The Eavesdropper
The Eavesdropper is the group’s lively newsletter. It comes out twice a year and provides a record of the group’s activities, articles of interest, as well as information on future events. There is an index of all articles at the bottom of this page.
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The Index
Title | Author | Type | Vol | Year | Start Page | Nature | Comment |
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Building A Group for Suffolk | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 1 | 1994 | 1 | Photograph | Explains concept of SHBG |
A Newly Discovered Medieval Watermill | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 1 | 1994 | 2 | Text only | Hold Farm, Bures St Mary, Suffolk: built as mill c1500; converted to farmhouse 17th century |
Suffolk: The Nonconformist Heritage | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 1 | 1994 | 2 | ||
Lodge Farm, Denton, Norfolk | Heywood, Steven | Articles and Notes | 1 | 1994 | 3 | Text only | Raised aisled hall of 1355-60 |
Toll-Houses: A Last Fling of Local Distinctiveness | Taylor, Patrick | Articles and Notes | 1 | 1994 | 3 | ||
Wall Painting Walnutree Manor, Haughley Green, Suffolk | Easton, Timothy | Articles and Notes | 1 | 1994 | 4 | Photographs | Picture of 17th century wall painting |
Early Glass Uncovered | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 2 | 1994 | 1 | Photographs | Pictures and discussion of early glass window at Vale Farmhouse, Frostenden, Suffolk and 16th century window shutter at Rookery Farm, Laxfield, Suffolk |
Down to Earth Day at Stowmarket | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 2 | 1994 | 3 | ||
Conservation Work at Strangers Hall, Norwich | Barker, Darren | Report of Talks | 2 | 1994 | 3 | ||
Conserving Canterbury Cathedral | Barton, John | Report of Talks | 2 | 1994 | 4 | ||
The Role of a Conservation Officer | Ward, Richard | Report of Talks | 2 | 1994 | 4 | ||
The Language of Carpentry | Harris, Richard | Report of Talks | 2 | 1994 | 5 | ||
Early Brickwork in East Anglia | Wight, Jane | Report of Talks | 2 | 1994 | 5 | ||
1 Silent Street, Ipswich | Stenning, David | Articles and Notes | 2 | 1994 | 6 | Drawing | Reconstruction drawing of medieval shop at 1 Silent Street, Ipswich |
Report of1994 visit to Cresssing Temple & Stanton's Farm, Black Notley, Essex | Cressing Temple, Essex | Report of Visits | 2 | 1994 | 6 | ||
Edgar's Farm: A Debate on Its Future | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 2 | 1994 | 8 | ||
Hadleigh Walkabout | Hadleigh | Report of Visits | 2 | 1994 | 8 | ||
The Colour of the Barn | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 2 | 1994 | 10 | ||
Exotic Render? | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 2 | 1994 | 10 | ||
Spabbery in Colour | Taylor, Patrick | Articles and Notes | 2 | 1994 | 10 | ||
A Taste of Clare | Clare | Report of Visits | 3 | 1995 | 1 | ||
A Walkabout in Ipswich | Ipswich | Report of Visits | 3 | 1995 | 3 | ||
A Day at the Weald & Downland Museum | Weald & Downland Museum | Report of Visits | 3 | 1995 | 3 | ||
Christmas Buffet | Anon | Articles and Notes | 3 | 1995 | 5 | ||
The History of the Conservatory | Diestelkamp, Edward | Report of Talks | 3 | 1995 | 5 | ||
Clare | Hatton, David | Letters | 3 | 1995 | 5 | ||
Witch Marks | Swann, June | Letters | 3 | 1995 | 5 | ||
An Unusual Method of Framing | Walker, John | Articles and Notes | 3 | 1995 | 6 | Drawings | 16th century house, Offins, Norton Heath, Essex, double studs |
Buff Tiles | Clarke, Barbara | Letters | 3 | 1995 | 6 | ||
A 1577 Building Contract for a House at Holbrook | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 3 | 1995 | 8 | Building contract | Full text of 1577 building contract in Holbrook, Suffolk |
Photographing Historic Buildings | Buchanan, Terry | Book Reviews | 3 | 1995 | 8 | ||
Photography in Archaeology & Conservation | Dorrell, Peter | Book Reviews | 3 | 1995 | 8 | ||
Measurement & Recording of Historic Buildings | Swallow, David; Watt, David; Ashton, Robert | Book Reviews | 3 | 1995 | 8 | ||
Two Bonds, One Building | Kennell, Roger | Articles and Notes | 3 | 1995 | 9 | Drawing | Monk & Flemish brick bonds in one building |
Gypsophobia-Gypsophilia | Taylor, Patrick | Articles and Notes | 3 | 1995 | 10 | ||
A Newly Discovered Wealden House | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 4 | 1995 | 1 | Photographs, drawings | Cock Inn, Clare, Suffolk |
Timber-Framed Buildings and their Construction | Rackham, Oliver | Report of Talks | 4 | 1995 | 3 | ||
Domestic Wall Paintings in Suffolk | Carrick, Muriel | Report of Talks | 4 | 1995 | 4 | ||
The East Anglian Farm | Wade-Martins, Susannah | Report of Talks | 4 | 1995 | 4 | ||
Early Re-use of Timber: A building account of 1334 | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 4 | 1995 | 5 | Documentary | Account of Manor of Clare, Suffolk |
Decorative Schemes & the Daubers' Secret | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 4 | 1995 | 5 | Text only | 17th century paintwork in Ipswich, Suffolk |
A History of Suffolk | Dymond, David; Northeast, Peter | Book Reviews | 4 | 1995 | 5 | ||
Is This a Farmhouse? - Philip Aitkens' Favourite Building | Aitkens, Philip | Articles and Notes | 4 | 1995 | 6 | Drawings | Lodging range, Lodge Farm, Chevington, Suffolk |
Monk Bonding and More | Kennell, Roger | Articles and Notes | 4 | 1995 | 7 | Drawing | Discussion of Monk brick bonding |
Buildings for Industry | Malster, Bob | Articles and Notes | 4 | 1995 | 8 | ||
Monk Bonding | Taylor, Patrick | Letters | 4 | 1995 | 8 | ||
New Discoveries - Smoke Jacks | North, Christropher | Articles and Notes | 4 | 1995 | 9 | Drawings | Smoke jack: Whittingham Hall, Fressingfield, Suffolk |
Fizzy Lime-Aid | Taylor, Patrick | Articles and Notes | 4 | 1995 | 9 | ||
Building Recording Day | Barnard, Mark; MacBeth, Nigel; North, Chrisopher; Alston, Leigh | Reports of Day Schools | 4 | 1995 | 9 | ||
Timber Framed Dovecote at Clare | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 4 | 1995 | 10 | Photographs, drawings | Dovecote, Church Farm, Clare, Suffolk |
The Thorndon Puzzle - Lowbarn Cottage | Smith, Martin | Articles and Notes | 5 | 1995 | 1 | Drawing, photographs | Suffolk aisled hall & later development of house |
Moat Farm, Wetherup Street, Suffolk | Lewis, Rick | Articles and Notes | 5 | 1995 | 3 | Photo, drawing | |
Visit to Debenham | Debenham | Report of Visits | 5 | 1995 | 5 | Drawing of Buck's Hall, Rishangles, Suffolk | Centre truss of open hall with two tier queen post roof |
Historic Buildings of Bury St Edmunds | Bury St Edmunds | Report of Visits | 5 | 1995 | 5 | ||
Visit to Debenham | Debenham | Report of Visits | 5 | 1995 | 5 | ||
Recent Research into Suffolk Buildings | Stenning, David | Report of Talks | 5 | 1995 | 6 | ||
Early Market Stalls: an important discovery | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 5 | 1995 | 7 | Drawings | Market stalls, Debenham, Suffolk |
The Great Stable at Clare | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 5 | 1995 | 8 | Documentary | Building work in Clare Castle manorial accounts for 1326/7 |
Taper Burns: Easily Overlooked? | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 5 | 1995 | 9 | ||
Great Moulton Chapel | Colsell, Lesley | Articles and Notes | 5 | 1995 | 9 | ||
Crinkle Crankle | Taylor, Patrick | Articles and Notes | 5 | 1995 | 10 | ||
Historic Buildings in Essex, Issue 9 | EHBG | Book Reviews | 5 | 1995 | 10 | ||
Opulence in the Vernacular - Sylvia Colman's Favourite Building | Colman, Sylvia | Articles and Notes | 5 | 1995 | 12 | ||
More of Mid Suffolk: Wickham Skeith & Mendlesham | Mid Suffolk | Report of Visits | 6 | 1996 | 3 | ||
Maltings in Suffolk | Malster, Bob | Report of Talks | 6 | 1996 | 4 | ||
Superstitious Practices in Historic Homes | Easton, Timothy | Report of Talks | 6 | 1996 | 5 | ||
Clay and Cob Buildings | McCann, John | Book Reviews | 6 | 1996 | 6 | ||
Fort Brockhurst: a Centre of Excellence | Lewis, Rick | Articles and Notes | 6 | 1996 | 7 | ||
Three 'Firsts' in Laxfield | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 6 | 1996 | 8 | Text | Two raised aisled halls, one queen post roof with 'flying' collars and tiebeams in Laxfield, Suffolk |
Edgar's Farmhouse Display | Colsell, Lesley | Articles and Notes | 6 | 1996 | 8 | ||
Members' Evening 1996 | Members' Evening | Report of Talks | 7 | 1996 | 2 | ||
Timber Species and their Use in Timber Framed Buildings | North, Christopher | Report of Talks | 7 | 1996 | 3 | ||
Globe Theatre Excursion | Globe Theatre | Report of Visits | 7 | 1996 | 5 | ||
Day Visit to Kersey | Kersey | Report of Visits | 7 | 1996 | 7 | ||
Discovering Timber-Framed Buildings | Alston, Leigh; North, Christopher | Reports of Day Schools | 7 | 1996 | 8 | ||
Boynton Hall, Capel St Mary | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 7 | 1996 | 10 | Drawings | Suffolk raised aisled hall |
Painted Biblical Text Found in Bury St Edmunds | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 7 | 1996 | 10 | Text | Biblical text 96 Risbygate St, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
Lowbarn Cottage, Thorndon | Theobald, Irene | Letters | 7 | 1996 | 10 | ||
Fawlty Sashes | McKechnie, Ian | Letters | 7 | 1996 | 12 | ||
