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