Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group
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
- 'Reflections on Wibsey and Low Moor' - a talk by David Cant on the varied buildings of these #Bradford suburbs is now available to watch on our YouTube channel at youtu.be/W46qSnMpqrs?....
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- BBC News - From Sexhow to Crackpot: North Yorkshire's place name origins - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- 'Vernacular Architecture of the Yorkshire Dales' - YVBSG day school held in conjunction with Upper Wharfedale Heritage Group on 28 Feb 2026 in Skipton Town Hall. Do join us for an excellent programme of talks exploring the wonderful traditional buildings of the Dales! www.yvbsg.org.uk/events.html
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- Easington Tithe Barn is a complicated building surveyed by the YVBSG in 1997, thought to have been constructed from two completely different timber frames from unknown locations!
- Historical maps of Yorkshire towns and cities already published include Hull, Beverley, Ripon and Bradford, with a reprint of York hot off the press. Maps of Scarborough, Leeds and Whitby are in the pipeline. Wonderful resource!
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- 'Reflections on Wibsey and Low Moor' - an online talk by David Cant on Thu 22 Jan at 7.30pm, looking at buildings in these suburbs of #Bradford. The bad news - attendance is restricted to YVBSG members. The good news - membership costs just £12 a year! www.yvbsg.org.uk/membership.h....
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- Are you a student with an interest in historic buildings? We now offer a reduced membership fee for students - for just £8 a year, you get a copy of our annual journal, discount on events, online access to building reports, practical recording experience and more! www.yvbsg.org.uk/membership.h...
- Wishing everybody a very Happy Christmas and a new year full of fascinating buildings! Why not join us and explore some of them?
- Our interactive map showing all buildings recorded by the YVBSG has just been updated! The latest version includes this intriguing little outbuilding at Woodsome Hall. If you're a member, the map also gives you access to the full online reports. Browse at www.yvbsg.org.uk/reports.html.
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- #WindowsOnWednesday Helmsley Castle, North Yorkshire.
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- #AdoorableThursday Customer: 'But it was supposed to say 'GATES' not 'GATE'. Stonemason: 'No problem - easily fixed!'. Old Edge, Colden, Heptonstall.
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- Save the date - our 2026 day school on Sat 28 Feb in Skipton will focus on the varied vernacular architecture of the #YorkshireDales. We look forward to an enlightening and entertaining day - not to be missed! Details to follow at www.yvbsg.org.uk/events.html.
- #WindowsOnWednesday Attic windows at Birthwaite Hall near Barnsley.
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- A recording of a recent YVBSG talk by Philip Sands on the history of Woodsome Hall near Huddersfield can now be viewed at youtu.be/2PGeqLuA0jg?.... Philip takes us on a virtual tour of the building which has a complicated and fascinating history and has been dendro-dated to 1462.
- Our November Newsletter is hot off the press! Catch up with all our latest news, including plans for next year - www.yvbsg.org.uk/newsheet.html.
- #AdoorableThursday Former door at Lower Birks, near Todmorden, with 1664 datestone.
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- #AdoorableThursday Foredale Farm, Helwith Bridge, North Yorkshire.
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- #WindowsOnWednesday Window at Hallbridge Farmhouse, Clayton with Frickley, Doncaster. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
- Lovely! Also a chance for us to shamelessly plug our publication 'Doorways in the Dales' - details at www.yvbsg.org.uk/publications....
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- #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.
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- #AdoorableThursday Bolton Dene, West Witton, North Yorkshire.
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- #WindowsOnWednesday Some workroom windows, including dairies and cheese rooms, were exempt from window tax if clearly labelled as such.
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- 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.
- #FinialsOnFriday Greenwood Lee, Heptonstall, a yeoman clothier's house dated 1712 on the porch.
- #AdoorableThursday Door in a barn wall in Hooton Pagnell, South Yorkshire. Walling of local Magnesian limestone with triangular and rectangular ventilation holes.
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- #FinialsOnFriday Lee Farmhouse, Lumbutts, West Yorkshire. A door lintel on the house has an inscribed date of 1584.
- #AdoorableThursday Doorway in the range of farm buildings at Birthwaite Hall, near Barnsley.
- #WindowsOnWednesday The Old Manor House, Clapham, North Yorkshire. Upper floor of porch.
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- #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.
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- #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.
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- Off we went to Lancashire for the day. We didn't find any hotpot, but we did come across some rather fine buildings in the Pendle area - take a look at our little video at youtu.be/J6R833p2I6Y?....
- #AdoorableThursday Lower Crimsworth Farmhouse, near Hebden Bridge. Porch dated 1661.
- #WindowsOnWednesday A 'hit and miss' window in a farm building in Cawood, North Yorkshire.
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- Our August Newsletter, No 120, has just been published! Updates on events, publications, Woodsome Hall and other buildings, tree-ring dating, datestones and other features, as well as a recent expedition over the border into Lancashire. Catch up with our news at www.yvbsg.org.uk/newsheet.html.
- #WindowsOnWednesday Late 17th century brick mullion window with rusticated voussoirs at Cawood Grange, Cawood.
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- #AdoorableThursday Woodmans Cottage, Spaunton, North Yorkshire
- The latest edition of our journal, Yorkshire Buildings No 51, is now available - now in bigger A4 format! Articles on Wakefield, Doncaster, Todmorden, Calverley Old Hall, oval windows, medieval aisled houses, and much more. Only £6 plus p&p - full details at www.yvbsg.org.uk/yorkshire-bu....
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- #AdoorableThursday Gunthwaite Hall Barn, South Yorkshire.
- #AdoorableThursday Lower Lees Farm, Forest of Bowland.
- #WindowsOnWednesday Lower Horse Wood Farm, Lumbutts.Why stick with one hoodmould stop design when you can have a different one at each end!
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- A tour of some of the sources available to researchers in East Yorkshire.
- Great day on Saturday exploring the Pendle area of Lancashire with our guide Kevin Illingworth. Farmhouses, barns, churches and plenty of round-headed mullion windows - with the added bonus of sunshine and stunning scenery too. Well worth crossing the county border from Yorkshire!
- Many of the buildings we record are of a more modest nature but now and again we take on the challenge of a larger, higher status, building! Here are some of the grander houses we have recorded over the years: Ingleby Manor, Knedlington Old Hall, Well Hall, and Hammerton Hall.
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