Day Visit to North Suffolk | North Suffolk | Report of Visits | 8 | 1996 | 3 | Drawings | Details of raised aisled halls, Church Farm, Fressingfield & Broad End Farmhouse, Stradbroke, and of complex 16th century Chickering Corner Farmhouse, Hoxne |
Dovecotes | McCann, John | Report of Talks | 8 | 1996 | 9 | ||
Visits to Hemingstone Hall & Otley Hall | Hemingstone & Otley Hall | Report of Visits | 8 | 1996 | 11 | ||
The Vernacular Architecture of Norfolk | Longcroft, Adam | Report of Talks | 8 | 1996 | 12 | ||
Hemingstone Hall, Reflections on its Brickwork | Kennell, Roger | Articles and Notes | 8 | 1996 | 13 | ||
Drawing Together | Cleverley, Peter | Book Reviews | 8 | 1996 | 15 | ||
Newly Discovered Wall Painting in Friars St, Sudbury | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 8 | 1996 | 16 | ||
1997 Close Studding Competition | Anon | Articles and Notes | 8 | 1996 | 17 | ||
Painting Uncovered at Wrentham | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 8 | 1996 | 17 | ||
The Repair of Churches | Rossi, Anthony | Report of Talks | 9 | 1997 | 2 | ||
The Structure of Historic Buildings | Morton, Brian | Report of Talks | 9 | 1997 | 3 | ||
Members' Evening 1997 | Members' Evening | Report of Talks | 9 | 1997 | 4 | ||
The End Jetty House: An Appeal | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 9 | 1997 | 5 | Drawings | Discussion of medieval end jetty houses in Suffolk; drawing of raised aisled hall, Aldridges Farmhouse, Laxfield |
1670 Sash Window Revealed in Newmarket | Derrick, Andrew | Articles and Notes | 9 | 1997 | 9 | ||
Skew Wiff Skewbacks | Kennell, Roger | Articles and Notes | 9 | 1997 | 11 | Drawings | Discussion of skewback angle for brick window arches |
A Large Domestic Oven at Bourn Hall, Wherstead | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 9 | 1997 | 13 | ||
Visit to Bulmer Brick and Tile Works | Bulmer | Report of Visits | 10 | 1997 | 2 | ||
The Art of Historic Carpentry | Goodburn, Damian | Reports of Day Schools | 10 | 1997 | 4 | Photos, drawings | |
Visit to Houses in North-East Suffolk | North-East Suffolk | Report of Visits | 10 | 1997 | 7 | ||
The Buildings of Medieval Lavenham | Alston, Leigh | Reports of Day Schools | 10 | 1997 | 9 | ||
No 100 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmunds: Coverboards on Studwork | Aitkens, Philip | Articles and Notes | 10 | 1997 | 10 | Drawings | 17th century house in Suffolk with coverboards on studs |
The Hermitage, Frostenden | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 10 | 1997 | 11 | Drawings, sections, photo | Suffolk raised aisled hall |
Toppesfield Bridge, Hadleigh | Kennell, Roger | Articles and Notes | 10 | 1997 | 15 | photo | |
Shakespeare's Globe Rebuilt | Mulryne J R & Shewring Margaret | Book Reviews | 10 | 1997 | 17 | ||
Preserving the Past: the Rise of Heritage in Modern Britain | Hunter, Michael Ed | Book Reviews | 10 | 1997 | 17 | ||
North of the Border: Vernacular Architecture in Norfolk | Alston, Leigh | Report of Talks | 11 | 1997 | 3 | ||
Visit to Kentwell Hall, Long Melford | Kentwell Hall | Report of Visits | 11 | 1997 | 7 | ||
A Lifetime of Timber-Framed Buildings | Gibson, Adrian | Report of Talks | 11 | 1997 | 10 | ||
Recording Day at Street Farmhouse, Rishangles (Correction Vol 12, p12) | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 11 | 1997 | 13 | Elevation drawing, photographs | 15th century open hall house of 3 cells |
Plasters and Renders | McConnell, Mike; Taylor, Patrick | Articles and Notes | 11 | 1997 | 15 | ||
Renters Discovered | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 11 | 1997 | 18 | Photograph, elevation drawing | Discussion of 15th and 16th renters in Suffolk |
Two Suffolk Houses: 100 Risbygate St, Bury St Edmunds & Badmondisfield Hall, Wickhambrook | Aitkens, Philip & North, Christopher | Report of Talks | 12 | 1998 | 2 | ||
Historic Painted Brickwork | Easton, Timothy | Report of Talks | 12 | 1998 | 6 | ||
The Essex Bell-Frame Survey | Watkin, Elphin | Report of Talks | 12 | 1998 | 7 | ||
Dendrochronology for Beginners | Tyers, Ian | Report of Talks | 12 | 1998 | 8 | ||
Visit to Houses in Rumburgh & South Elmham Hall | Rumburgh & South Elmham | Report of Visits | 12 | 1998 | 10 | ||
Visit to Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Worcs | Avoncroft | Report of Visits | 12 | 1998 | 11 | ||
Craft Aspects of Lime Plaster Application on Wood Laths in Building Conservation | Swann, Simon | Articles and Notes | 12 | 1998 | 12 | ||
SHBG Recording Day at Street Farmhouse, Rishangles | Watkin, Brenda | Letters | 12 | 1998 | 15 | Text | Includes discussion of 'flying' or extra collars |
Three Houses in Rumburgh | Rumburgh | Report of Visits | 12 | 1998 | 17 | Plan, photographs | Description of three houses: 16th & 17th century Pear Tree Farmhouse & Street Farmhouse, and mid 15th century hall house Hatton's Farmhouse. All in Rumburgh, Suffolk. |
Plasters and Renders | Gosling, Mike | Letters | 12 | 1998 | 17 | ||
South Elmham Hall | South Elmham Hall | Report of Visits | 12 | 1998 | 21 | Drawing | Discussion of buildings on site at South Elmham, Suffolk |
The Structural Behaviour of Historic Buildings and Repair Methods | Morton, Brian | Articles and Notes | 12 | 1998 | 24 | ||
Cecil Hewett 1926-1998 | McCann, John | Articles and Notes | 12 | 1998 | 26 | ||
Dendro Date for Wingfield College Barn | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 12 | 1998 | 28 | ||
Crown-Post at the Blue Boar P.H., Walsham Le Willows | McKechnie, Ian | Articles and Notes | 12 | 1998 | 29 | ||
The Towns of Medieval East Anglia | Alston, Leigh | Reports of Day Schools | 13 | 1999 | 2 | ||
Visit to Hengrave Hall | Hengrave Hall | Report of Visits | 13 | 1999 | 5 | ||
Farm Buildings in Suffolk | Wade-Martins, Susanna | Report of Talks | 13 | 1999 | 6 | ||
The Old Horseshoes: Repair of an Historic Building | Lewis, Rick & McKechnie, Ian | Report of Talks | 13 | 1999 | 8 | ||
Elm Tree Farmhouse, Farnham, Suffolk | Shiells, Bill & Vivien | Articles and Notes | 13 | 1999 | 10 | Plan, photograph | 15th century hall house, apotropaic marks |
Lime Notes 1 | McConnell, Mike | Articles and Notes | 13 | 1999 | 13 | ||
A Practical Guide to Measuring and Drawing a Timber-Framed Building | Brown, Susan | Book Reviews | 13 | 1999 | 15 | ||
The Dovecotes of Suffolk | McCann, John | Book Reviews | 13 | 1999 | 16 | ||
Wall Painting from Hill Farm, Framsden at Ipswich Museum | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 13 | 1999 | 17 | Photograph, wall paintings | Details of 16th century wall painting |
A Roofing Puzzle | Kennell, Roger | Articles and Notes | 13 | 1999 | 19 | ||
Early Dormer Windows | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 13 | 1999 | 20 | Reconstruction drawing | 15th century 'dormer' in end gable |
Recent discoveries at Kentwell Hall, Long Melford | Alston, Leigh, Lewis, Rick | Articles and Notes | 13 | 1999 | 21 | ||
The History of Thatch | Cousins, John | Report of Talks | 14 | 1999 | 2 | ||
The Abbey and Town of Bury St Edmunds | Heywood, Stephen & Carlile Jenny | Report of Talks | 14 | 1999 | 4 | ||
Researching the History of Historic Buildings | Paine, Clive; Martin, Joanna; Munt, Michael; Alston, Leigh; Watkin, Brenda | Reports of Day Schools | 14 | 1999 | 5 | ||
12th & 13th Century Stone Buildings in Bury St Edmunds | Aitkens, Philip; North, Christopher | Report of Talks | 14 | 1999 | 8 | ||
Discovery of Intact Gablet Hood and Sooted Thatch | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 14 | 1999 | 9 | Photographs | Medieval smoke gablet hood in Combs, Suffolk |
Lime Notes 1: A Comment | Swann, Simon | Articles and Notes | 14 | 1999 | 11 | ||
Wall Paintings at the White Hart, Nayland: A Problem of Attribution | Carrick, Muriel | Articles and Notes | 14 | 1999 | 18 | Photographs | Two wall paintings in White Hart, Nayland, Suffolk |
William Harrison's England: Domestic Change in the Sixteenth Century | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 14 | 1999 | 20 | ||
Roofing Puzzle | Watkin, Brenda | Articles and Notes | 14 | 1999 | 21 | ||
Wall Paintings Found in Needham Market | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 14 | 1999 | 22 | ||
Pargeting in Suffolk | Swann, Simon | Articles and Notes | 14 | 1999 | 22 | ||
Imitation Brick Nogging Found | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 14 | 1999 | 23 | ||
Abbas Hall, Great Cornard: a New Tree-Ring Date | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 14 | 1999 | 25 | ||
Pargeting | Buxbaum, Tim | Book Reviews | 14 | 1999 | 25 | ||
Done But Not Dusted: SHBG Visit to Yew Tree House, Earl Stonham | Earl Stonham | Report of Visits | 15 | 2000 | 4 | ||
Timber Frame Repair Day | Alston, Leigh; McConnell, Mike; Wright, Alan; Singh, Jagjit; Moore, Andrew; Lewis, Rick | Reports of Day Schools | 15 | 2000 | 5 | ||
Visit to Nayland and Abbas Hall, Great Cornard | Nayland & Abbas Hall | Report of Visits | 15 | 2000 | 7 | ||
Lime Notes 2 | McConnell, Mike | Articles and Notes | 15 | 2000 | 9 | ||
Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Buildings | Carr, Bob | Report of Talks | 15 | 2000 | 11 | ||
Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Buildings | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 15 | 2000 | 12 | ||
