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Vernacular Architecture

The Group produces a refereed journal of national standing - Vernacular Architecture - the authoritative voice on the subject. It ranges over the whole field, nationally and internationally, reporting the results of recent research or reconsidering accepted views. It carries numerous reviews and also includes annual lists of buildings for which tree-ring dates have been obtained.

All members automatically receive a copy of Vernacular Architecture and are eligible for free online access to current and back issues. Members who would like online access should complete the Vernacular Architecture Online request form.

Non-members may subscribe to Vernacular Architecture via Maney Publishing.

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Contents of the latest volume: Vernacular Architecture 40 (2009)

• Medieval Houses in English Towns: Form and Location by Sarah Pearson
• The Vernacular Architecture of the Grosmont Map of 1588 by Ken Palmer
• Renewal and Replacement in a Northamptonshire Village: Housing in Potterspury 1727-1910 by Rod Conlon
• Recent Revelations of Dendrochronology Studies Associated with Eighteenth-Century Buildings in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts, USA by William Flynt
• Mud and Frame Construction in South Lincolnshire by Neil Finn
• Differing Approaches to the Elimination of Arcade Posts in the Timber-Framed Open Halls of Britain and Japan by Toru Horie
• The Smaller Houses of Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts by Jeffrey E Klee
• Radiocarbon Dating of a Reused Cruck Blade from Warwickshire and its Implications for the Typology of Cruck Construction by Nat Alcock and Bob Meeson
• Radiocarbon Date List 1 2009 by Nat Alcock
• Tree-Ring Date Lists 2009 by Nat Alcock
• English Heritage, Centre for Archaeology, list of tree-ring dating reports for 2008
• Book Reviews
• Index to Volumes 35-39, 2004-2008

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Some papers from earlier volumes of Vernacular Architecture:

• 'The building of the clay dabbins of the Solway Plain: materials and man-hours' by Nina Jennings, VA 33 (2002), 19-27.

• 'Display, status and the vernacular tradition' by Nicholas Cooper, VA 33 (2002), 28-33.

• 'Detached kitchens in Eastern-Sussex' by David & Barbara Martin, VA 29 (1998), 85-91.

  This has since been the subject of further discussion:

  • 'Detached kitchens or adjoining houses?' by J T Smith, VA 32 (2001), 16-19 and
  • 'Detached kitchens or adjoining houses? - a response' by David & Barbara Martin, VA 32 (2001), 20-33.

• 'History and Vernacular Architecture' by Christopher Dyer, VA 28 (1997), 1-8.

• 'Smoke bay or open hall?' by N W Alcock, VA 29 (1998), 82-84.

• 'Tree-Ring Dating: a Review' by Sarah Pearson, VA 28 (1997), 25-39.
  • Updated in The Chronological Distribution of Tree-Ring Dates, 1980-2001: an update by Sarah Pearson, VA 32 (2001), 68-69.

• 'Late 12th and early 13th century aisled buildings: a comparison' by John Walker, VA 30 (1999), 21-53 (an important paper discussing many of the earliest timber-framed buildings that survive in England).
  Part 1: General Discussion
  Part 2: Details
  Part 3 3: More details and Bibliography

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