A Guide to Traditional English Buildings
Traditional buildings, known as vernacular, originally made up the vast majority of the structures that ordinary people lived and worked in.
Traditional buildings, known as vernacular, originally made up the vast majority of the structures that ordinary people lived and worked in.
The towns of Lancaster and Morecambe have been forerunners in LGBTQ+ activism and recreation in the North of England since the 1970s.
You can trace the architectural history of your house through old maps, photographs and written records, and many of these useful resources are online.
Norwich is the only English city in a National Park (the Norfolk Broads) and until the Industrial Revolution was the second largest city in the country.
In the 19th and 20th centuries many of the biggest social and political changes originated or gained unstoppable momentum in Yorkshire.
Prefabs were temporary homes built to rehouse those who had lost their homes during the Blitz.
On 18 July 1898, a catastrophic fire broke out in the commercial heart of Sunderland.
During the 20th century a number of houses have been built for demonstration purposes as much as occupation. One ideaContinue Reading
How we create our homes and the spaces around them reflects our constantly evolving lifestyles, needs and social trends.
Many authors and the characters they created have lived in and loved England, evoking streetscapes, landscapes and buildings throughout their work.