AGM 1999 | North, Christopher | AGM | 15 | 2000 | 13 | ||
Visit to the Ipswich AGM: A Personal Perspective | Ipswich | Report of Visits | 15 | 2000 | 14 | ||
Isaac Lord, 80-80A Fore Street, Ipswich | Ipswich | Report of Visits | 15 | 2000 | 14 | Site plan | Description of development phases of complex of Merchant's House with warehouses extending to the river |
She Came, She Dined, She Arrested: Queen Elizabeth's Progress Through Suffolk, 1578 | Paine, Clive | Report of Talks | 15 | 2000 | 16 | ||
A Request from Suffolk Architectural Heritage Trust | Gondris, Tom | Articles and Notes | 15 | 2000 | 17 | ||
Modern Building Requirements for Foundations | Bell, Ted | Letters | 16 | 2000 | 3 | ||
Willis Corroon Building | Kindred, Bob | Letters | 16 | 2000 | 3 | ||
SHBG Visit to Needham Market | Needham Market | Report of Visits | 16 | 2000 | 4 | Various drawings | Details of four timber-framed buildings in this Suffolk town - Old Bull Inn, Pillar House, 81-85 High St and Old Angel |
An Unusual Form of Timber Cladding | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 16 | 2000 | 8 | ||
SHBG Visit to Nayland | Nayland & Gt Cornard | Report of Visits | 16 | 2000 | 9 | Two elevation drawings, one plan | Details of 4 timber framed houses in this Suffolk town - Old Queen's Head Inn, Ancient House, 14-16 Fen St & 4 Mill St Nayland plus Abbas Hall, Gt Cornard |
A New Discovery in Walsham le Willows | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 16 | 2000 | 12 | Text only | Blue Boar Public House |
Just a Thought (on 'Coffin' Doors) | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 16 | 2000 | 12 | ||
The Buildings of Nayland | Alston, Leigh | Report of Talks | 16 | 2000 | 13 | ||
Window Tax | Place, Monica | Letters | 16 | 2000 | 14 | ||
Members' Evening 2000 | Members' Evening | Report of Talks | 16 | 2000 | 15 | ||
Tools of the Trade: Race Knife/Timber Scribe | Lewis, Rick | Articles and Notes | 16 | 2000 | 16 | ||
Not now, your grace, I've got me an 'eadache | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 16 | 2000 | 17 | ||
Historic Buildings in Essex Issue 10 | EHBG | Book Reviews | 16 | 2000 | 18 | ||
First Mid Suffolk Conservation Awards | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 16 | 2000 | 19 | ||
Food and Cooking in Medieval Britain | Black, Maggie | Book Reviews | 16 | 2000 | 19 | ||
Modern Building Requirements for Foundations | Morton, Brian | Letters | 17 | 2000 | 3 | ||
An Unusual Form of Timber Cladding | Sims, David | Letters | 17 | 2000 | 3 | ||
Numbering on Posts | Stokes, Peter | Letters | 17 | 2000 | 4 | ||
Cellular Marking | Tipping, Malvern | Letters | 17 | 2000 | 4 | ||
Pargeting in Suffolk and Beyond | Buxbaum, Tim | Report of Talks | 17 | 2000 | 5 | ||
The Guilds and Guildhalls of Suffolk | Dymond, David; Aitkens, Philip; Alston, Leigh | Reports of Day Schools | 17 | 2000 | 6 | ||
Angels, Saints, Dragons and Ale: Possible Guildhalls | Taylor, Patrick | Articles and Notes | 17 | 2000 | 8 | ||
Drama of the Saxtead Cupboard and Chest; interview of Timothy Easton | McKechnie, Ian | Articles and Notes | 17 | 2000 | 11 | ||
Survey of Domestic Wall Paintings in Suffolk | Kirkham, Andrea | Articles and Notes | 17 | 2000 | 13 | ||
SHBG Day Visit to Yaxley | Yaxley | Report of Visits | 17 | 2000 | 16 | Yaxley Manor House, Bull's hall, Red Roofs and Guildhall Cottage | |
Another appeal for further information on internal setting out marks | Lewis, Rick | Articles and Notes | 17 | 2000 | 18 | ||
Alfred Williams Memorial Prize 2000 | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 17 | 2000 | 18 | ||
SHBG Visit to Cock's Green Farmhouse, Great Whelnetham | Great Whelnetham | Report of Visits | 17 | 2000 | 19 | ||
SHBG Visit to Badley Hall | Badley Hall | Report of Visits | 17 | 2000 | 20 | ||
Alterations and Repairs to Historic Buildings | Munt, Michael; Wallis, Roger; Warboys, Surinder; Minter, Peter | Reports of Day Schools | 17 | 2000 | 21 | ||
Tools of the Trade: Bricklayer' Tools No 1 - Corner Blocks, Lines & Tingles | Kennell, Roger | Articles and Notes | 17 | 2000 | 22 | ||
Web Watch | Lewis, Rick; Ward, Margery | Articles and Notes | 17 | 2000 | 24 | ||
The Management and Conversion of Timber for Buildings | Badley Woods | Report of Visits | 17 | 2000 | 24 | ||
Angels, Saints, Dragons & Ale | Meston, Hylda | Letters | 18 | 2000 | 3 | ||
Letters & Comments on Carpenter's Marks | Various | Letters | 18 | 2001 | 4 | ||
To Daub or Not to Daub, That is the Question! | Harber, Paula | Articles and Notes | 18 | 2001 | 7 | ||
Description of the Demolition of Westhorpe Hall in 1750 | Place, Monica | Letters | 18 | 2001 | 8 | ||
AGM 2000 | McGregor, Malcolm | AGM | 18 | 2001 | 9 | ||
Frame 2000 | Lewis, Rick | Articles and Notes | 18 | 2001 | 10 | ||
The Management and Conversion of Timber for Buildings | Moore, Andrew; Lewis, Rick; Smith, Barry | Reports of Day Schools | 18 | 2001 | 11 | ||
SHBG Visit to 15 Chediston Street, Halesworth | Halesworth | Report of Visits | 18 | 2001 | 15 | ||
Tools of the Trade 2: The Plumb Rule | Kennell, Roger | Articles and Notes | 18 | 2001 | 16 | ||
To Daub or not to Daub | McKechnie, Ian | Letters | 19 | 2001 | 3 | ||
The Earliest Timber-Framed Buildings in England | Walker, John | Report of Talks | 19 | 2001 | 4 | ||
Buildings in the Context of the Suffolk Landscape | Martin, Edward Martin Edward | Report of Talks | 19 | 2001 | 7 | ||
Members' Evening 2001 | Members' Evening | Report of Talks | 19 | 2001 | 8 | ||
Whatever Did the Victorians Do for Us? | Kindred, Bob | Report of Talks | 19 | 2001 | 10 | ||
The Battle for Lavenham | Michalak, Jan | Report of Talks | 19 | 2001 | 11 | ||
Report on The Vernacular Architecture Group's Spring Conference in Suffolk, April 2001 | Walker, Pam | Articles and Notes | 19 | 2001 | 12 | ||
Tools of the Trade 3: A Rod for the Bricklayer | Kennell, Roger | Articles and Notes | 19 | 2001 | 13 | ||
Thomas Hayward's Will of 1568 | Arnold, Julanne | Articles and Notes | 19 | 2001 | 16 | ||
Whatever did the Victorians do for us? | Kindred, Bob | Letters | 20 | 2001 | 3 | ||
Institute of Architectural Technologists: To Daub or not to Daub | Thurman, Kathy | Letters | 20 | 2001 | 3 | ||
Obituary: Malcolm Chapman McGregor | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 20 | 2001 | 4 | ||
Visit to Felsham Hall Wood (Bradfield Woods) | Bradfield Woods | Report of Visits | 20 | 2001 | 5 | ||
What a lot of Postholes: Archaeology of Domestic Buildings | Martin, Edward; Plouviez, Jude; Tester, Andrew; Alexander, Mary; Armour, Nick; North, Christopher | Reports of Day Schools | 20 | 2001 | 6 | ||
SHBG Visit to Norwich July 21 2001 | Norwich | Report of Visits | 20 | 2001 | 8 | ||
Visit to Thatched Barn, Hoxne | Hoxne | Report of Visits | 20 | 2001 | 9 | ||
Carlton Cross, Kelsale, Suffolk | Walker, John | Articles and Notes | 20 | 2001 | 10 | Plan, elevation, reconstruction drawing, photographs | Late 15th century hall house |
Tools of the Trade 4: The Bricklayer's Trowel | Kennell, Roger | Articles and Notes | 20 | 2001 | 13 | ||
The Practice of Protective Symbols Lives On | North, Christopher | Articles and Notes | 20 | 2001 | 14 | ||
Faint Heart Never Built Fair Buildings from Shakespeare's Henry IV Pt 2 | McKechnie, Ian | Articles and Notes | 20 | 2001 | 15 | ||
Glemham in Dictionary of National Biography | Brown, Susan | Letters | 21 | 2002 | 3 | ||
Drooping or Reverse Arch Braces | Brown, Susan & Michael | Letters | 21 | 2002 | 3 | ||
The Development of Domestic Houses from 1300-1700 | Alston, Leigh | Report of Talks | 21 | 2002 | 5 | ||
Running Rings Around Suffolk - Tree Ring Dating in a Problem Area | Bridge, Martin | Report of Talks | 21 | 2002 | 7 | ||
Early Furniture | Chinnery, Victor | Report of Talks | 21 | 2002 | 9 | ||
Georgian Architecture | Andrew, Derrick | Report of Talks | 21 | 2002 | 10 | ||
Stone Buildings | Selby, John | Report of Talks | 21 | 2002 | 11 | ||
Suffolk House, Penang | McConnell, Mike & Nobbs, Kala | Articles and Notes | 21 | 2002 | 12 | ||
Woodbridge: a Medieval Town | Alston, Leigh | Reports of Day Schools | 21 | 2002 | 14 | ||
A Cottage at Stradishall, Suffolk | Brown, Susan & Michael | Articles and Notes | 21 | 2002 | 16 | ||
A Suffolk Farmyard and the Great Wind of 1362 | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 21 | 2002 | 17 | ||
Will of Henry Bowle, Ship's Carpenter 1625 | Arnold, Julanne | Articles and Notes | 21 | 2002 | 18 | ||
Drooping or Reverse Arch Braces | Watkin, Brenda | Letters | 22 | 2002 | 3 | ||
AGM 2002: Glemham Hall | Gosling, Jane | AGM | 22 | 2002 | 5 | ||
Visit to Weald & Downland Museum: The Gridshell | Weald & Downland Museum | Report of Visits | 22 | 2002 | 6 | ||
Visit to Woodbridge | Woodbridge | Report of Visits | 22 | 2002 | 7 | ||
Stoned in Cambridge | Cambridge | Report of Visits | 22 | 2002 | 8 | ||
Shopping and the City: Industrial & Commercial Buildings in Tudor Suffolk | Aitkens, Philip; Alston, Leigh; Munt, Mike; Barnard, Mark | Reports of Day Schools | 22 | 2002 | 9 | ||
Ancient Treasure Trove | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 22 | 2002 | 10 | ||
A Structural Engineer Looks at Traditional Timber Framing | Davies, John | Articles and Notes | 22 | 2002 | 12 | ||
