Book List
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- Some general books on vernacular architecture
- Books and articles on buildings in Yorkshire
- The online Bibliography of Vernacular Architecture
Some general books on vernacular architecture
If you are interested in learning more about vernacular architecture, you might find the following books helpful.
- Armstrong J R (1980) Traditional Buildings - Accessible to the Public
- Ayres J (1981) The Shell Book of the Home in Britain - Decoration, Design and Construction of Vernacular Interiors 1500-1850
- Barley M W (1961, 1972) The English Farmhouse and Cottage
- Barley M W (1986) Houses and History
- Barnwell P S, Palmer M, Airs M (eds) (2004) The Vernacular Workshop: From Craft to Industry, 1400-1900 (CBA Research Report 140)
- Barrett N (2001) Tracing the History of Your House
- Barrett N (2002) House History Starter Pack
- Braun H (1962) Old English Houses
- Brown R J (1986) Timber-Framed Buildings in England
- Brunskill R W (1981) Traditional Buildings of Britain
- Brown R J (1982) English Farmhouses
- Brunskill R W (1985) Timber Building in Britain
- Brunskill R W (3rd ed 1987) Illustrated Handbook of Vernacular Architecture
- Brunskill R W (2nd ed 1987) Traditional Farm Buildings of Britain
- Brunskill R (1990) Brick Building in Britain
- Brunskill R W (1997) Houses and Cottages of Britain
- Brunskill R W (4th ed 2000) Vernacular Architecture
- CBA Handbook No 11 (1994) Fixtures and Fittings in Dated Houses
- Clifton-Taylor A (1972) The Pattern of English Building
- Cook O (1982) English Cottages and Farmhouses
- Cunnington P (1980) How Old is Your House?
- Greysmith B (1994) Tracing the History of Your House
- Hall L (2005) Period House Fixtures and Fittings 1300-1900
- Harris R (1978) Discovering Timber-Framed Buildings
- Hutton B (1986) Recording Standing Buildings
- Iredale D & Barrett J (2002) Discovering Your Old House
- Lander L (2003) House and Cottage Restoration
- Lloyd N (1931) A History of the English House from Primitive to the Victorian Period
- Lloyd N (1925, revised 1983) A History of English Brickwork
- Mercer E (1975) English Vernacular Houses
- Penoyre J & Penoyre J (1978) Houses in the Landscape: a Regional Study of Vernacular Building Styles in England and Wales
- Peters J E C (1986) Discovering Traditional Farm Buildings
- Reid R (1989) The Georgian House and its Details
- Smith J T and Yates E M (reprinted 1992) On the Dating of English Houses from External Evidence
- Quiney A (1990) The Traditional Buildings of England
- Wood M (1965, reprinted 1994) The English Medieval House
Books and articles on buildings in Yorkshire
A selective list of useful books and articles on buildings in Yorkshire:
- Allison K J (1970) East Riding Water Mills.
- Allison M (2004) History of Appleton-le-Moors, a 12th century planned village.
- Ambler L (1913) The Old Halls and Manor Houses of Yorkshire.
- Armstrong A (2000) "Laithes, field barns and hennery-piggeries in the Pennine Dales" in Atherden M A (ed) Agriculture and the Rural Landscape, PLACE Research Centre.
- Armstrong A and Pacey A (2001) High Bradley: Architecture and History
, Addingham and Bradley.
- Barker M (1979) "Weavers' cottages in the Huddersfield area: a preliminary survey" Folk Life 17: 49-59
- Beesley I and others (1988) Calderdale: Architecture and History, Ryburn Publishing.
- Blizzard E, Sykes N, Tegetmeir W, Watts M (2000) Thatch in and around Ryedale, Hutton Press/Ryedale Folk Museum.
- Brunton R (1999) "Dovecotes and Pigeon Lofts of the East Coast" in Whitworth A (ed) Aspects of the Yorkshire Coast, Wharncliffe Publishing.
- Brears P (1978) "Clarke Hall, Wakefield: architectural innovations in 17th century West Yorkshire" Post-medieval Archaeology 12, 86-100.
- Butlin R (ed) (2003) Historical Atlas of North Yorkshire.
- Caffrey, H (2006) The Almshouses in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1600-1900, Heritage Marketing and Publications Ltd.
