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Our events

An Annual Conference is held over a weekend in spring or early summer. On the first evening there is usually a lecture or training seminar, then the following day is spent in survey teams making plans and drawings of buildings, which are used on the following day to produce an interpretative report. A further lecture, a visit and social events complete the weekend.

An Annual Day School concentrating on a particular topic, with speakers from both Yorkshire and other areas, is held usually in March. Previous day schools have covered Features, Fixtures and Fittings; Recording Techniques; Traditional Buildings of Yorkshire; The Roof over Your Head; Yorkshire's Traditional Farm Buildings; Vernacular Houses and Buildings in Towns; Old Mills and Workshops; The House and Family History; Understanding the Buildings of Estate Villages; Vernacular Buildings in the Landscape; Brick and Tile in Yorkshire's Vernacular Buildings; Vernacular Buildings on Yorkshire's Borders; Timber-Framed Vernacular Buildings in Yorkshire; Crucks and Cruck-Framed Buildings; Vernacular Buildings of Market Towns; Markings and Dateable Features on Vernacular Buildings; How Yorkshire became Polite; and Owt Fresh? Advances in our understanding of Yorkshire's Vernacular Buildings. The group's AGM is held immediately after the day school.

Field Recording Days are organised to study buildings in a certain area. Survey teams draw and measure buildings, and the report-writing, drawing-up and interpretation take place at home afterwards.

Walkabout Tours of towns and villages, led by a local expert, introduce members to the architecture of an area.

Training Seminars take place occasionally, with topics ranging from identification and interpretation to measuring and drawing skills.

Please note that some of our events are open to YVBSG members and guests only.

Next committee meeting

The committee currently meets three or four times a year. The next meeting will be held on 24 January 2026. If you'd like to bring any matter to the attention of the Committee, or if you have any suggestions for future activities, please contact the Secretary, Mary Cook.