Note on the Weald & Downland Museum | King, Colin | Articles and Notes | 22 | 2002 | 15 | ||
Manor of Flixton Court Roll 1587 | Evans, Nesta | Articles and Notes | 22 | 2002 | 16 | ||
The Vernacular Architecture Group Visit to Suffolk in 2001 | Walker, John | Report of Talks | 23 | 2003 | 4 | ||
Principles and Presentation: Recent Work at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum | Harris, Richard | Report of Talks | 23 | 2003 | 7 | ||
Church Cottage, Pettistree, Suffolk: An unusual Medieval Hall Window | Walker, John | Articles and Notes | 23 | 2003 | 10 | Plan, elevations, reconstruction drawing, photograph | Medieval hall house with later medieval parlour |
Medieval Timber Chimneys | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 23 | 2003 | 14 | Documentary | Reference in records of Clare Castle, Suffolk to building and repair of timber chimneys |
Aisled Barn, Abbey Farm, Snape: Repair Rescues Grade II* Monastic Barn | Hughes, Trudi | Articles and Notes | 23 | 2003 | 15 | ||
Aisled Barn, Abbey Farm, Snape: Drawings | Hussey, Graham | Articles and Notes | 23 | 2003 | 16 | Elevations and sections | Late 14th century aisled barn in Suffolk |
Barn at Doveshill Farm, Badley | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 23 | 2003 | 20 | Photo | |
The Suffolk Parsonage: A Documentary Study | Dymond, David | Articles and Notes | 24 | 2003 | 4 | Text, photographs, graphs | Discussion of parsonages from 1340, based on documentary sources |
Bulls Hall Revisited | McKechnie, Ian | Articles and Notes | 24 | 2003 | 12 | Plans, elevation, sections, inventories, wills | Discussion of 1530s house in Yaxley, Suffolk and its 17th century development using inventories and wills |
A Visit to the Cathedral Church of St James, Bury St Edmunds | Bury St Edmunds | Report of Visits | 24 | 2003 | 18 | ||
Rectories, Vicarages and Parsonages | Dymond, David | Report of Talks | 24 | 2003 | 20 | ||
Members Evening 2003 | Members' Evening | Report of Talks | 24 | 2003 | 20 | ||
The Ritual & Spiritual Protection of Buildings | Easton, Timothy | Report of Talks | 24 | 2003 | 21 | ||
Building a Suffolk County House in the 18th Century | Mackley, Alan | Report of Talks | 24 | 2003 | 22 | ||
AGM new constitution | Walker, Pam | AGM | 24 | 2003 | 24 | ||
Medieval Toilet Paper | McKechnie, Ian | Articles and Notes | 24 | 2003 | 27 | ||
Manor Farm and Farmhouse at Monks Eleigh Pt1 | Weller, John | Articles and Notes | 25 | 2003 | 4 | Errate note on loose leaf page | |
Day School on English Domestic Furniture | Alston, Leigh; Paine, Clive; Chinnery, Victor | Reports of Day Schools | 25 | 2003 | 12 | ||
House Visits in West Suffolk | West Suffolk | Report of Visits | 25 | 2003 | 15 | Plan, drawings | Visited Hawsted Place barn; Hill Farm & Little West Farm, Lawshall; Moat Farmhouse, Chevington; Castle Farm & Dodds Cottage, Whepstead |
Manor Farm and Farmhouse at Monks Eleigh Pt 2 | Weller, John | Articles and Notes | 26 | 2004 | 4 | ||
Visit to Ely College and Cathedral | Ely | Report of Visits | 26 | 2004 | 11 | ||
Tenth Anniversary Dinner | Milden | Report of Visits | 26 | 2004 | 13 | ||
Domestic Wall Paintings in Suffolk | Alston, Leigh | Report of Talks | 26 | 2004 | 14 | Photographs | Wall paintings |
Excursion to Long Melford | Long Melford | Report of Visits | 26 | 2004 | 16 | Plans, elevations, photographs | Details of 8 late medieval and post medieval timber framed houses in and around Long Melford, Suffolk |
Houses with inner service rooms | Walker, John; Longcroft, Adam | Letters | 26 | 2004 | 19 | Plans, photographs | Discussion of 17th century houses in Suffolk and Norfolk with inner service rooms |
Buildings at Risk: Barn and Stable at Wangford Hall | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 26 | 2004 | 24 | ||
Buildings on Staddle Stones | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 26 | 2004 | 24 | ||
Request for information on Beresford House, Woodbridge | Dyer, Tristan A | Letters | 27 | 2004 | 3 | ||
Thatching in Denmark | Heath, John | Letters | 27 | 2004 | 3 | ||
Mathematical Tiles | Kennell, Roger | Letters | 27 | 2004 | 3 | ||
Priors Hall, Widdington, Essex: Disentangling a Manorial Building Complex - A Multi-Disciplinary Approach | Walker, Pam | Report of Talks | 27 | 2004 | 4 | ||
Country House Landscapes in Suffolk c1600-1840: Architecture & Ideology | Williamson, Tom | Report of Talks | 27 | 2004 | 6 | ||
Historic Non-Barn Farm Buildings | Aitkens, Philip | Report of Talks | 27 | 2004 | 7 | ||
Some Notes on Tabby Construction | Arnold, Julanne | Articles and Notes | 27 | 2004 | 8 | Photographs, description of technique | Discusses tabby construction - mixture of oyster shells, lime, sand and water - in USA |
Mathematical Tiles: The Significance of the Suffolk Examples: Part 1 | Redman, Tony | Articles and Notes | 27 | 2004 | 10 | Line drawings | Discusses the few Suffolk examples of these tiles and their dates |
Redgrave History Group: Work in Progress | Powell, David | Articles and Notes | 27 | 2004 | 14 | ||
You've Been Timber-Framed | Sunshine, Paula | Book Reviews | 27 | 2004 | 15 | ||
Buildings at Risk: The Umbrello, Little Saxham | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 27 | 2004 | 16 | ||
11 Theatre Street, Woodbridge | Alston, Leigh | Articles and Notes | 27 | 2004 | 20 | ||
The Housing Revolution: 16th & 17th Century Experiments in House Plan | Walker, John | Report of Talks | 28 | 2004 | 3 | ||
Visit to Wickham Market | Wickham Market | Report of Visits | 28 | 2004 | 5 | Plans, photographs | Details of 4 medieval and post medieval houses in Wickham Market, a 17th C houses in Ufford, and a medieval hall house in Pettistree. All in Suffolk. |
AGM and Visit to Crows Hall, Debenham | Debenham | Report of Visits | 28 | 2004 | 10 | ||
The Castle: Home or Fortification | Woodman, Frank; Marten-Holden, Lucy; Martin, Edward; Walker, John | Reports of Day Schools | 28 | 2004 | 12 | ||
Mathematical Tiles: The Significance of the Suffolk Examples: Part 2 | Redman, Tony | Report of Talks | 28 | 2004 | 15 | ||
Buildings at Risk: The Lodge, London Road, Thorington | Barnard, Mark | Articles and Notes | 28 | 2004 | 20 | ||
Brian Morton MBE | Bloomfield, John | Articles and Notes | 29 | 2005 | 3 | ||
An Appeal from West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village | Gosling, Jane | Articles and Notes | 29 | 2005 | 4 | ||
Medieval and Tudor Shops | Alston, Leigh | Report of Talks | 29 | 2005 | 5 | ||
The VAG's Visits to the USA and North Yorkshire | Martin Edward; Walker, John | Report of Talks | 29 | 2005 | 6 | ||
The Art of the Housepainter | Ayres, James | Report of Talks | 29 | 2005 | 8 | ||
Members' Evening 2005 | Members' Evening | Report of Talks | 29 | 2005 | 9 | ||
A New Architectural Guidebook for Hadleigh Guildhall | Walker, John | Articles and Notes | 29 | 2005 | 14 | Reconstruction drawings, sections, photographs | Outline of the development and features of the late 15th century timber framed Guildhall and Market Hall in Hadleigh, Suffolk |
Standing Buildings versus Archaeology | Watkin, Brenda | Report of Talks | 30 | 2005 | 4 | ||
The 1576 Will and Inventory of Richard Sare; the owner of a two-cell house in Great Finborough, Stowmarket | Williams, Mary | Articles and Notes | 30 | 2005 | 8 | Will and full inventory | Richard Sare inventory lists only hall and service rooms on ground floor, with chambers above. |
I Once Met Sir Basil Spence (Almost) | McKechnie, Ian | Articles and Notes | 30 | 2005 | 12 | ||
Tudor Tower at Tendring Hall | Wallace, John | Articles and Notes | 30 | 2005 | 14 | Plans, photographs | Surviving parts of Tudor tower of Tendring Hall, Suffolk |
The Vernacular Workshop - From Craft to Industry, 1400-1900 | Barnwell, P S ed | Book Reviews | 30 | 2005 | 17 | ||
Visit to Broadoaks Manor, Wimbish, Essex | Wimbish, Essex | Report of Visits | 31 | 2006 | 4 | photo, drawing | |
19th century Country House Landscapes in Suffolk | Williamson, Tom | Report of Talks | 31 | 2006 | 5 | text only | |
AGM & Visit to Giffords Hall, Wickhambrook | Wickhambrook | Report of Visits | 31 | 2006 | 6 | photos & plan | provides information on this substantial moated timber framed manor house |
Visit to Read Hall, Mickfield | Mickfield | Report of Visits | 31 | 2006 | 9 | photos, plans, drawings | Gives details of this timber framed medieval hall house & its updating c1600 |
The Bottom Rung of the Housing Ladder? | Alston, Leigh; Aitkens, Philip; Walker, John & Martin, David | Reports of Day Schools | 31 | 2006 | 12 | photos, drawings | |
Lavenham Guildhall: Recent Discoveries at 1 Lady Street | Alston, Leigh | Articles & Notes | 31 | 2006 | 15 | photos, drawings | Information on the timber framed range on the rear of Lavenham Guildhall |
Buildings at Risk: Water Tower and Coach House, Herringswell | Barnard, Mark | Articles & Notes | 31 | 2006 | 17 | photo | |
A visit to Shrublands Gardens | Shrublands Gardens | Report of Visits | 32 | 2006 | 4 | photos | |
The Norfolk Historic Buildings Group's New Buckenham project | Brown, Susan & Michael | Report of Talks | 32 | 2006 | 5 | map, line drawings | |
Suffolk Gildhalls | Alston, Leigh | Report of Talks | 32 | 2006 | 7 | text only | |
Furniture and Fittings | Hall, Linda | Report of Talks | 32 | 2006 | 9 | photos and drawings | |
