The second half of the twentieth century saw a significant rise in the study of ‘ordinary’ buildings constructed by and for peasant, yeoman and urban communities. Typically made from local materials, such buildings might incorporate timber, mud, straw, stone and chalk components – yet their survival rate is surprisingly widespread.
This introductory day school looks at the building materials, construction techniques and historical developments of vernacular architecture relating to domestic occupation and agricultural systems in the mediaeval and early modern period.
