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House Types
1971-1979
This file contains items relating to different types of dwelling house, including cuttings from 'The Guardian' newspaper and 'Country Life' magazine on a medieval aisled house in Castle Caereinion use...
Folklife Museum Posters
[1970-1979]
These posters include colour photographs (with accompanying text and location map) of the interior and exterior of the Scottish Fisheries Museum at Anstruther, the Avoncroft Museum of Buildings at Bro...
Villages
1971
This subseries, comprising one file, contains a two-part article by John Cornforth on the village of Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, extracted from 'Country Life' magazine (22 July 1971, pp. 214-217, an...
Ruined Farmhouse with Adjoining Barns
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1965
Ruins of stone farmhouse with adjoining barns at Roan Farm, Hurst ( North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with ms. notes on Hurst village, and catalogue details in the hand of Werner Kissling. ...
Yorkshire Abbeys
Taylor, Alfred
1963
This file contains articles from Alfred Taylor's 'Bygone Abbeys of Yorkshire'/ 'Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire'/ 'Bygone Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire' series, published in and extracted from the...
Roof Truss, Horbury
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph showing detail of the timber roof truss at the Shepherd's Arms public house, Horbury (West Yorkshire).
Roof Truss, Horbury
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph showing detail of the timber roof truss at the Shepherd's Arms public house, Horbury (West Yorkshire).
Farm Buildings
1954-1979
This file contains items on farmhouses and other buildings traditionally found on working farms. The larger part of the file includes items from the period 1965-1979; cuttings and articles extracted f...
Builders' Customs: Topping Out
March-April 1968
This file consists of correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and various correspondents connected with the building industry, regarding topping-out ceremonies. The correspondents include Norbert F. ...
View of Castle Bolton
[1960s]
View of Castle Bolton village ( Wensleydale) ca. 1900-1910, copied from a photographic negative in the possession of Mr. Robert S. Hunter of Castle Bolton. The image shows thatched stone cottages, a f...
Topping Out Ceremonies
1951-1974
This file contains items relating to topping-out ceremonies, a tradition in the building industry marking either the roofing-in of a building, or the half-way stage in the construction of a building. ...
Bergen Landscape
1979
View of landscape near Bergen (Norway). The view looks towards a suspension bridge, across an apparently frozen body of water.