From Snape Maltings to your local Tesco | Evans, Douglas | Report of Talks | 32 | 2006 | 12 | text only | |
Apotropaic Marks at Pips Cottage | Kettle, Anna | Articles & Notes | 32 | 2006 | 13 | photo | A number of apotropaic marks discovered on the ceiling of Pips Cottage, Pakenham, Suffolk |
The Bottom Rung of the Housing Ladder? Two-cell house and Kimbers Court | Walker, John | Articles & Notes | 32 | 2006 | 14 | photo, plans of 9 Suffolk two cell post medieval houses and elevations and isometric of Kimbers Court | Kimbers Court, Rumburgh, Suffolk, a two-cell 16th century timber framed house. |
The Inventory for John Daniell | Walker, John | Articles & Notes | 32 | 2006 | 18 | photo | 1601 inventory of John Daniell, tenant of Hackney Rectory found guilty of forgery and blackmail |
Why do historic buildings get damp? | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 32 | 2006 | 19 | text only | |
Obituary: Adrian Gibson MBE 1931-2006 | Walker, John | Articles & Notes | 32 | 2006 | 21 | photo | |
Some Medieval Buildings Constructed for the Abbot of Bury St Edmunds | Aitkens, Philip | Report of Talks | 33 | 2006 | 4 | photos & drawings | includes details of 7-8 Hatter St & The Suffolk Hotel, Bury St Edmunds; Brockley Hall, Brockley Green: Lodge Farmhouse, Chevington |
Stair well at World's End Farmhouse, Pebmarsh, Essex | Watkin, Brenda | Letters | 33 | 2006 | 4 | text only | |
The Skills of the Bricklayer - How they developed in Suffolk | Kennell, Roger | Report of Talks | 33 | 2006 | 7 | photos and drawings | |
AGM & visit to Little Wenham Hall | Little Wenham Hall | Report of Visits | 33 | 2006 | 9 | photo & plan | |
A Wealth of Old Beams | Bayford, Alan; Padfield, Anne & Alston, Leigh | Reports of Day Schools | 33 | 2006 | 10 | drawings | |
VAG 2006 Spring Conference in Somerset 18-22 April 2005 | Eade, Alan | Articles & Notes | 33 | 2006 | 13 | photos | |
The late 15th - to early 18th century decoration at Bromley Hall, 43 Gillender Street, London - An overview | Kirkham, Andrea | Articles & Notes | 33 | 2006 | 15 | photos, drawing | Decoration of a high status building from c.1490 with evidence of textile hangings, to painted schemes of the late 16th/early 17th century to painting panelling and then actual panelling in the early 18th century |
The curious sundial | Harber, Paula | Articles & Notes | 33 | 2006 | 21 | photo, drawing | |
Re-used timbers at Cranley Hall, Eye | Barnard, Mark | Articles & Notes | 33 | 2006 | 22 | photo, map | re-used timbers probably from a dovecote |
Windows | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 33 | 2006 | 23 | text only | |
Wattle & Daub | Sunshine, Paula | Book Review | 33 | 2006 | 24 | text only | |
Summer Excursion to Great Finborough | Great Finborough and Buxhall | Report of Visits | 34 | 2007 | 4 | photos | Visit to The Butterfly & High Green Farm, Great Finborough; Maypole Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk |
Summer Excursion to Wickhambrook | Wickhambrook & Lidgate | Report of Visits | 34 | 2007 | 6 | map, photos, drawings of chimney mantel details | Visit to The Old Vicarage Barn, Clopton Hall & Wickham House, Wickhambrook; Chantry Farm, Denston Street Farm, Lidgate, Suffolk |
Muscular Goth or Victorian Devotee: the Victorian Architect William White | Watkin, Brenda | Report of Talks | 34 | 2007 | 8 | photo | |
Town Houses in Medieval Suffolk and Eastern England | Quiney, Anthony | Report of Talks | 34 | 2007 | 10 | photos, drawing | |
3 Church Walk, Aldeburgh | McKechnie, Ian | Articles & Notes | 34 | 2007 | 12 | drawing, plan, photos | Two 1960s Suffolk houses designed by H T Cadbury-Brown |
And so to Bed: Sleeping Arrangements in a Minor Suffolk Market Town during the Early Modern Period | Andrews, Sue | Articles & Notes | 34 | 2007 | 15 | drawings, tables | Discusses furniture, furnishings & rooms used for sleeping as recorded in 69 probate inventories made between 1576 & 1764 in Bildeston, Suffolk |
Farm Buildings (other than Barns) in Suffolk | Aitkens, Philip | Report of Talks | 34 | 2007 | 22 | Drawings, photos | |
The Repair and Care of Historic Floors | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 34 | 2007 | 26 | text only | Timber, Brick, Tiled, Lime-ash & plaster, and Chalk & Lime floors discussed |
A Day spent Getting Plastered: Owners Lime Plaster course held at Cressing Temple in Essex | Owners Lime Plaster course at Cressing Temple, Essex | Report of Visits | 34 | 2007 | 28 | text only | |
Jim Cadbury Brown | Taylor, Mary | Letters | 35 | 2007 | 4 | text only | Refers to article on 3 Church Walk, Aldeburgh in issue 34 |
Church Walk, Aldeburgh | Kindred, Bob | Letters | 35 | 2007 | 4 | text only | Refers to article on 3 Church Walk, Aldeburgh in issue 34 |
Drawing on wall of 16th C building in Clare | McConnell, Mike | Letters | 35 | 2007 | 4 | photo | Request for information on drawing |
Royal Palaces - Our Hidden Heritage | Prosser, Dr Lee | Report of Talks | 35 | 2007 | 5 | Photos | Conservation of London's Historic Royal Palaces |
A Tuneless Melody? Carpentry in West Suffolk during the late 12th and 13th Century | North, Christopher | Report of Talks | 35 | 2007 | 6 | Photos | |
Raised Aisle to Clasped Purlins: Recently Revealed Roof Types in South Norfolk | Heywood, Stephen | Report of talks | 35 | 2007 | 8 | Photos, drawing | Information on The Laurels, Bedingham, Norfolk which has an East Anglian queenpost roof |
Sounding a Suffolk Door | Easton, Timothy | Articles & Notes | 35 | 2007 | 9 | photos, drawings | |
A Rood Awakening | Howson, Timothy | Articles & Notes | 35 | 2007 | 12 | photos | A carved timber from a rood screen in Mill Green Farmhouse, Debenham, Suffolk |
St Margaret Church, Leiston | McKechnie, Ian | Articles & Notes | 35 | 2007 | 15 | photos, drawing | |
The Royal (Norfolk and) Suffolk Yacht Club | Sunter, Nigel | Articles & Notes | 35 | 2007 | 17 | photos | 1903 Building in Arts & Crafts Style. NB 'Norfolk and' erroneously omitted from title |
Listed Buildings - do we need them? | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 35 | 2007 | 20 | text only | |
The Making of the East Anglian Landscape and the Significance of the 'Gipping Divide' | Martin, Edward | Report of Talks | 36 | 2007 | 4 | map | Map of different field types |
AGM & Visit to Flemings' Hall, Bedingfield | Bedingfield | Report of Visits | 36 | 2007 | 7 | text only | Includes note on the recent rebuilding of 2 of the chimneys |
Domestic Interior Decoration in East Anglia | Kirkham, Andrea; Aitkens, Philip; Gapper, Claire; Hall Linda | Reports of Day Schools | 36 | 2007 | 8 | photos | |
Buildings in Hitcham | Hitcham | Report of Visits | 36 | 2007 | 17 | photos, drawing | Visit to Brick House Farm, Wetherden Hall & Hitcham Church |
Visit to Woolpit | Woolpit | Report of Visits | 36 | 2007 | 20 | photos | Visit to Hill House, 1 The Street, Clandore, Tudor Rose Cottage, Elm Tree Gallery, Fish & chip shop, Tyrells and the Post Office, all in Woolpit |
Digging Out the Facts: A Tribute to Adrian Gibson | Walker, Pam | Reports of EHBG Day School | 36 | 2007 | 23 | photo, drawings | |
A Victorian Oddity | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 36 | 2007 | 26 | photo | Suffolk house built of shuttered boulder clay |
Who Lived in Your House? People at home in early Walsham le Willows | McLaughlin, Audrey | Book Reviews | 36 | 2007 | 27 | text only | |
Parson and People in a Suffolk Village: Richard Cobbold's Wortham, 1824-77 | Dymond, David (Ed) | Book Reviews | 36 | 2007 | 27 | photo | |
Historic Buildings - Are they good or bad for Global Warming? | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 36 | 2007 | 28 | Text only | |
Visit to Kings Lynn | Kings Lynn | Report of Visits | 37 | 2008 | 4 | photos | |
Getting to the Core: Re-analysing an Historic Building after Successful Dendrochronology | Easton, Timothy | Articles & Notes | 37 | 2008 | 7 | photos, plans, elevation, chart | Detailed history and architectural study of Bedfield Hall, Bedfield, Suffolk |
Victorian Rural Communities in Suffolk and their Housing | Dymond, David | Report of Talks | 37 | 2008 | 18 | photos | |
Reconstructing the Tudor Kitchen of Hampton Court Palace | Meltonville, Marc | Report of Talks | 37 | 2008 | 19 | photos | |
Revising Pevsner's Suffolk | Bettley, James | Articles & Notes | 37 | 2008 | 21 | text only | |
House Transplants - is it Good Conservation? | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 37 | 2008 | 22 | text only | Should reclaimed materials be used in the repair or alteration of listed buildings? Discussion arising from this article appears in Vol 38 (2008), page 4 |
An Insight into Historic Carpentry | Lewis, Rick | Report of Talks | 38 | 2008 | 5 | photos, illustrations | |
Sandwich: The Medieval Houses of a Cinque Port | Pearson, Sarah | Report of Talks | 38 | 2008 | 10 | photos, drawings | |
The Vernacular Buildings of Cambridgeshire | Walker, John | Report of Talks | 38 | 2008 | 12 | photo, drawing | |
AGM and Visit to Stoke College, Stoke-by-Clare | Stoke-by-Clare | Report of Visits | 38 | 2008 | 14 | photos, map | |
Archdeacon Pykenham's Ipswich Gatehouse | Tracy, Charles | Articles & Notes | 38 | 2008 | 17 | photos, plan, drawing | 15th century brick gatehouse |
