Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group

Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group Vernacular architecture is that which is typical for an area or a region. This may be seen in the building materials used, the layout, and the use of rooms.

A voluntary body which studies the vernacular buildings of Yorkshire in detail, and uses documentary and oral evidence from a variety of sources,to build up a picture of the different styles of local architecture. By the end of the nineteenth century improved transport and communications, and changing building techniques, led to less regional variation in new buildings. Yorkshire has a wide variet

y of vernacular buildings, from the yeoman-clothier houses of the West Riding, to the field barns of Swaledale and Wensleydale, and the brick farmsteads of the East Riding. By studying buildings in detail, and using documentary and oral evidence from a variety of sources, the Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group (formerly the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group) is building up a picture of the different styles of local architecture.

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12/04/2026

Oakwell Hall: Repairs proposed for Grade-I Listed museum featured in Charlotte Brontë novel

Interesting timber spotted today forming the porch lintel at East Ayton church. Curved with lots of peg holes. Could it ...
11/04/2026

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...
11/04/2026

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?

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