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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group

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The YVBSG was formed in 1972 to study and record the traditional architecture of Yorkshire. We survey buildings; organise conferences, day schools and visits; and produce newsletters and an annual journal. https://www.yvbsg.org.uk

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 1d

More views of North Elmsall Old Hall, South Yorkshire. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 1d

#WindowsOnWednesday Partly blocked mullion and transom window at North Elmsall Old Hall, South Yorkshire, in wing now used as farm building. The couple of rows of stone slate at the eaves below the pantiles are a local feature. Walling of Magnesian Limestone.

Mullion and transom window at North Elmsall Old Hall, partly blocked with brick.

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 3d

Horton in Ribblesdale churchyard provides a good view of the surrounding buildings of interest - and a fine stile too!

Stile into churchyard, Horton in Ribblesdale.

Lychgate Cottage, Horton in Ribblesdale.

Building adjacent to churchyard, Horton in Ribblesdale.

Large external stack on building next to churchyard, Horton in Ribblesdale.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 3d

Local stone was quarried and used for construction, creating the characteristic vernacular architecture of villages like Horton in Ribblesdale. The
view is across the churchyard next to the village church with the top of Pen y Ghent visible above the roofs of the houses.

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 6d

#AdoorableThursday Bolton Dene, West Witton, North Yorkshire.

Door lintel at Bolton Dene, West Witton.

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Jenne Pape @mudandstud.bsky.social · 7d

Really looking forward to speaking at the 'Counting Chimneys - The Hearth Tax in Lincolnshire' conference on the 25th. Everyone is welcome, book in now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/counting-c...

Picture shows a mud and stud smokehood exposed when the thatch was removed. It is made of timber and earth walling, but has been cut off below the ridge line. It originally served two fireplaces. The rafters and ridge-piece are much altered, but bits of the reed under-lining of the ceiling within survive

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 8d

#WindowsOnWednesday Some workroom windows, including dairies and cheese rooms, were exempt from window tax if clearly labelled as such.

Dairy window in Old Chamber, West Yorkshire.

Dairy window in Cropton, North Yorkshire.

Dairy window in Eastwood, West Yorkshire.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 11d

The Manor House, Micklethwaite is perhaps more complex than it first appears. Built in stone—a common choice in the North of England, where timber was scarce but stone plentiful it follows a traditional two-cell, two-storey plan. The left-hand half dates from the late

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 13d

Join us on Saturday 18 October at our follow-up day to hear about buildings we recorded in the south Bradford area in May. We'll also have a walk around the historic buildings of Wibsey. Everybody welcome! Booking details at www.yvbsg.org.uk/events.html.

House in Low Moor surveyed by the YVBSG in May 2025.

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 13d

#FinialsOnFriday Greenwood Lee, Heptonstall, a yeoman clothier's house dated 1712 on the porch.

The ornate porch at Greenwood Lee house.

Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 14d

You can find lots of useful info about Hooton Pagnell's building stone at thelanguageofstone.blogspot.com/2024/02/geol....

Geology in Hooton Pagnell

Technical English for geologists, restorers, architects and stone suppliers

thelanguageofstone.blogspot.com

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 14d

#AdoorableThursday Door in a barn wall in Hooton Pagnell, South Yorkshire. Walling of local Magnesian limestone with triangular and rectangular ventilation holes.

Barn door at Hooton Pagnell, South Yorkshire.

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Yorkshire Dales National Park @yorkshiredales.org.uk · Sep 9

Ancient drystone walls and field barns are defining features of the Dales landscape - shaped over thousands of years by people and nature. There are over 5,000 miles of drystone walls in the National Park.

#YorkshireDales #TuesdayThoughts

A small stone barn with a tiled roof stands in a lush green field, surrounded by dry stone walls. In the background, rolling hills and scattered trees stretch across the landscape under a clear blue sky.

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 20d

#FinialsOnFriday Lee Farmhouse, Lumbutts, West Yorkshire. A door lintel on the house has an inscribed date of 1584.

View of Lee Farmhouse, Lumbutts, with finial on gable.

Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 20d

And the door opens to the darkness within ...

Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 21d

#AdoorableThursday Doorway in the range of farm buildings at Birthwaite Hall, near Barnsley.

Doorway with decorative stone doorhead comprising two protruding cones.

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 22d

#WindowsOnWednesday The Old Manor House, Clapham, North Yorkshire. Upper floor of porch.

Window with ornate hoodmould and pigeon holes above at the Old Manor House, Clapham.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 26d

Next Saturday what is possibly one of Holmfirth's oldest buildings Th'Owd Towser is open for Heritage Open Day. In its time it has been a jail, mortuary and fire station amongst other things. Dating back to around 1597 it has been rebuilt at times including in the 19th

One of Holmfirth's oldest buildings Th'Owd Towser has been a jail, mortuary and fire station amongst other things.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 26d

York Ghost Merchants, Shambles, York. A shop in a house built in the 1770s. Next door is an early 16th century building rebuilt in the 1960s.

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Pencil drawing of a brick building with a large shop window adorned with curtains and goods. Next door is a three storey timber framed building with a modern shop window. Two people are passing the shops on a pavement.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 28d

The doorway to the passage from Shambles to the market at 37 Shambles, York for #ADoorableThursday. Drawn on site & then coloured in and taken apart with a pencil later.

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Watercolour sketch of a doorway of a timber framed building. To the right an exploded view of the components of the doorway.

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 28d

#AdoorableThursday The porch at Manor House, Wilsden, West Yorkshire, dated 1684. Apparently not for use by the cat, who has its own entrance on the right.

The decorative porch of 1684 at Manor House, Wilsden, West Yorkshire

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 29d

Are these the oldest "council houses" in Yorkshire? Built at Clay Lane, Doncaster, in 1867 for Doncaster Corporation, well before the 1890 Housing Act. The first council housing legislation in 1890 and the later Housing Act of 1919 spurred

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Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social · 29d

#WindowsOnWednesday Cheese room window at Austwick, North Yorkshire (dairy and cheese room windows were exempt from Window Tax). The stub of a mullion, now removed, still survives.

Window with the words 'cheese room' marked on the lintel

House with cheese room window above the porch

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Timewalkproject @timewalkproject.bsky.social · 29d

@helpsheffield.co.uk So many wonderful events you could be a part of, musical evenings, medieval knights, fused glass craft events. Its a magical place at the top of Meersbrook Park.

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IHBC @ihbc.bsky.social · 29d

East Riding of Yorkshire: Principal Conservation Officer
£40,777 – £42,839
Full time (37 hrs pw), permanent
Blended working approach and flexible working hours
Closes 10/10/2025
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#jobs #conservation #heritage #Yorkshire