A Lobby-Entrance house of 1615: Model Farm, Linstead Magna, Cratfield, Suffolk | Walker, John | Articles & notes | 38 | 2008 | 22 | map, photos, plans, elevations | Article first published in Verncular Architecture 34, 2003 |
Cruck Frames and Serlio Floors | McKechnie, Ian | Articles & Notes | 38 | 2008 | 26 | distribution map, drawing, photos | |
Chimneys - Maintenance and Repair | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 38 | 2008 | 27 | photo | |
The Parish Church | Paine, Clive; Woodman, Frank; Tracy, Charles | Reports of Day Schools | 39 | 2009 | 5 | photos | |
The Farmsteads of the Gentry and Aspiring Gentry of the 1570s in mid Suffolk | Gentry Farmsteads of 1570s mid Suffolk | Report of Visits | 39 | 2009 | 9 | photos | Roydon Hall, Creeting St Peter; Rookyard Farm, Old Newton; Westhorpe Hall |
Flatford and Hadleigh: a Personal View | Flatford and Hadleigh | Report of Visits | 39 | 2009 | 11 | text only | |
Flatford and Hadleigh | Flatford and Hadleigh | Report of Visits | 39 | 2009 | 12 | isometric & other drawings, plans, photos | Willy Lott's Cottage & Valley Farm, Flatford Mill; Guildhall, Deanery Tower,76 Angel Street, 125 Benton Street & 48 George Street, Hadleigh |
Wingfield College and Church | Wingfield | Report of Visits | 39 | 2009 | 16 | text only | |
Archdeacon Pykenham's Hadleigh Gate-Tower | Tracy, Charles | Articles & Notes | 39 | 2009 | 20 | photos | Brick gatehouse of 1490s. Comparision with other brick gatehouses |
48 George Street, Hadleigh: A Documentary History | Andrews, Sue | Articles & Notes | 39 | 2009 | 24 | photos | |
Geophysical Surveys at Little Wenham Hall | Martin, Edward | Articles & Notes | 39 | 2009 | 29 | photos | |
Searching for Putlog Holes | Kennell, Roger | Articles & Notes | 39 | 2009 | 30 | photos | |
Old House Handbook | Suhr, Roger & Marianne | Book review | 39 | 2009 | 32 | text only | |
Building Conservation - Best Intentions | Bunbury, Hugh | Report of Talks | 40 | 2009 | 5 | photos of Athenaeum, Bury St Edmunds | |
Crows Hall | Aitkens, Philip | Report of Talks | 40 | 2009 | 7 | site plan, photos | Information on Crows Hall, Debenham dendro dated 1560 and its barns & service buildings dated 1476-1585 |
Early American Architecture: A Transatlantic Perspective | Loundsbury, Dr Carl | Report of Talks | 40 | 2009 | 10 | map, photos | |
Small Medieval Aisled Halls and the Aisled Hall Tradition in East Anglia | Walker, John | Report of Talks | 40 | 2009 | 13 | photos in the text are not for this talk but should have been with that for 'Vernacular Buildings of Cambridgeshire' in Eavesdropper 38 | |
Medieval Wall Painting in East Anglia: New Discoveries and Recent Research | Park, David | Report of Talks | 40 | 2009 | 16 | colour photos | |
The Survival of the Country House in the 20th Century | Airs, Malcolm | Report of Talks | 40 | 2009 | 17 | photos | |
Roof Spread and How to Resist It | Davies, John | Articles & Notes | 40 | 2009 | 19 | large number of drawings | |
Ditch the Ditch if You Dare | Sunshine, Paula | Articles & Notes | 40 | 2009 | 22 | photos | |
AGM and Visit to Thurston's Rendham (wrongly given in title as Rendlesham) | Rendham | Report of Visits | 41 | 2010 | 5 | photos, plan | |
The Medieval House: Living with Smoke | Walker, John; Alston, Leigh; Aitkens, Philip; Martin, David | Reports of Day Schools | 41 | 2010 | 7 | isometric, photos, drawings | Discussion of the use of smoke in medieval houses; its removal from open halls; timber chimneys and Suffolk short stack houses (two storey transitional houses with smoke blackened roofs) |
Apethorpe Hall, Northants | Apethorpe Hall, Northants | Report of Visits | 41 | 2010 | 11 | photos | |
Eye Church and Abbey | Eye | Report of Visits | 41 | 2010 | 13 | plans, drawings, photos | Guild Hall, Priory of St Peter & Abbey Farm Barn in Eye |
Laxfield Guildhall, Fressingfield Guildhall & Chestnut Lodge, Wilby | Laxfield, Fressingfield & Wilby | Report of Visits | 41 | 2010 | 15 | plans, elevations, photos | |
Dating Debenham | McKechnie, Ian | Articles & Notes | 41 | 2010 | 19 | parish plan, photos, isometric drawing | |
Windows: History, Repair and Construction | Tutton, Michael & Hirst, Elizabeth (Eds) | Book Review | 41 | 2010 | 23 | text only | |
The Tacolneston Project: A Study of Vernacular Buildings in the South Norfolk Claylands | NHBG | Book Review | 41 | 2010 | 25 | text only | |
The Toll-Houses of Suffolk | Taylor, Patrick | Book Review | 41 | 2010 | 26 | text only | |
Perceptions of Conservation | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 41 | 2010 | 27 | text only | |
A Suffolk Cruck and ye Kyngs Artillerye | Lewis, Rick | Report of Talks | 42 | 2010 | 5 | location map of crucks in England, drawings, photos | |
Pevsner's Suffolk: Fifty Years On | Bettley, James | Report of Talks | 42 | 2010 | 8 | text only | |
Pilgrim Inns in Canterbury | Woodman, Frank | Report of Talks | 42 | 2010 | 10 | drawing | |
Detached Kitchens in East Sussex | Martin, David | Report of Talks | 42 | 2010 | 11 | diagrams, plans, isometric, photo | |
The Houses of the Gentry 1480-1680 | Cooper, Nicholas | Report of Talks | 42 | 2010 | 14 | text only | |
AGM at Bawdsey Manor | Bawdsey | Report of Visits | 42 | 2010 | 15 | OS plan, photos | |
The First Glazed Windows in Vernacular Houses | McCann, John | Articles & Notes | 42 | 2010 | 17 | drawing, photos | Short note on early glazed windows. Fig 3 printed upside down in error. |
VAG Spring Conference 2010 in County Durham and South Northumberland | McKechnie, Ian | Articles & Notes | 42 | 2010 | 20 | photos, drawing | |
Principal Joists Timber Conversion, Friday Cottage, Little Walsingham, Norfolk | King, Colin | Articles & Notes | 42 | 2010 | 22 | drawings, photos | |
The Rising Damp Myth | Howell, Jeff | Book Review | 42 | 2010 | 24 | photo | |
The Georgian Arch: The Importance of the Camber | Kennell, Roger | Articles & Notes | 43 | 2011 | 4 | photos | |
Windows Roundup | McKechnie, Ian | Articles & Notes | 43 | 2011 | 5 | photos | |
An Incised Decorative Ceiling at (Hill Farm) now Monk Soham House | McKechnie, Ian | Articles & Notes | 43 | 2011 | 6 | drawings, photos | 17th century decorated plaster ceiling in Suffolk |
Suffolk Farmsteads and Farming from Medieval Times to the 19th Century | Bailey, Prof Mark; Aitkens, Philip; Podd, Stephen; Wade-Martins, Susanna | Reports of Day Schools | 43 | 2011 | 8 | photos | |
From Woodland to Roof | Barking | Report of Visits | 43 | 2011 | 13 | photos | |
Visit to Coggeshall, Essex | Coggeshall, Essex | Report of Visits | 43 | 2011 | 15 | drawings, photos, plans | 8 East Street, 14 East Street, 14 Stoneham Street, Coggeshall, plus Coggeshall Abbey, Essex |
The Royal Palaces of Newmarket | Newmarket, Burrough Green, Cambs & Swaffham Prior, Cambs | Report of Visits | 43 | 2011 | 22 | drawings, photos | Palace House, Newmarket, Burrough Green Hall, Burrough Green, Cambs; Baldwin Manor, Swaffham Prior, Cambs |
Almost a Lost Art: Traditional Brick and Tile Making and their Use in the Buildings of East Anglia | Minter, Peter | Report of Talks | 43 | 2011 | 26 | photos | |
Pargeting - Another Tradition | Kettle, Anna | Articles & Notes | 43 | 2011 | 29 | photos | |
Insulating Walls in Historic Buildings - Will it Save the Planet and Cut Down Your Fuel Bills? | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 43 | 2011 | 32 | text only | Discussion of modern insulation and its drawbacks for traditional timber framed buildings |
Insulation is Bad for Old Buildings | Various reps of preservation societies | Letters | 44 | 2011 | 4 | text only | |
Living in the Medieval House | Dyer, Prof Christopher | Report of Talks | 44 | 2011 | 6 | illustration, text | |
St Paul's Cathedral before Wren | Schofield, John | Report of Talks | 44 | 2011 | 7 | plan, photos | |
Medieval Queen Post Roofs in East Anglia | Aitkens, Philip | Report of Talks | 44 | 2011 | 8 | location map, photos, drawings | |
The Evolution of the Staircase | Prosser, Lee | Report of Talks | 44 | 2011 | 11 | drawings, photo | |
AGM and Visit to Milden Hall | Milden | Report of Visits | 44 | 2011 | 13 | photos, drawings, site map | |
Ten Years with Suffolk Timber Framed Houses - Recent Discoveries | Walker, John | Report of Talks | 44 | 2011 | 17 | drawings, photos, plans | Details of 33 George Street, 76A High Street, 84 High Street, 17-19 High Street, 28 George Street, Hadleigh; Byways, Mittecote, & Cotlee, Groton; Honey Hall, Leavenheath; Priory Farm, Fressingfield; Bleach Farm, Wisset; Brick House Farm, Naughton. |
Visit to Hill Farm, Gestingthorpe and Bulmer Brickworks | Gestingthorpe & Bulmer, Essex | Report of Visits | 44 | 2011 | 25 | photos, site plan and drawings of Hill Farm, Gestingthorpe, Essex; photos of Bulmer Brickworks | |
Medieval Guilds: A Weekend School held at Rewley House, Oxford | Hawkins, Charmain | Reports of Oxford Weekend School | 44 | 2011 | 30 | photo, text | |
The English Medieval Roof - Crownpost to Kingpost | Walker, John (Ed) | Book Reviews | 44 | 2011 | 32 | text only | |
SHBG Visit to Four Houses in Essex | Helions Bumpstead, Birdbrook, Saffron Walden & Wimbish, Essex | Report of Visits | 45 | 2012 | 4 | isometric and other drawings, plans, site plan, photos | Boblow House, Helions Bumpstead; Baythorne Hall, Birdbrook; St Aylotts, Saffron Walden; Tiptofts, Wimbish - all Essex |