- Caffyn L (1985) Workers' Housing in West Yorkshire 1750-1920, RCHM/HMSO.
- Deadman J (2002) "Manor Farm, Scotton" in Historic Farm Buildings Group Newsletter No 34, Winter 2002.
- Deadman J (2004) Langton House and the Carlen Brewery: A History 1751-2004, Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project
- Dimes F G and Mitchell M (2nd Ed 2006) The Building Stone Heritage of Leeds, Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.
- Dodson C T J (2003, new enlarged edition 2007) The Earl of Derby's Courthouse at Burton-in-Lonsdale, Hudson History.
- Eastwood D (1984) "Dives House, Dalton" Old West Riding 4(1), 23-25.
- Egerton S (1989) Housing in Humberside. A compilation archive folder.
- English Heritage (2001) One Great Workshop: The Buildings of the Sheffield Metal Trades, English Heritage.
- Giles C (1981) "New hall, Elland; the story of a Pennine gentry house from c.1490 to the mid-19th century" Old West Riding 1(2), 1-11.
- Giles C (1986) "Modernising the medieval house: 17th century improvements in West Yorkshire gentry houses" Country Life 180 (30 Oct).
- Giles C (1986) Rural Houses of West Yorkshire 1400-1830, RCHM/HMSO.
- Goodall I (1996) "Fold Farmhouse, Kettlewell, North Yorkshire" Vernacular Architecture 27: 54.
- Goodchild J and Wrathmell S (2002) The King’s Mills, Leeds. The History and Archaeology of the Manorial Water-powered Corn Mills, Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.
- Gregory R (1985) East Yorkshire Windmills, Charles Skilton Ltd.
- Grenville J (1998) "Variation in timber-framing techniques around York: problems of interpretation" in Stenning D F and Andrews D D (eds) Regional Variation in Timber-Framed Building in England and Wales down to 1550, Essex County Council.
- Hainsworth P (1990) Chalkstone and Cobblestone construction of the Wolds and Holderness Plain of East Yorkshire MA Thesis Conservation Studies, University of York.
- Hall I and E (1973) Historic Beverley, William Sessions Ltd.
- Hall I and E (1978) Georgian Hull, William Sessions Ltd.
- Hall M (1989) "Artisan Mannerist burghers' houses in Yorkshire and Humberside" York Georgian Society Annual Report. 25-28
- Hall R (2004) Bedern Hall, York Archaeological Trust with Bedern Hall Company Ltd.
- Harrison B (1991) "Longhouses in the Vale of York" Vernacular Architecture 22: 31-39.
- Harrison B and Hutton B (1984) "The house and home in North Yorkshire: examples of a vernacular tradition" Period Home 5: 49-56
- Harrison B and Hutton B (1984) Vernacular Houses in North Yorkshire and Cleveland, John Donald.
- Harrison J K (1970) "A survey of horse wheels and wheel houses in Cleveland and the North Yorkshire Moor dales" Bulletin of Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society 8, 13-23.
- Harrison J K (2001) Eight Centuries of Milling in North East Yorkshire, North York Moors National Park Authority.
- Harrison S (2002) "Eastburn: The origins of an East Yorkshire Farm" East Yorkshire Historian (Journal of the East Yorkshire Local History Society) Vol 3.
- Hatcher J (1994) Exploring England's Heritage - Yorkshire to Humberside, English Heritage/HMSO.
- Hatcher J (1985) The Industrial Architecture of Yorkshire, Phillimore.
- Hatcher J (1999) Richmondshire Architecture, 2nd ed, Jane Hatcher.
- Hayes R H and Rutter J G (1972) Cruck-framed buildings in Ryedale and Eskdale, Scarborough and District Archaeological Society Research Report 8.
- Hayfield C (1994/5) "Farm servants' accommodation on the Yorkshire Wolds" Folk Life 33: 7-28.
- Hayfield C (1991) "Manure Factories? The post-enclosure high barns of the Yorkshire Wolds" Landscape History 13.
- Hayfield C (1991) "Blacksmiths' shops on the Yorkshire Wolds" in Tyszka et al Land, People and Landscapes.
- Hayfield C (1998) "Vessey Pasture: The development of a Yorkshire Wold farmstead" Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 70: 109-123
- Hayfield C and Wagner P (1998) "The use of chalk as a building material on the Yorkshire Wolds" Vernacular Architecture 29.
