YVBSG
@YorksVernacular
Official Twitter account of the Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group, formed in 1972 to study and record the local architecture of Yorkshire.
🐝 New Bee Boles Added! We've been updating the register & are excited to share 2 new additions recently recorded in the Scottish Borders & N Yorkshire. Explore the growing register: bit.ly/3SzpkOF #BeeBoles #HistoricBeekeeping #ScottishBorders #NorthYorkshire #bees
Call for Papers! VAG Winter Conference at University of Nottingham, 10 and 11 January 2026. Theme: 'Vernacular buildings in urban contexts: The study of urban building types and integration with urban studies'. Papers invited - full details in the CFP at vag.org.uk.
The VAG Wealden Houses database has just been updated - check it out at doi.org/10.5284/1011977 (where you can also find a definition of a Wealden House). The photo shows an example in Goodramgate, York.
An updated version of the VAG Dendrochronology Database has just been published. The database contains tree-ring dates for over 4900 buildings in the UK - have a browse at doi.org/10.5284/1132568.
Our next event is a visit to the Pendle countryside on Saturday 2 August 2025. We'll be spending a day in this interesting part of Lancashire viewing the exteriors of a variety of buildings dating from the 16th century onwards. Full details at yvbsg.org.uk/events.html.
Our walk to look at the vernacular buildings of the Upper Holme Valley scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed due to the weather warnings, hopefully to be rearranged on a day without risk of torrential rain and thunderstorms!
#AdoorableThursday Barn door at Brackenbottom, Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire.
Now speculating whether we might have that rare thing - genuine ships' timbers reused in a building - in Filey Museum building. A purlin and ceiling beam look decidedly mast-like, and other timbers have a multitude of pegholes difficult to explain in a house. Just need proof now!
Looking forward to our next event, a walk around the vernacular buildings of the Upper Holme Valley on Saturday. We'll explore the landscape and will see farmhouses, handloom weavers' cottages, agricultural buildings and small scale industrial buildings. yvbsg.org.uk/events.html.
Excellent day at the coast on Saturday recording Filey Museum whilst it's closed for refurbishment. Ground floor of calcareous sandstone, upper storey brick. Datestone of 1696, described in Pevsner as the most ornate in the East Riding. Formerly a farmhouse with farmyard at rear.
The Language of Stone: Historic Architecture in Ossett - Part 2 thelanguageofstone.blogspot.com/2025/07/histor… @MuseoGeominero @GeolAssoc @GeoOutreach @SHU_LizL @GeologyPage @GeolSoc @Geology_History @BritGeoSurvey @HistoricEngland @Expwakefield @YorksVernacular @visitossett @ThisIsOssett #Yorkshire
The Language of Stone: Historic Architecture in Ossett - Part 1 thelanguageofstone.blogspot.com/2025/07/histor… @MuseoGeominero @GeolAssoc @GeoOutreach @SHU_LizL @GeologyPage @GeolSoc @Geology_History @BritGeoSurvey @HistoricEngland @Expwakefield @YorksVernacular @visitossett @ThisIsOssett #Yorkshire
Interesting blog on Horbury buildings and their geology.
The Language of Stone: Historic Architecture in Horbury - Part 1 thelanguageofstone.blogspot.com/2025/07/histor… @MuseoGeominero @GeolAssoc @GeoOutreach @SHU_LizL @GeologyPage @GeolSoc @Geology_History @BritGeoSurvey @HistoricEngland @Expwakefield @WakefieldCivicS @YorksVernacular @Welcome2Yorks
#AdoorableThursday. Manor Farm, Upper Midhope. Doorhead dated 1671 with decorative hood mould stops, but earlier cruck frame inside the house.
The Language of Stone: Planning a Day Out to Horbury & Ossett thelanguageofstone.blogspot.com/2025/06/planni… @MuseoGeominero @GeolAssoc @GeoOutreach @SHU_LizL @GeologyPage @GeolSoc @Geology_History @BritGeoSurvey @HistoricEngland @EngChurchPics @Expwakefield @WakefieldCivicS @YorksVernacular #horbury
#AdoorableThursday A dairy door in Mankinholes, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
A walk around the vernacular buildings of the Upper Holme Valley - Sat 19 July 2025. Looking at buildings around Holmbridge near Holmfirth. We will also consider the surrounding landscape and its influence on the buildings in this upland Pennine valley. yvbsg.org.uk/events.html.
The Old Post Office in Malham, North Yorkshire. Listed as 18th century, possibly heightened & given new windows. Lovely old postbox, now replaced. @GrimArtGroup @YorksVernacular @VArchGroup #ArchitecturalIllustration #drawing
Online talk coming up on an intriguing subject ...
I've been asked to do an online talk on Burn Marks in Historic Buildings on 2 July by @CentreMyth I'll be looking at why these are so common on timber-frames and whether they are the result of accidents or if they are the result of fears about evil... folkloremythmagic.com/event-details/…