Gypsum and Lime Plaster Floors
Within the context of historic architecture the term ‘vernacular’ is primarily used to describe buildings…
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John Speed
Therein groweth a stone softer than Alablaster, but being burnt maketh a Plaister harder than…
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Joseph Pickford’s Ashbourne Villas
When we use the adjective or prefix ‘Georgian’ to describe a town or city, that…
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Sidney R. Jones
One only has to travel over the mountains and moors of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire…
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Carole Ryan
Vernacular building tradition is one based upon time-immeriorial building techniques and the use of materials,…
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Diocesan Training College
The Diocesan Training College, Uttoxeter New Road, Derby, is a 19th Century, Grade II listed,…
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Matthew H. Johnson
Seeing vernacular architecture in terms of people making their own history can be difficult for…
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R. W. Brunskill
The full fascination of vernacular architecture can only be enjoyed by the study of a…
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Looking back through History
In the last decade or so, the Midlands has become a significant reference point in…
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