- Hey D (1981) Buildings of Britain, 1550-1750: Yorkshire.
- Hoskins W G, ed (1970) History from the Farm, Faber and Faber. See Chapter 4, "Four Yorkshire Farms" (Bartindale, Reynard Ing, Hunshelf Hall, and Wilstrop Hall Farms).
- Hudson P (2002) "King Blocks in North Craven" Yorkshire History Quarterly Vol 8 No 2.
- Hutchinson J and Palliser D M (1980) York, Bartholomew City Guides.
- Hutton B (1973) "Timber-framed houses in the Vale of York" Medieval Archaeology 17: 87
- Hutton B (1977) "Rebuilding in Yorkshire: the evidence of inscribed dates" Vernacular Architecture 8: 819-824.
- Hutton B (1980) "North Yorkshire vernacular houses" Current Archaeology 7(3), No 74, 92-95.
- Hutton B (1981) "Some Yorkshire scarf-joints" Vernacular Architecture 12: 30-37
- Hutton B (1984) "The Old Vicarage, Church Fenton" Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 56, 75-86.
- Hutton B (1984) "The Yorkshire hearth" Period Home 5(12) 33-35.
- Hutton B (1984) "Aisles to outshots" in Addyman P and Black (eds) Archaeology in York: an assessment.
- Hutton K (1985) "Cawood" York Georgian Society Annual Report, 48-49.
- Jones S (1979) "Stone houses in the vernacular tradition in south Yorkshire
1600-1700" Archaeological Journal 137: 386-393.
- Lazenby A (1994) The Cobble Stones of Holderness, A Lazenby.
- Los W A (1991) "From Brickyard to Builder's Yard: Brickmaking in East Yorkshire" Construction History Society Newsletter, Oct 1991.
- Manby T G (1971) "Lees Hall, Thornhill, a Medieval timber-framed building in the West Riding of Yorkshire" Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol 43, 112-127.
- Mason K (1988-89) "Laithes: The Barns of Craven" Folk Life, Vol 27, 85-94.
- Markham L (1996) Yorkshire Privies, Countryside Books.
- McLellan D (1996) "The Barn at Upper Farm, Raskelf, North Yorkshire" Vernacular Architecture 27: 55-56.
- Mennim A M (1973) "Rafter holes at Old Hall, Calverly, North Yorkshire" Vernacular Architecture 14: 54
- Menuge A and Deadman J (2004) "The Hogg Houses of Upper Swaledale" in White R F and Wilson P R (eds) Archaeology and Historic Landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Archaeological Society Occasional Paper No 2.
- Miller K et all (1982) Beverley, an archaeological and architectural study, RCHM/HMSO.
- Moffatt H and Neave D (1995) Looking at Buildings - The East Riding, English Heritage/Penguin Books.
- Moody B (1991) Doorways into Beverley's Past, Highgate Publications.
- Moorhouse S (1990) "The Quarrying of Stone Roofing Slates and Rubble in West Yorkshire during the Middle Ages" in
Parsons D (ed) Stone: Quarrying and Building in England AD 43-1525, Phillimore.
- Nattrass M (1956) "Witch Posts and Early Dwellings in Cleveland" Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol 39, 136-146.
- Neave D (1991) "Pantiles: Their early use and manufacture in the Humber Region" in Tyszka et al (eds) Land, People and Landscapes.
- Neave D (1985) "The Architecture and History of Houses" in Dyson B (ed) A Guide to Local Studies in East Yorkshire, Hutton Press. (A study of houses in Burnby, East Yorkshire)
- Neave D and S (1990) East Riding Chapels and Meeting Houses.
- Neave D and S (2000) Bridlington, an introduction to its history and buildings, Smith Settle.
- Neave D and Waterson E (1988) Lost Houses of East Yorkshire, Georgian Society for East Yorkshire.
- Neave S (1993) "Thatched Cottages of the East Riding" Yorkshire Journal No 3 Autumn 1993.
- Newton G D (1976) "Single storey cottages in West Yorkshire" Folk Life 14, 65-74.
- Pearson L F (1994) Building the North Riding, Smith Settle.
- Pearson L F (1995) Building the East Riding, Smith Settle.
- Pearson L F Building the West Riding, Smith Settle.
- Pevsner N (1966) Yorkshire - The North Riding, Penguin.
