The annual NHBG Churches day in August visited the ruins of Tivetshall St Mary, the tower of which collapsed into the nave in 1949 (photo above), Tivetshall St Margaret with it’s beautiful recently restored 16th century tympaneum on the chancel arch (below),...
The 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held in Mileham in July. Members were taken round Mileham Castle, houses in the village and farms, by an excellent local team. Mileham Castle is one of the largest motte and bailey castles in Norfolk. It straddles the B1145, a...
In April 2022 NHBG finally welcomed Vernacular Architecture Group members to Norfolk. The visit was delayed by two years and eventually happened as a mix of virtual and live visits. The zoom visit consisted of a series of six talks on aspects of vernacular...
Tim Howson. Georgian Cottages in the Maldon District, Essex Philip Venning. Old Buildings: Myths, Mistakes and Oddities Mark Gardiner. Before the earliest standing timber buildings: archaeological evidence for vernacular houses from the tenth to twelfth centuries....
a Churches Day starting at Beachamwell a day exploring the stones used in Norfolk’s churches, starting at Halvergate church, a walk round the walls of Great Yarmouth; and around Bungay with a local historian prior to lunch and AGM a visit to a C16 timber house and...
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