A glimpse of the early C16th Number 1 Myddylton Place, Saffron Walden, where history is written into the walls. Look closely for the 👻 ghost of a medieval shopfront hidden in plain sight—a time capsule revealing secrets from centuries ago.
Vernacular Architecture Group
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The Vernacular Architecture Group was formed in 1952 to further the study of traditional buildings, originally those of the British Isles. Today the VAG also reflects a growing interest in buildings from other parts of the world. https://www.vag.org.uk
Researching House History, a talk for Bolton #FamilyHistory Society by Anne Mealia, takes place online and in person on Wednesday August 5th from 7.30pm. £5 (free for Society members). #HouseHistory #OnePlaceWednesday
Researching House History
A Talk by Anne Mealia
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#Northumberland Archives will be running a free 2 hour event House History: An introduction to researching your property in #Morpeth on October 20th, introducing the types of documents used in researching #HouseHistory. Free, but booking essential. #OnePlaceWednesday
House History: An introduction to researching your property
Northumberland Archives staff will introduce the type of documents used in researching house history.
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Very enjoyable visit to Foulbridge Farm in the Vale of Pickering on Saturday - a Georgian farmhouse incorporating a timber-framed hall built by the Knights Templar in 1288. Lots to see - interesting construction, burn marks, nice range of farm buildings, pig feeding troughs and a three-seater privy!
On 27 July 2015 I drew Duttons for Buttons. 32 Coppergate is a Grade 2* listed 15th-century timber-framed building, built c 1422 for wealthy merchant William Alne. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #drawing #sketchbook #ArtShare
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Online Talk: 'Buildings in an Upland Landscape: The Vernacular Houses of Weardale' - Historic Buildings & Places
Join Historic Buildings & Places for an online talk with Martin Roberts, North East Vernacular Architecture Group, on Tuesday 4th August 2026 at 6pm.
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The Mischief Tavern, Fye Bridge Street, Norwich is a former house, now public house that dates from the late 16th century with 17th century additions & alterations. Built from flint & stone dressings with plinth with 19th & 20th century brick dressings & alterations & pantile roofs. /1
Great visit to Baildon Hall (now a social club) on Saturday. A largely C17 stone house with C19 alterations, incorporating a C15 timber-framed wing. An earlier screens passage still survives inside.
Huge thanks to members of the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group for organising and hosting a superb VAG Spring Conference. We saw an excellent variety of Scottish buildings ranging from castles to longhouses, and enjoyed every minute!
Culross - what a wonderful place to visit on the final day of the VAG Spring Conference. Vernacular surprises around every corner (even on a rainy day)!
Final day of the VAG Spring Conference and it was great to start the day with a visit to the fabulous Bannockburn House to see its remarkable plasterwork and other features. Thanks for the tour, @bannockburnhouse.bsky.social!
Moirlanich Longhouse, near Killin, visited during VAG Spring Conference. Lovely example of a cruck-framed cottage with byre, with 'hingin lum' (hanging chimney) and box beds. National Trust for Scotland - well worth a visit!
A castle, a long house, a tin tabernacle and a historic library and chapel - a wonderful variety of buildings for day two of the VAG Spring Conference in Stirling!
More images from day one of the VAG Spring Conference in Stirling (where Christmas has come early to one shop).
Great day in Stirling on day one of the VAG Spring Conference, exploring the city and the castle (including the secret bits!).
The rather lovely venue for this year's VAG Spring Conference - Stirling University. About to kick off with an introductory talk on 'Living in a cold, wet climate: environment, materials and vernacular buildings in Scotland'. Very appropriate as we've had a heavy shower earlier this evening!
Our June Newsletter is hot off the press! Catch up with all our latest news, including info about forthcoming events, publications and of course buildings in Yorkshire (and elsewhere)! www.yvbsg.org.uk/newsheets/ju...
This might look unappealing, but what you are seeing is a rare survival of a smoke bay (the blackened timbers which were part of a type of proto-chimney), dated 1500. Then in the late 16th century a brick chimney was built within the old smoke bay. Surveyed today in Notts.
Hello! Anyone in #Hampshire know if Kevin Stubbs - historic buildings expert - is still around and active in building conservation? Or if anyone knows of other Hampshire cob wall experts please
The ginnel from the other side, in Powell's Yard, with a person walking past. The Wealden hall house on the left, behind 51 Goodramgate, was restored in the 1930s having become derelict. It is now a ladies clothes shop. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #watercolour #drawing #ArtShare
We are thrilled to welcome the artisan plasterer Philip A. Gaches, who specialises in the repair of historic plasterwork. Philip will explain how and why ceilings began to be plastered in the 15th century, and how the process developed in technique and design. Wed 15 Apr, 7pm doors, 7.30pm start.
Maenan Old Hall, Llanrwst in the Conwy Valley, North Wales. The house looks mostly 18th or 19th century from outside but had parts dating from 1509. Sketched on the 2018 Vernacular Architecture Group conference. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #drawing #sketchbook #ArtShare
Lovely reminders (more FB Memories) of the Vernacular Architecture Group 2018 conference at Lafoty, Anglesey, a medieval hall house with later additions + me, illustrator at work, photographed by Linda Hall. #pencil #drawing #illustrator
Hidden in plain sight: the polite facade of Richborough House in Sandwich, Kent, hides a late C16th timber framed house with brick nogging.
A one-day conference on Exeter's buildings coming up soon ...
What on earth is this then? A bundle of reeds suspended from the roof of an 18th century Lincolnshire house. An uncommon sight but we have testimony from a former landowner to explain it. To find out more, join me on 2 April for The Folklore of Ancient Buildings: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-folklo...
BBC News - 'We want to bring Baguley Hall in Wythenshawe back to life' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'We want to bring Baguley Hall in Wythenshawe back to life'
Restorations plans are now under way for the Grade-I listed Baguley Hall in Wythenshawe.
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Karen Averby @karenaverby.bsky.social has registered her Kings Norton Green One-Place Study! Researching the Medieval & other buildings here—which reflect the social, economic and architectural history of The Green—will hopefully reveal stories of the people associated with them. #OnePlaceWednesday
Archaeology often challenges assumptions about listed buildings. This Leicestershire house was thought to be 17th century until a survey revealed evidence that it was mediaeval. On 26 Feb I'll be speaking online about Reinterpreting Listed Buildings: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