- Pevsner N (1967) Yorkshire - The West Riding, 2nd ed, Penguin.
- Pevsner N and Neave D (1995) Yorkshire - York and the East Riding, 2nd ed, Penguin.
- Quiney A P (1980) "Bishop's House, Norton, Sheffield" Archaeological Journal 137, 469-471.
- Raistrick A (1981) Buildings in the Yorkshire Dales, Dalesman.
- RCHME (1972) City of York, Vol III, South-West of the Ouse, HMSO.
- RCHME (1975) City of York, Vol IV, Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse, HMSO.
- RCHME (1981) City of York, Vol V, The Central Area, HMSO.
- RCHME (1987) Houses of the North York Moors, HMSO.
- Ryder P (1979) Timber Framed Buildings in South Yorkshire, County Archaeology Monograph No 1, South Yorkshire County Council.
- Ryder P (1979) "Vernacular buildings in South Yorkshire" Archaeological Journal 137: 377
- Ryder P (1982) Medieval Buildings of Yorkshire, Ash Grove Books.
- Ryder P (1987) "Five south Yorkshire timber-framed buildings" Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 59: 51-82.
- Ryder P (1998) "Timber-framing in South Yorkshire: confluence or confusion?" in Stenning D F and Andrews D D (eds) Regional Variation in Timber-Framed Building in England and Wales down to 1550, Essex County Council.
- Ryder P (2004) "Kilnsey Old Hall" in White R F and Wilson P R (eds) Archaeology and Historic Landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Archaeological Society Occasional Paper No 2.
- Salter M (2001) The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire, Folly Publications.
- Sheeran G (1986) Good Houses Built of Stone, Allenwood.
- Sheeran G (1998) Medieval Yorkshire Towns, Edinburgh University Press.
- Short P (1979) "The 14th century rows of York" Archaeological Journal 137: 86-136.
- Smith W J (1987) Saddleworth buildings: a guide to the vernacular architecture of the parish of Saddleworth in the Pennines, Saddleworth Historical Society.
- Taylor K (compiler) (1976) Wakefield District Heritage, Wakefield District Committee for European Architectural Heritage Year.
- Thornton M (1989) "Yorkshire accents" Traditional Homes 6: 31-34.
- Walton J (1947, reprinted 1979) Homesteads of the Yorkshire Dales, Dalesman.
- Waterson E and Meadows P (1990) Lost Houses of York and the North Riding, Jill Raines.
- West Yorkshire Archaeology Service (2003) Rothwell: The Medieval Manor and Manorial Mills.
- Wheelan E (1999) "Corn windmills of Scarborough and district" in Whitworth A (ed) Aspects of the Yorkshire Coast, Wharncliffe Publishing.
- White A (1995) The Buildings of Georgian Whitby, Ryburn Publishing.
- White R F and Wilson P R (eds) (2004) Archaeology and Historic Landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Archaeological Society Occasional Paper No 2.
- White R and Darlington G (2004) "Field Barns in Swaledale and Arkengarthdale" in White R F and Wilson P R (eds) Archaeology and Historic Landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Archaeological Society Occasional Paper No 2.
- Whitworth A (1987) "Dovecotes and pigeon lofts in Calderdale" Transactions of Halifax Antiquarian Society, 13-18.
- Whitworth A (1993) "Yorkshire dovecotes and pigeon lofts: a preliminary survey" Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 65, 75-89.
- Whitworth A (2002) Tyke Towers: Yorkshire's Windmills, Landy Publishing.
- Whyman M (2003) Richmond at the Start of the 21st Century: An Architectural History, Bargate Publications.
- Woodward D (1982) "Identifying the Helm: some East Yorkshire evidence" Vernacular Architecture 13, 26-27.
- Wrathmell S (1989) Domestic Settlement 2: Medieval Peasant Farmsteads (Wharram, A Study of Settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds, VI), York University Archaeological Publication 8.
- Younge M (ed) (2001) Ripon Market Place - the evolution of the centre of a historic Yorkshire market town, Ripon Historical Society and Ripon, Harrogate and District Family History Group.
The online Bibliography of Vernacular Architecture
- If you wish to search for publications on a specific subject or area, you may find the Bibliography of Vernacular Architecture useful. This is the online database version of the Bibliography of the Vernacular Architecture Group, hosted by the Archaeology Data Service.