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R. W. Brunskill

July 18, 2014

by Hertes of England

R. W. Brunskill

The full fascination of vernacular architecture can only be enjoyed by the study of a…

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Welcome to the Hertes of England historic building resource. We specialise in exploring the traditional buildings and vernacular architecture of the English Midlands. From timber-framed cottages to Victorian town houses and factories, we investigate a range of historic buildings and the skills, techniques and crafts that were used to create them.

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History Martin Heidegger Stichelton Mutton Renaissance John Evelyn Leicestershire Robert Bakewell West Midlands Vernacular Henry Issac Stevens Birmingham John Gerard R.W.Brunskill William Youatt Eliza Acton Black Country Dishley Grange English Midlands East Midlands Welbeck Estate Technology Lunar Society Architecture British Charcuterie Herefordshire Warwickshire Good King Henry Derbyshire

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  • John Speed "Therein groweth a stone softer than Alablaster, but being burnt maketh a Plaister harder than..."

    John Speed
  • Sidney R. Jones "One only has to travel over the mountains and moors of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire..."

    Sidney R. Jones
  • Martin Heidegger "Whoever builds a house or a ship or forges a sacrificial chalice reveals what is..."

    Martin Heidegger
  • Carole Ryan "Vernacular building tradition is one based upon time-immeriorial building techniques and the use of materials,..."

    Carole Ryan

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While out in Nottinghamshire earlier this week, we While out in Nottinghamshire earlier this week, we made a pilgrimage to this sublime structure! It is a 14th Century dovecote located in the medieval village of Sibthorpe on the outskirts of Newark-on-Trent. Originally part of a medieval college settlement, it now stands as the centre piece to a much larger Scheduled Ancient Monument. Built around the mid 1300s, it is constructed of rubble stone with a conical, clay tiled roof and is the oldest and largest dovecote in the county. It was restored during the latter half of the 20th Century and has a Grade I designation. #heritage #nottinghamshire #medieval #sheduledancientmonument
Nestled on the Derbyshire Staffordshire border, ne Nestled on the Derbyshire Staffordshire border, near the River Dove, is the tiny village of Somersal Herbert. This village is the location of what is perhaps the finest example of a Tudor half-timbered structure anywhere in Derbyshire. Somersal Herbert Hall was originally built in 1564, on the site of a former Manor House, by the Fitzherbert family. Its high-status is confirmed by the decorative detailing and the numerous and extremely straight timbers that make up a large part of the structural frame. The brick encasement at the rear of the structure was thought to have been added at the beginning of the 18th Century. It is currently used as a private dwelling and possesses a Grade I designation. #heritage #tudor #timberframe #derbyshire
Many towns and cities in the English Midlands play Many towns and cities in the English Midlands played a significant role in the development of the nation’s railways, but perhaps none more so than the city of Derby, through its long association with the Midland Railway company. As the railways began to rapidly grow around the mid 19th Century, Midland Railway was one of the first railway companies to build substantial accommodation schemes for its workers. Under the stewardship of their architect, Francis Thompson (1808-1895), these cottages on Railway Terrace were built in the early 1840s as one part of a much larger scheme that Thompson designed in the centre of the city. The obvious polite restraint that is evident in their design has, over their lifetime, assured their longevity, despite their wholesale abandonment in the 1970s, when they lay empty and derelict for some years! Following a timely intervention by the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust they were both restored and modernised in order to safeguard their importance to the city as a direct reflection of one its most important industries. They are currently designated as Grade II. #heritage #conservation #industrialheritage #architecture #railways #cottages #derby #dhbt
This relatively unique building is the last remain This relatively unique building is the last remaining structure on the site that was once Josiah Wedgwood’s Etruria pottery factory near Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent. Situated on the embankment of the Trent & Mersey Canal, it was most likely built as a counting house for the import and export of materials and goods to and from the factory site. Known locally as ‘The Roundhouse’ it was constructed in the mid 18th Century on a circular plan over two-storeys and utilises a series of portal window openings (Oculi) from which the ‘comings and goings’ of the canal could be overlooked. It currently possesses a Grade II* designation.
In the heart of Derbyshire is the village of Cromf In the heart of Derbyshire is the village of Cromford where Richard Arkwright set up the world’s first water powered cotton mill (currently designated as a WHS). The two North Street terraces were built by Arkwright (1777) to house his workers and is thought to be the first planned industrial housing scheme anywhere in the world. Fashioned from the local gritstone, they included many significant architectural details, such as dressed stone door surrounds and sash leaded lights. However, their main architectural feature was a large studio window in the third storey attic, which was an open plan space designed as a weaver’s workshop to house framework knitting machines. #heritage #conservation #worldheritagesite #derbyshire #thelandmarktrust
Situated at the west end of the street that Pevsne Situated at the west end of the street that Pevsner once described as ‘one of the finest streets in Derbyshire’ is the former 16th Century Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Ashbourne. It was constructed in the period from 1585 to 1603 using local ashlar sandstone (Triassic), which is thought to have been quarried at nearby Mayfield. Built over two storeys, the symmetrical facade consists of six gables (four smaller gables, flanked by two larger variations), all topped with obelisk finials. The two main doorways (originally for the Master and the Usher) have four-centred arches and enriched spandrels which are flanked with fluted pilasters. The fenestration elements are both mullioned and transomed, with three and four light variations on the upper storey and six and eight light variations on the lower. The building retained its original use for nearly 400 years, up until the late 20th Century when it was used as a boarding house, after which it was converted into a variety of luxury dwellings. Despite its importance being identified in the very early years of the listing programme (1951), it has had to survive a number of near misses with demolition! It is currently designated as Grade I. #heritage #conservation #historicbuildings #architecture #sandstone #derbyshire
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