🧵The buildings in Swales Yard, behind 5–9 Corn Market in Pontefract comprise a range of two-storey timber-framed structures. Dendrochronology has provided a date of 1609 for the timber although their origins could be earlier. Originally constructed as commercial buildings serving

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!

Every so often my work takes me somewhere few people get to see. This hidden medieval room in York became the starting point for a journey through the city’s snickelways - and a search for the spirit of place. www.digest.andymarsh...

The corner of Goodramgate & College Street, York. Some of the oldest timbers from domestic buildings in York survive in these buildings, though not in their original positions. A sketch for a study of Goodramgate. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #drawing #ArtShare

Now available, Bucklers Yorkshire Buildings: The Architectural and Topographical Drawings of John Buckler and John Chessell Buckler of 1804 1820. A splendidly illustrated volume. @wfdhistsoc.bsky.social @wakefieldmuseums.bsky.social @yvbsg.bsky.social @handhyorkshire.bsky.social

Gabled delight at Ogleforth in York. This is what happens when you cover a medieval timber framed building in glue and roll it through a brick factory. #HappyFriday

Crackpot Hall, situated near Keld are the ruins of an 18th century farmstead, possibly built on the site of a 16th century hunting lodge which was kept for Thomas, the first Baron Wharton. The name comes from the Norse for crow and cave (or deep hole). The hall was

What does an old farmhouse in #Rillington have in common with a knight of James I? The story of Rectory Farm leads from a Yorkshire village to one of its most remarkable former residents. #OnePlaceWednesday #LocalHistory #HouseHistory Read more here: www.rillingtonhistory.com/on-the-groun...

On the Ground in Rillington: A Knight at Rectory Farm - Rillington History

Walk along Low Moorgate in Rillington and it is easy to overlook Rectory Farm. Behind later alterations and brickwork lies one of the oldest surviving buildings in the village, a house whose story str...

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The fabulous finials at Old Hall, Westgate, Baildon (not to be confused with Baildon Hall in Hallfield Drive which is a different building!). The house dates from the mid C17 with early C18 alterations.

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.

The doorway of Jacob's Well, Trinity Lane, York. The 15th century doorway added to the 14th century former pub in 1902-4. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #drawing #ArtShare

We have an apology to make. It's been 9 days since we have shared a picture of the Great Hall's roof. To make up for this heinous crime, here's one showing the roof in the early 1920s. We even stuck in the Great Hall's partition as a sweetener.

High above the stairs at The Folly is a small prospect room. Built to take advantage of the view, rooms like this were both practical and a symbol of status in the 17th century. One of many hidden secrets inside The Folly.

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...

The lovely Fauconberg Arms in Coxwold, North Yorkshire, now bare stone but once lime coated, as we can see from archive images and physical evidence on the building (which survives particularly well behind the current sign!) 😀

Ruskin urged people to study “the local, the honest, the hand‑wrought”. Oakwell Hall is exactly that with its late 16th century fabric, visible tool marks, real material truth, none of the later prettifying. He would have been delighted to see people still reading buildings with this kind of care.

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Members spent two days this week investigating the fabulous Oakwell Hall, Birstall, and trying to understand the stonework and the timberwork inside. Not sure that a consensus was reached - discussions are ongoing!

Four Gates End is a historic row of terraced houses situated at the junction of Cragg Road, Church Bank Lane, and Blackstone Edge Road in Cragg Vale, near Hebden Bridge. The name originates from ancient packhorse routes across this remote moorland, marking one of the historic gateways or boundaries

Members spent two days this week investigating the fabulous Oakwell Hall, Birstall, and trying to understand the stonework and the timberwork inside. Not sure that a consensus was reached - discussions are ongoing!

This THURSDAY 7th MAY 6 pm: the 2nd talk in our Spring 2026 series on Classical Architecture in North East England @durhamclassics.bsky.social 7 Owengate Durham DH1 3EB: Jane Grenville, ‘Pevsner & Classicism in the North Riding of Yorkshire’. All welcome. @sahgb.bsky.social @yvbsg.bsky.social

Had a great time at the weekend surveying an unspoilt farmstead on the North York Moors - farmhouse, piggery, granary, turf house, barns and more. Plenty of interesting features to record - and the sun shone too!

Interesting timber spotted today forming the porch lintel at East Ayton church. Curved with lots of peg holes. Could it be one of those rare things - a ships' timber? We think it might be!

Excellent day today recording a cottage in East Ayton - more complicated than it appears from outside. Hope the drawings will resolve some of the puzzles! Rather strangely, the Yorkshire sliding sash windows had 'lugs' like a vertical sliding sash, but why?

The doorway of Jacob's well, Trinity Lane, York. It is thought the door canopy, from the demolished Wheatsheaf public house in Davygate, was added in 1904 when the building became the parish rooms of Holy Trinity church, Micklegate. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #drawing #ArtShare

The snicket from Grape Lane to Coffee Yard and Stonegate, York. The green doors are par today Barley Hall, a medieval house that was later used for various purposes, including as a print works. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pen #drawing #skwtchbook #ArtShare

Tickets for our Dales Archaeology Day are now on sale! The Dales Archaeology Day 2026 will take place in Middleham Key Centre (Park Lane, Middleham, Leyburn, DL8 4RA) on the 21st March 2026, with a variety of talks, stalls and displays. More 👇 https://ow.ly/aHcx50YlN2f

What a great dayschool we had yesterday, held in the splendour of Skipton Town Hall with 120 people present. We thank our excellent speakers for sharing their knowledge of #YorkshireDales buildings with us - looking forward now to getting out and exploring some of them!

Our February Newsletter is hot off the press! Catch up with all our latest news, including info about events, publications and of course buildings! www.yvbsg.org.uk/newsheets/fe...

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...

Higher Kinders, 1-5 Kinders Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, Gtr Manchester is a group of cottages largely dating from the mid 18th century to early 19th century, though there is a datestone with "1642" on it. Built in hammer dressed stone, partly watershot with a graduated /1

Our latest blogpost features the changing fortunes of Micklegate House in York. Built by the #Bourchier family, visited by #AnneLister, painted by #MaryEllenBest, then became a chemical factory. Later housed first @uoylibrary.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social shorturl.at/0Pwpm