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- Barley Hall, York - This medieval oak-framed house has been carefully restored to the way it would have looked in the 1480s. Photographs, visitor information.
www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/barley/barley.htm
- CertHE in British Vernacular Architecture - Details of course offered by the University of Birmingham School of Continuing Studies.
www.bham.ac.uk/ContStuds/Vernarch.html
- East Midlands Earth Structures Society - A voluntary group of people who are interested in earthen buildings in the East Midlands, forming a local part of ICOMOS-UK.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loven/emess
- Exploring the Round Houses of Doves - An article on dovecotes by Klara Spandl in British Archaeology, with references and a list of dovecotes open to the public.
www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba35/ba35feat.html
- Gawmless End - An illustrated description and history of a historic old Lancashire farmhouse nestling among the Rossendale Hills in the West Pennines of northern England.
www.gawmlessend.co.uk
- Head to Head - An illustrated summary of a book by David Grech, which traces a 600-mile walk across England, sketching the regional variations in vernacular architecture.
www.englands-buildings.co.uk/headtohead
- Historic Farm Buildings Group - For those concerned with the past, present and future of historic farm buildings. Aims, downloadable newsletter, news and events, journal (contents in pdf format.)
www.chelt.ac.uk/el/ccru/hfbg
- Living Under a Medieval Field - An article by John Letts in British Archaeology on the evidence of widespread survival of ancient thatch on vernacular buildings. History of thatching.
www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba58/feat1.shtml
- MA/Graduate Diploma in International Studies in Vernacular Architecture - Details of the Oxford Brookes University School of Architecture Centre for Vernacular Architecture Studies (CAVES) courses.
cs3.brookes.ac.uk/courses/pgcourses/ma_gdip_verarch.html
- Medieval Peasant Houses - Mainly in 14th-century England. Scholarly summary by Paul Gans of the Department of Chemistry, New York University, on his Medieval Technology Pages.
scholar.chem.nyu.edu/~tekpages/peasanthouses.html
- Palaces for the People: Prefabs in Post-War Britain - Greg Stevenson provides photographs and an outline of his forthcoming history of pre-fabricated homes devised as temporary housing after WWII.
www.prefabs.co.uk
- RCAHM Vernacular Architecture - Outline of the Royal Commission for Ancient and Historic Monuments in Wales approach to the study of the traditional architecture of farmhouses, farm-buildings and cottages.
www.rcahmw.org.uk/vernacular
- Ritual Protection Marks - Results of a survey of Norfolk buildings (UK).
www.homewld.demon.co.uk/content.htm
- Timber-Framed Houses - A beginner's guide to the history and construction of medieval timber-framed houses in England and Wales by the owner of one. Examples, bibliography and glossary.
wonderful.org.uk
- Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group - Researches and records the vernacular architecture of Yorkshire, organises conferences, dayschools and walkabouts, and publishes newsheets and an annual journal.
www.yvbsg.org.uk
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