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This May Cornerstone Heritage<\/a>, the University of Plymouth’s heritage research group, presents two weeks of (almost) daily talks by leading experts on the history and heritage of the historic built environment hosted by the Earl of Devon at Powderham Castle. ‘Cornerstone at Powderham’ is part of the University of Plymouth’s wider on-site investigation of the castle’s history this summer in collaboration with staff and students from the department of Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n All talks are open to the public and free to attend. Talks will be held in the Chapel at Powderham Castle<\/a> at 5pm.<\/p>\n Wednesday 16 May Thursday 17 May Friday 18 May Tuesday 22 May Wednesday 23 May Thursday 24 May Wednesday 29 May Thursday 30 May This May Cornerstone Heritage, the University of Plymouth’s heritage research group, presents two weeks of (almost) daily talks by leading experts on the history and heritage of the historic built environment hosted by the Earl of Devon at Powderham Castle. ‘Cornerstone at Powderham’ is part of the University of Plymouth’s wider on-site investigation of the… Continue reading May 2018: Cornerstone at Powderham Spring Lectures 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[841,779],"class_list":["post-2777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-events-all-welcome","tag-cornerstone-heritage","tag-powderham-castle","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2780,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions\/2780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/b>‘Space, Place and Material Culture in Eighteenth-Century Britain’
\nDaniel Maudlin, Professor of Early Modern History, University of Plymouth<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>‘The Interior in the Eighteenth Century’
\nLaura C. Keim, Penn Design, University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>‘The Country House in Devon’
\nHugh Meller, former historian for the National Trust, author The Country Houses of Devon (2015)<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>‘The Country House in Cornwall’,
\nPaul Holden, House and Collections Manager, Lanhydrock House, Cornwall (National Trust)<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>‘Traditional Devon Building Materials’
\nStuart Blaylock, Devon Buildings Group<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>‘Eighteenth-Century Plasterwork’
\nGeoffrey Preston, architectural sculptor<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>\u2018Charting a Future for a Country House in the US: Blithewold Mansion and Gardens\u2019
\nPamela Hawkes, University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>\u2018The American Garden at Powderham: \u201cDelightful Retreat in the Plantation\u201d\u2019
\nRebecca Wilkinson, University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"