the vernacular architecture of peterborough and cambridgeshire
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An Introduction to the Vernacular Architecture of
Peterborough, Huntingdonshire and
Cambridgeshire
David Grech
Vernacular n & adj
n 1 the language or dialect of a particular country 2 the language of a particular clan or group 3 homely speech.
adj. 1[of language] of one’s native country; not of foreign origin or learned formation 2 [of architecture] concerned with ordinary rather than monumental buildings
Oxford Dictionary
Jurassic Deposits – Oolitic Limestone (Barnack)
Jurassic Deposits – Collyweston Limestones ‘Slates’
Jurassic Deposits – Upper Jurassic Clays (Oxford Clay)
Jurassic Deposits – Upper Jurassic Clays (Oxford Clay)
Cretaceous Deposits – Lower Greensand (Carstone)
Cretaceous Deposits – Gault Clay
Cretaceous Deposits – Gault Clay
Cretaceous Deposits – Chalk (Clunch)
Cretaceous Deposits – Chalk (Flint)
Glacial Boulder Clay – Clay Bat (Clay Lump)
Non-Geologically Related Building Materials: Timber
Non-Geologically Related Building Materials: Long Straw
Non-Geologically Related Building Materials: Water Reed
Land less than 10 metres above sea level
Land between 10 metres and 30 metres above sea level
Land between 30 metres and 50 metres above sea level
Land over 50 metres above sea level
Orwell
Barrington
CAMBRIDGE Gt Eversden
Godmanchester
St Ives
Upwood
Hemingford Grey
Fen Drayton
HUNTINGDON
Fen DittonSwaffhamBulbeck
SwaffhamPrior
Burwell
Stretham
ElyWennington
Abbots Ripton
Girton
Whittlesford
HinxtonIckleton
The Hall House Type
12th Century Manor House – Hemingford Grey
Wealden House Type – The Royal Oak, Barrington
1942
Aisled Hall House Type – Newlyns, Barrington
17th Century Timber-framed Chimney – Upwood
Hall with Cross Passage and Cross Wings – Tudor Farmhouse Godmanchester
1926
Baffle-entry House Type
Baffle-entry House Type
Double Pile House Type
Dutch Influence – Fen Drayton and Saffham Bulbeck
Barn – Church Farm Barn, Great Eversden
Thatch and Weatherboarded Barns – Whittlesford and Landbeach
1930
Watermill – Hinxon and Houghton
Post Mill – Bourn
Tower Mill and Smock Mill – Burwell and Impington
Granary – Arrington
Dovehouses – Fen Ditton, Hasslingfield and Foxton
TerrierHole
Granary
Plan DOVEHOUSE & GRANARY
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