost Palladian, but you sense that Andrea might have held back from the overmighty scale of this place. 1/2

Northleach today, maybe the ultimate wool church, the nave rebuilt in mid15thC by John Fortey in big, unrepentent Perpendicular. The church is celebrated for its collection of brasses to woolmen, some of whom (as Thomas Adynet here) stand on wool sacks, instead of lions or grassy mounds.

This is the Cross of the Confraternities in Girona cathedral. Made of silver-gilt & set w/ gemstones & enamels of the Evangelists in roundels along the arms & a reused cameo. There's a crucifix in the centre on one side & a figure of Christ offering a blessing on the other. Let's decode it! 1/5

Spotted this 15thC boss of the last supper in the cloister at Norwich Cathedral when visiting recently. It's making wonderfully varied use of perspective but I was most intrigued about the table spread, which says rather more about late medieval England than Roman Judea. Let's decode it! 1/5

Thanks so much to Rachel O'Grady and @news.architectsjournal.co.uk for this generous review - it's deeply rewarding when you've created something to see the audience *get* what you're on about. Review at link below. 👇 We open in Glasgow in another stonking historic building on 1 May - come see it!

The Architectural Heritage Fund@archhfund.org.uk · 4mo ago

Many thanks to Rachel O'Grady for coming along to our AHF: 50 Years of Reimagining Heritage exhibition at Riddel’s Warehouse, Belfast, in February. You can read a review of the exhibition in @news.architectsjournal.co.uk now: www.architectsjournal.co.uk/practice/cul... #AHF50 #Heritage #Exhibition

A sunny day out, starting in Balsham, home to some superlative 15thC brasses to Rectors - John Sleaford, Keeper of Great Wardrobe under Edward III, and John Blodwell, Welshman educated in Bologna with over a decade in Rome. Also stunning late 14thC choir funded by Sleaford. 1/3

Excellent visit to Anglesey Abbey in the sunshine today for snowdrops and treasure hunting. Really not far off the house I'd create with a practically unlimited oil-money budget. Pity the lack of it! @nationaltrust.org.uk

My first run this morning since I tripped on steps last October and tore some tendons in my left ankle and foot. Quite a day for it, too - feels like a turning of the page after the winter.

The ‘AHF: 50 Years of Reimagining Heritage’ exhibition is open Weds-Sun from 12-4pm until 18th February. Pop down to the amazing #AHFsupported Riddel’s Warehouse in Belfast to see it while there’s still time! 📸 Argyll Images #Heritage #Regeneration #NorthernIreland #Exhibition

The Grade II-listed West Haven Maltings and Migar House in Grimsby have been transformed into Horizon Youth Zone. The landmark site will officially open its doors to welcome in & support children and young people across North East Lincolnshire this Saturday! 🎉 More: ⬇️ ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/i...

"It’s wonderful to see such a historic building buzzing with life again." Having once served as a bank & a Court of Petty Sessions, The Court House has now become Bangor's home of live music and the arts. Discover more about our fifth Project of the Week for #AHF50: ahfund.org.uk/anniversary/...

Further funding success for three #AHFsupported projects in Scotland! 🎉 Congratulations to the projects that have secured significant grants from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help progress with their plans: Marbles Warehouse at Portsoy Old Harbour, Grant Lodge, and The Belmont Cinema.

Belfast’s @riddelswarehouse.bsky.social looked incredible for our launch night. The exhibition is open to the public from the 6th until 18th Feb. If you're in town, come see how we’re supporting heritage across the UK. Don’t miss the start of the tour! #Architecture #Heritage #Belfast

Thrilled to launch 'AHF: 50 Years of Reimagining Heritage' last night at Riddel's Warehouse in Belfast with a packed crowd despite the cold weather. The exhibition celebrates 50 fantastic projects that have inspired us. On until 18 Feb - if you go, let me know what you think! @archhfund.org.uk

Big archaeological news coming from Wandlebury hillfort today - incredible new finds from the 9thC. Will be wonderful to learn more about how early medieval people thought about these ancient fortifications. @cambridgeppf.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wandlebury's Viking-era mass grave finds include trepanned skull

The skull belonged to a young man whose remains were flung into the burial pit, say archaeologists.

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There is v little in life more satisfying than getting your hands at last on something you've written or edited, & boy was I thrilled at the end of a long day to flip through this beautiful catalogue filled w stories & photos & essays for #AHF50 Years of Reimagining Heritage, opening tomorrow!

Belfast is the first stop! We’re launching our 50th Anniversary UK tour this week at Riddel’s Warehouse on the 6th of February. See 50 years of heritage-led regeneration before the exhibition heads to Glasgow, Cardiff, and London. #AHF50 #Belfast #Heritage @riddelswarehouse.bsky.social

Lovely blues in the cloudscape this morning over the Irish Sea. Am en route to Belfast to install @archhfund.org.uk's 50th anniversary exhibition celebrating heritage reuse - opens Thursday night!

Looking forward to being in Belfast next week with the @archhfund.org.uk & @kwilsonlee.bsky.social for their 50 Year touring exhibtion opening. The venue, Riddel's Warehouse, is a beauty of Industrial heritage (photos © Joe Laverty)

Dr Kelcey Wilson-lee@kwilsonlee.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Two weeks from today our exhibition celebrating 50 years of @archhfund.org.uk will open in Belfast at the extraordinary Riddel's Warehouse. Creating the exhibition & catalogue has been a labour of love - 50 extraordinary stories I've tried to do justice to. Hope you can see it & share your ideas! /1

Excitement today to visit workshop where @archhfund.org.uk's 50th anniversary exhibition is being built! We open next week in Belfast at #RiddelsWarehouse - nearly there...

A brief pop into St Bartholomew the Less yesterday in London, where I encountered William Markely, 'gentleman of London', who died in 1439, and his wife Alice, who lived on after him and probably installed this brass.

HUGE NEWS! We are so pleased to announce that investment of £46m from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will enable the expansion of our #HeritageRevivalFund through to 2030. ⬇️ ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/i... (1/4)

Project of the Week 2 for #AHF50: Whaley’s Buildings. The 1990s saw the revival of this collection of 18th-century houses, when @hearthni.bsky.social stepped in to undertake the complex task of saving them from dereliction. Learn more: ⬇️ ahfund.org.uk/anniversary/...

Two weeks from today our exhibition celebrating 50 years of @archhfund.org.uk will open in Belfast at the extraordinary Riddel's Warehouse. Creating the exhibition & catalogue has been a labour of love - 50 extraordinary stories I've tried to do justice to. Hope you can see it & share your ideas! /1

The twin parish churches of Swaffham Prior: SS Cyriac & Julitta (early martyrs) higher on the hill prob earlier; St Mary's chief glory is early 12thC octagonal tower. Churches adjacent bc parish boundary runs through town centre & high ground good for building. Do you know of other such examples?

The unapologetic Perpendicular of Burwell Church in Cambs on a glorious winter day. Built in 1460s prob under direction of Reginald of Ely - free due to hiatus in King's College Chapel works bc of the Wars of the Roses; the best feature is the wooden panels under roofs, carved like misericords.

We’ve launched our 50th year at Garrison Chapel! 🏛️ A fantastic evening celebrating 5 decades of rescuing historic buildings with Baroness Twycross & Ros Kerslake CBE. Thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery players for making it possible! #AHF50 #Heritage #UKHistory