SHBG Visit to West Stow Hall | West Stow | Report of Visits | 45 | 2012 | 11 | drawings, photos, plan | |
Visit to Winston Hall Farm near Debenham and Hestley Hall Thorndon | Debenham &l Thorndon | Report of Visits | 45 | 2012 | 17 | photos | |
Beer and Buildings | Smith, Richard; Kumin, Beat; Alston, Leigh; Malster, Robert; Langridge, Neil | Reports of Day Schools | 45 | 2012 | 19 | photos, drawings | |
Sharps and Flats - A Medley of Flint Buildings Hereabouts | Kholucy, Shawn | Report of Talks | 45 | 2012 | 26 | photos | |
Collis Mill at Great Thurlow | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 45 | 2012 | 28 | photos | |
Watching a Cathedral Grow | August, Lillias | Articles & Notes | 45 | 2012 | 29 | photos | Discusses some points on the building of the new central tower of Bury St Edmunds Cathedral |
Photovoltaic Panels and listed Buildings | McConnell, Mike | Articles & Notes | 45 | 2012 | 32 | photos | |
Brewers, Bakers, Hucksters and Innkeepers - the Markets of Medieval Suffolk | Davis, Dr James | Report of Talks | 46 | 2012 | 4 | text only | |
A New Dawn for the Old Sun Inn's Western Cottages: A Current Saffron Walden Renovation | Kent, Douglas | Report of Talks | 46 | 2012 | 5 | photos | |
Henry VIII - King of All He Surveyed | Foyle, Jonathan | Report of Talks | 46 | 2012 | 7 | photos | |
The Warrens of Breckland: Their History and Archaeology | Mason, Anne | Report of Talks | 46 | 2012 | 8 | photos | |
Visit to the Tower of London | Tower of London | Report of Visits | 46 | 2012 | 10 | photos | |
AGM & Visit to Otley Hall | Otley | Report of Visits | 46 | 2012 | 11 | photos | |
Visit to Badley Hall, Stowmarket | Stowmarket | Report of Visits | 46 | 2012 | 13 | illustrations, photos, plans | |
Flint Buildings in Eye and Thornham Parva | Eye & Thornham Parva | Report of Visits | 46 | 2012 | 17 | plan, photos | |
SHBG Visit to Saffron Walden (Essex) | Saffron Walden, Essex | Report of Visits | 46 | 2012 | 23 | photos | 25-27 Church Street, Myddleton Place - both Saffron Walden |
Brick Nogging | McCann, John | Articles and Notes | 46 | 2012 | 26 | drawings, photos | Description of brick nogging in timber framed buildings. Editor's corrections Eavesdropper 47, 3 |
Visit to Warrens in the Brecks | Brecklands | Report of Visits | 47 | 2013 | 4 | photos | Warrens in Mildenhall, Brandon & Thetford |
The Country House in Suffolk | Bettley, James; Long Loraine; Martin, Edward; Mackley, Alan; Smith, Pete; Roberts, Bill | Reports of Day Schools | 47 | 2013 | 6 | photos, plan, map | |
Preserving and Protecting our Cold War Heritage | Cocroft, Wayne | Report of Talks | 47 | 2013 | 22 | text, photos | |
The Jubilee Ceiling Restoration Project | Ganther, Stefan | Articles & Notes | 47 | 2013 | 24 | photos, sketch | |
Sylvia Coleman | Mark Barnard | Obituary | 48 | 2013 | Text | Tribute to the late Sylvia Coleman | |
England's Heritage - From Boom to Bust | Simon Thurley | Report on Talks | 48 | 2013 | Text | Full content of ST important talk on the history of heritage protection | |
Display & Pleasure: Banquetting Houses and thhei Garden Settings, talk by Edward Martin | Angela Sills | Report on Talks | 48 | 2013 | Text, photos | Colour plates page 20/21 | |
Late Medieval Rood Screens of East Anglia - talk by Lucy Wrapson | Charmain Hawkins | Report on Talks | 48 | 2013 | Text, photos | ||
Master Mason John Wastell of Bury St Edmunds, talk by Tony Redman | Charmain Hawkins | Report on Talks | 48 | 2013 | Text | ||
Barton Grange Barn,Worlingworth, Yew Tree Farm, St Mary's Church | Ian McKechnie | Report on Visit | 48 | 2013 | Text and photos | Report on AGM and description of buildings | |
In the Footsteps of John Wastell, guided walk around Bury St Edmunds with Bury guides | Charmain Hawkins | Report on visit | 48 | 2013 | Text and photos | External descriptons of Wastell's architecture | |
Henham & Somerleyton Halls with Edward Martin | Tony Broscomb | Report on Visit | 48 | 2013 | Text, photos, plans | ||
SHBG Scholarship | Mark Barnard | Article | 48 | 2013 | Text, photo | Information on Bury Town Trust's venture which SHBG is part funding | |
Post War Ipswich Primary School listed | Mark Barnard | Article | 48 | 2013 | Text, photos | ||
Hawkins Farm Barn and Cart Lodge, Mendlesham | Leigh Alston | Article | 48 | 2013 | Text, photos, plans | Extensive report on complex given emergency listing | |
Continental Influences on EA Manor Houses in 16/17 century | Dr Clemence Mathieu | Report of Talks | 49 | 2014 | Illustrated text | ||
All Saints Church, Icklingham, talk by Dr Frank Woodman | Mark Barnard | Report of Talks | 49 | 2014 | Illustrated text | ||
Triumph & Tragedy - Confessions of a Building Historian by Leigh Alston | Ian McKechnie | Report on Talks | 49 | 2014 | Illustrated text | SHBG 20th Anniversay talk detailing good and bad experiences of conservation | |
A Debenham Perambulation | Mark Barnard | Report on Visit | 49 | 2014 | Illustrated text | Description of buildings visited | |
Four East Suffolk Churches | Nicholas Rose | Report on Visit | 49 | 2014 | Illustrated text, colour photos | Bramfield, Wenhaston, Southwold, Dennington | |
The Wealden House in Suffolk, talk by John Walker | Ian McKecknie | Report on Talks | 50 | 2014 | Illustrated text | Description and definition | |
Discovering Coggeshall, talk by Dave Stenning | Elphin Watkin | Report on Talks | 50 | 2014 | Illustrated text | Study of Coggeshall's timber frames | |
The New Suffolk Pevsner, talk by Dr James Bettley | Mark Barnard | Report on Talks | 50 | 2014 | Illustrated text | ||
Alston Court, Nayland following AGM | Edward Martin/Ian McKechnie | Report on Visit | 50 | 2014 | Illustrated text, plans, colour photos | History, description and plans | |
Brick - Our Fragile Heritage | Peter Minter | Article | 50 | 2014 | Text only | Points on benefits of using local clays | |
Identification of Surface Features found on Bricks | Roger Kennell | Article | 50 | 2014 | Ilustrated text | Examination of different marks and effects | |
Malting Farm, Debenham | Ian McKechnie | Article | 50 | 2014 | Illustrated taxt | Description of derelict building complex used for malt production | |
Domestic Windows in Essex & Suffolk 1670-1930 | Michael Munt | Article | 50 | 2014 | Illustrated text | Discussion on window styles using John McCann's previous article in issue 42 | |
John Bloomfield | Jane Gosling | Obituary | 51 | 2015 | Text and photo | Tribute to Squadron Leader John Bloomfield | |
Visit to Woolpit | Christopher Moore | Report on Visit | 51 | 2015 | Text and photos | Description of 3 buildings visited, including Weavers House wall paintings. | |
Visit to Boarded Barn Farm, Great Finborough | Mark Barnard | Report on Visit | 51 | 2015 | Text, photo's and map | Description of history of farm house and buildings, researched by Edward Martin | |
A walk around Southwold | Jane Gosling | Report on Visit | 51 | 2015 | Text and photo's | Walk around town and inside Southerland House and church | |
Angel roofs of East Anglia, by Michael Rimmer | Christopher Moore | Report on Talks | 51 | 2015 | Text and photo's | A study of East Anglia's angel roof churches and their links to Westminster Hall | |
Experiencing a mediaeval landscape in the land of Dracula. The Saxon villages and fortified churches of Transylvania, by Edward Martin | Elphin Watkin | Report on Talks | 51 | 2015 | Text, photos, plans | Description and history of Saxon settlements in Romania (copy of article pub. In Essex H.B.G. newsletter) | |
Silk cloths for historic buildings, by Richard Humphries | Angela Sills | Report on Talks | 51 | 2015 | Text and colour photo's | Xmas talk about Silk weaving and historic links to Sudbury | |
A stable door with 'protective' markings | Timothy Easton | Article | 51 | 2015 | Text and photo's | Apotropaic marks on doors | |
Window shutters, Seckford Hall | Chris Briggs | Article | 51 | 2015 | Text and photo's | ||
Oliver Rackham | John McCann | Obituary | 52 | 2015 | Text and photo | A tribute to Oliver Rackham | |
The Buildings of England: Suffolk East & West, by James Bettley and Niklaus Pevsner | Mark Barnard | Book Reviews | 52 | 2015 | Text and photo | Review of new revised edition | |
Mediaeval Church Graffiti in East Anglia by Matthew Champion | Angela Sills | Report on Talks | 52 | 2015 | Text and photo's | Talk detailing the research work of Norfolk Graffiti survey | |
Baltic timber marks by Lee Prosser | Lee Prosser | Report on Talks | 52 | 2015 | Text and photo's | An interpretation of the export marks put on timber from the Baltic ports | |
The magical protection of buildings from fire 1500 - 1850, by Timothy Easton | Mark Barnard | Report on Talks | 52 | 2015 | Text, photo's and illustrations | Marks to protect buildings and ward off evil spirits found in barns | |
Smallbridge Hall and St.Stephen's Chapel, Bures | Edward Martin | Report on Visit | 52 | 2015 | Text and photo's | History of Hall and it's owners and details of tomb chests at the Chapel | |
Home Farm, St.Cross, South Elmham | John Walker and Andrea Kirkham | Report on Visit | 52 | 2015 | Text, photos, plans | Details of evolution and history of house and wall paintings | |
AGM at Blackthorpe Barn and visit to Rougham Hall ruins | Edward Martin | Report on Visit | 52 | 2015 | Text and photo's | History of barn and ruined Hall | |
