Vernacular Architecture Group

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The Vernacular Architecture Group was formed in 1952 to further the study of traditional buildings, originally those of the British Isles. Today the VAG also reflects a growing interest in buildings from other parts of the world. https://www.vag.org.uk

Sauchie Tower.

Window with shutters in Culross.

Plaster ceiling at Bannockburn House.

Hingin lum (hanging chimney) at Moirlanich Longhouse.

Castle Menzies.

Oval window at The Gold Lion hotel, Stirling.

Cowane's House, Stirling.

Stirling University campus.

Poster advertising conference on Exeter's buildings on 25 April 2026.

Wymondley Priory, Hertfordshire.

Copy of a slide showing buildings in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Copy of a slide showing Nottingham's caves.

Copy of a slide showing Nottingham's vernacular buildings.

Snowy scene in Carlton in Coverdale, North Yorkshire.

Barn door at Sherford, Devon, with planks partly cut out to create a window for cattle peeping out.

Door at the timber-framed Guildhall, Whittlesford, with carved wooden lintel and spandrels.

Window at Overhouse, Tisbury, with the mullions narrower than their heads.

An old door with a number of old keyholes at Silver Street, Ely

Large timber bay window with leaded lights at Ordsall Hall

VAG members studying a vernacular building