Vernacular Architecture Group
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The Vernacular Architecture Group was formed in 1952 to further the study of traditional buildings, originally those of the British Isles. Today the VAG also reflects a growing interest in buildings from other parts of the world. https://www.vag.org.uk
#AdoorableThursday Barn door at Sherford, Devon.
October 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
#AdoorableThursday Barn door at Sherford, Devon.
#AdoorableThursday The Guildhall, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire.
September 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
#AdoorableThursday The Guildhall, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire.
#WindowsOnWednesday Window at Overhouse, Tisbury, with the mullions narrower than their heads.
September 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
#WindowsOnWednesday Window at Overhouse, Tisbury, with the mullions narrower than their heads.
#AdoorableThursday Let's hope the residents of this house in Silver Street, Ely, know which keyhole to use.
September 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
#AdoorableThursday Let's hope the residents of this house in Silver Street, Ely, know which keyhole to use.
#WindowsOnWednesday Ordsall Hall, Salford.
September 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
#WindowsOnWednesday Ordsall Hall, Salford.
New to vernacular architecture and want to find out more? Why not come along to our training and study weekend at Sutton Courteney Abbey in Oxfordshire on 4-5 October 2025, and discover how we go about examining buildings? Further details at www.vag.org.uk/conferences.....
September 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New to vernacular architecture and want to find out more? Why not come along to our training and study weekend at Sutton Courteney Abbey in Oxfordshire on 4-5 October 2025, and discover how we go about examining buildings? Further details at www.vag.org.uk/conferences.....
Call for Papers! There's still time to submit a paper for the 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'. Full details in the CFP at www.vag.org.uk.
August 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Call for Papers! There's still time to submit a paper for the 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'. Full details in the CFP at www.vag.org.uk.
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 www.vag.org.uk.
July 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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 www.vag.org.uk.
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/10.5284/1132....
July 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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/10.5284/1132....
The VAG Wealden Houses database has just been updated - check it out at doi.org/10.5284/1011... (where you can also find a definition of a Wealden House). The photo shows an example in Goodramgate, York.
July 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The VAG Wealden Houses database has just been updated - check it out at doi.org/10.5284/1011... (where you can also find a definition of a Wealden House). The photo shows an example in Goodramgate, York.
It's definitely a fab building!
June 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It's definitely a fab building!
Interested in traditional and historic farm buildings? The Historic Farm Buildings Group organises conferences with visits to farmsteads, and produces a journal and newsletters. Membership costs just £15 per year. The Group has relaunched its website - have a look at www.hfbg.org.uk.
June 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Interested in traditional and historic farm buildings? The Historic Farm Buildings Group organises conferences with visits to farmsteads, and produces a journal and newsletters. Membership costs just £15 per year. The Group has relaunched its website - have a look at www.hfbg.org.uk.
It's #NationalBiscuitDay! We don't have any traditional biscuits to show you, just a vernacular oven so that you can imagine the aroma of baking ... Ulster 2024
May 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It's #NationalBiscuitDay! We don't have any traditional biscuits to show you, just a vernacular oven so that you can imagine the aroma of baking ... Ulster 2024
Former doorway at the early 17th century Stakes Farm, Forest of Bowland. #AdoorableThursday
May 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Former doorway at the early 17th century Stakes Farm, Forest of Bowland. #AdoorableThursday
We've reached the end of a wonderful spring conference in Wiltshire and to finish with here's the oldest crown post in the country, in the Medieval Hall, Salisbury Cathedral Close. The roof has been tree-ring dated to 1249-50. #vagspringconf
May 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We've reached the end of a wonderful spring conference in Wiltshire and to finish with here's the oldest crown post in the country, in the Medieval Hall, Salisbury Cathedral Close. The roof has been tree-ring dated to 1249-50. #vagspringconf
The delightful early C17 open staircase which was part of the Plume of Feathers inn, Salisbury (now in the Cross Keys Mall). It must have led to the galleries and chambers of the former inn. #vagspringconf
May 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The delightful early C17 open staircase which was part of the Plume of Feathers inn, Salisbury (now in the Cross Keys Mall). It must have led to the galleries and chambers of the former inn. #vagspringconf
9 Queen Street, Salisbury. A timber-framed house tree-ring dated to 1310. Much discussion about the pegs in the extraordinary cross frame which presumably secured the infill material - but what was it? Currently the Cotswold shop. #vagspringconf
May 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
9 Queen Street, Salisbury. A timber-framed house tree-ring dated to 1310. Much discussion about the pegs in the extraordinary cross frame which presumably secured the infill material - but what was it? Currently the Cotswold shop. #vagspringconf
Hall of John Halle, Salisbury. A high quality merchant's courtyard house of mid to late C15. Restored by Pugin 1834. Now forms the foyer to the Odeon cinema! #vagspringconf
May 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hall of John Halle, Salisbury. A high quality merchant's courtyard house of mid to late C15. Restored by Pugin 1834. Now forms the foyer to the Odeon cinema! #vagspringconf
Manor Farm Barn, Kingston Deverill, A 7 bay barn tree-ring dated to 1407-10. Truss construction is mixed, perhaps to suit different agricultural operations. Base crucks provide a spacious working area in centre of barn. Fragments of thatch survive under tin roof. #vagspringconf
May 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Manor Farm Barn, Kingston Deverill, A 7 bay barn tree-ring dated to 1407-10. Truss construction is mixed, perhaps to suit different agricultural operations. Base crucks provide a spacious working area in centre of barn. Fragments of thatch survive under tin roof. #vagspringconf
Warminster Maltings, a unique survival of a traditional malthouse still in use. Dating from C18 but remodelled 1879. #vagspringconf
May 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Warminster Maltings, a unique survival of a traditional malthouse still in use. Dating from C18 but remodelled 1879. #vagspringconf
Timber Cottage, Crockerton. A yeoman farmer's timber framed house, dendo dated to 1503-28. #vagspringconf
May 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Timber Cottage, Crockerton. A yeoman farmer's timber framed house, dendo dated to 1503-28. #vagspringconf
Old Farmhouse, Ugford. A four-bay house with cross passage, with much debate as to whether the trusses were crucks or not! Good variety of building materials. #vagspringconf
April 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Old Farmhouse, Ugford. A four-bay house with cross passage, with much debate as to whether the trusses were crucks or not! Good variety of building materials. #vagspringconf
Great Barn, Place Farm, Tisbury. A 13 bay barn, tree-ring dated to 1289-1324. Now an Arts Centre. #vagspringconf
April 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Great Barn, Place Farm, Tisbury. A 13 bay barn, tree-ring dated to 1289-1324. Now an Arts Centre. #vagspringconf
Cathedral Close, Salisbury. #vagspringconf
April 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Cathedral Close, Salisbury. #vagspringconf
Excited to arrive at Sarum College in Salisbury for this year's VAG Spring Conference in Wiltshire. Three days of wonderful vernacular buildings to look forward to! #vagspringconf
April 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Excited to arrive at Sarum College in Salisbury for this year's VAG Spring Conference in Wiltshire. Three days of wonderful vernacular buildings to look forward to! #vagspringconf