Old Hall, South Burlingham and Rainthorpe Hall | Ian McKechnie | Report on Visit | 52 | 2015 | Text, photos, plans | Description of the two houses visited | |
The architecture of the religious guild of St.Mary, Laxfield | John Walker | Articles & Notes | 52 | 2015 | Text, photo's, plans, detailed models | Detailed study of timber frame of Laxfield Guildhall | |
New Listed Buildings | Mark Barnard | Article | 52 | 2015 | Text and photo's | Suffolk Record office, Bury St.Edmunds and Church Farmhouse, Worlington | |
Oliver Rackham: The silk tie and Cretan chest | Timothy Easton | Article | 52 | 2015 | Text, photo's and illustrations | Recollections of meetings with Oliver Rackham and his detailed examination of a wooden chest | |
The Angel Roofs of East Anglia by Michael Rimmer | Moore, Christopher | Book Review | 53 | 2016 | Text, photo | ||
Pevsner and Architectural Heritage in Suffolk : Charles O'Brian and Bob Kindred | McKechnie, Ian | Report on Day School | 53 | 2016 | Text and photos | History of the Pevsner Guides & discussion of heritage management | |
Suffolk versus the Rest of the World by Rodney Black | Gosling, Jane | Report of Talk | 53 | 2016 | Text and photos | Comparing Suffolk buildings with some of the world's greatest buildings. | |
Pevsner a Consumer Report : Pevsner and Me, Diarmaid MacCulloch | MacCulloch, Diarmaid | Report of Talk | 53 | 2016 | Text | Script of Professor MacCulloch's Talk | |
The Suffolk Pevsner and Lavenham by James Bettley (author of the revised Pevsner) | Angela Sills | Report of Talk | 53 | 2016 | Illustrated text | Revising Pevsner using Lavenham as an example | |
A Wealth of Old Beams by Phillippa Lewis | McKechnie, Ian | Report of Talk | 53 | 2016 | Illustrated text | Continuance of timber framing since the 17th century | |
The Myth of the Great Fire of London by Dr. John Schofield | Broscombe, Tony | Report of Talk | 53 | 2016 | Text,photos,drawings, map | Exploding some of the myths | |
Home Farm, St.Cross, South Elmham (reprint of report in Vol.52 pages 16-19) | John Walker and Andrea Kirkham | Report on Visit | 53 | 2016 | Text, photos, plans | Details of evolution and history of house and wall paintings | |
For the Love of Cider : Pevsner and Suffolk | Bettley, James | Article | 53 | 2016 | Text, photos | Some pithy Pevsner corrspondence. | |
Guild of St. Mary's Laxfield - Drawings D6-13 | Walker, John | Drawings | 53 | 2016 | 32 | Drawings | Omitted from Vol.52 for lack of space. |
An Architects reflection on Wiston Hall | McKechnie, Ian | Miscellany | 54 | 2016 | 4 | Text only | Ian's thoughts on Wiston Hall a Soane building (see visits 2016, also Vol.64) |
Leman Will | Martin, Joanne | Miscellany | 54 | 2016 | 4 | Text | Will of Joseph Leman dated 1627 from Suffolk Archdeaconry Court, IC/AA1/63/6 |
Elm Dendrochronology | Bridge, Martin | Miscellany | 54 | 2016 | 5 | Text | Difficulty in dendrodating elm and efforts to develop elm dating. |
Carpentry Repairs to Old Buildings by Rick Lewis | Gosling, Jane | Report of Talk | 54 | 2016 | 6 | Text and photos | Rescuing buildings beyond hope |
The Round Tower Churches of East Anglia by Stuart Bowell | Rose, Nick | Report of Talk | 54 | 2016 | 9 | Illustrated text | |
Windows to the Outside World 1300-1700 by Timothy Easton and Edward Martin | Moore, Christopher | Report of Talk | 54 | 2016 | 10 | Text, photos, drawings | Windows and viewing places |
AGM and visit Clare Priory | Martin, Edward | Report of Visit | 54 | 2016 | 14 | Text and photos | Clare Priory founded 1248 - first house of the Order of Augustinian Friars. |
Wiston Hall and St. Mary's Church | Martin, Edward | Report of Visit | 54 | 2016 | 16 | Text and photos | Wiston Hall (1791) by Sir John Soane. Church wall paintings from 1250-75 |
Letheringham Lodge : Current understanding of the architecture of a unique building | Martin, Edward and Aitkens,Philip | Report of Visit | 54 | 2016 | 19 | Text, photos and drawing | Thought to be a viewing lodge built 1472-5 |
Barn at Letheringham Hall | Aitkens, Philip | Report of Visit | 54 | 2016 | 20 | Text, photos and drawings | |
Scribed Barns at Letheringham and Van Diemen's Land: A Parellel World | Easton, Timothy | Article | 54 | 2016 | 23 | Illustrated text | Detailed description of apotropaic marks, where found and what they may mean. |
Visits to Bradleys and Thurlows | Edward Martin, Leigh Alston and Angela Sills | Report of Visit | 55 | 2017 | Text, photos and drawing | Also includes visit to Withersfield Hall Barn | |
Decorative Finishes to Historic Buildings | Report on Day school | Philip Aitkens talk-'Wallpapers' in Eavesdropper No56 | |||||
Decorative Use of Brick since the Twelfth Century | Peter Minter | Report on Day School | 55 | 2017 | Text and photos | ||
Glitter and Display on Buildings from the Early Modern Period to the Regency | Dr Ian Bristow | Report on Day School | 55 | 2017 | Text and photos | ||
Design and Transmission of Decorative Plasterwork in 16th and 17th Century Suffolk | Clare Gapper | Report on Day School | 55 | 2017 | Text and photos | ||
A Display of heraldry | Edward Martin | Report on Day School | 55 | 2017 | Text and photos | ||
Conservation Engineering: Why Historic Buildings Stand | Edward Martin | Report on Talks | 55 | 2017 | Text | ||
The Vernacular language of Buildings | James Ayres | Article | 55 | 2017 | |||
Chasing Dragons: The Restoration of Kew's Great Pagoda | Lee Prosser | Christmas Talk | 56 | 2017 | Text | ||
Suffolk's Earth Buildings | Mike McConnell | Report on Talks | 56 | 2017 | Text and photos | ||
Battling for Old Buildings | Douglas Kent | Report on Talks | 56 | 2017 | Text | ||
The Tudor Housing Revolution | John Walker | Report on Talks | 56 | 2017 | Text and photos | ||
Walpole Old Chapel | Nick Rose | AGM and Visit | 56 | 2017 | Text, photos and drawings | ||
Halesworth and The Gothic House | Edward Martin | Report on Visit | 56 | 2017 | Text, photo and plans | ||
Bury St Edmunds Visit | Christopher Moore | Report on Visit | 56 | 2017 | Text and photos | Houses in Whiting St, Hatter St and The Guildhall | |
Flowton Priory, How a Sufffolk building ended up in Hertfordshire | James Bettley | Article | 56 | 2017 | text, photos and drawings | ||
Discovering Georgian Wallpaper in East Anglian Houses | Philip Aitken | Report on Day School Talk | 56 | 2017 | text, photo and drawing | ||
Ricklinghall and Botesdale | Ian McKechnie | Report on Visit | 57 | 2018 | Text and photos | ||
Day looking at Suffolk Mills | Mark Barnard | Report on Visit | 57 | 2018 | Text and photos | ||
The Medieval house and How to Measure it. | John Walker | Report on Day School | 57 | 2018 | Text, photographs & drawings | Looking specifically at Valley farm Flatford | |
The mechanical Properties of Green Oak in Relation to Historic Woodland Management and its use in Timber Framed Buildings | Andrew Moore | Report on Talk | 57 | 2018 | Text | ||
Hertfordshire Vernacular Architecture | Lee Prosser | 57 | 2018 | Text and photographs | Overview of the VAG visit to Hertfordshire | ||
Churchmen as Builders in Medieval Suffolk | Dr John Goodhall | Report on Talk | 57 | 2018 | Text and photographs | ||
Germanic and Anglo Saxon Houses- an Archeological Exploration | Edward Martin | Report on Talk | 57 | 2018 | Text ,photographs and plans | ||
More on Georgian Wallpaper | Bob Kindred | Article | 57 | 2018 | Text | ||
Suffolk Thatch | Stephen Lock | Article | 57 | 2018 | Text and photographs | ||
Old Water Pumps | John McCann | Article | 57 | 2018 | Text andphotographs | ||
Obituary | John McCann | Obituary | 58 | 2018 | Text | ||
A Day at Home in Early Modern England: Material, Culture and Domestic Life 1500-1700 | Tara Hamling & Catherine Richardson | Book Review | 58 | 2018 | Text | ||
Spellbound, Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft | Timothy Easton | Report on Exhibition | 58 | 2018 | Text and photographs | ||
Who Moved my House | Lisa Wall | Report on Talk | 58 | 2018 | Text | ||
Save the Sash | Ian McKechnie | Report on Talk | 58 | 2018 | Text and drawings | ||
AGM at Great Bricett Village Hall followed by a Visit to Great Bricett Church and Hall | Edward Martin and John Walker | Report on Visit | 58 | 2018 | Text, photographs & drawings | ||
Visit to Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex | Ian McKechnie (introduction), Tim Howson (notes on Buildings) | Report on Visit | 58 | 2018 | Text, photographs & drawings | ||
Visit to Hoxne and talks about the history and buildings of the village and on 'Banham' walls | John Walker, Julie Craven and Chris Parkin | Report on Visit | 58 | 2018 | Text, photographs & drawings | ||
John McCann: Some personal memories | Timothy Easton | Article | 58 | 2018 | Text | ||
Cast Iron Fanlights and Window | John McCann | Article | 58 | 2018 | Text and photographs | ||
Moving Ballingdon Hall | Sue Andrews | Article | 58 | 2018 | Text and photographs | ||
59 2019 | 59 | 2019 | |||||
Lavenham day visit | Jane Gosling Ian McKennie | Report | details of houses visited | ||||
I moved your house | William clement smith | Talk | Timber framed house moved from Glemsford to calafornia | ||||
Significance of Historic buildings | Peter riddlington | Talk | Case studies of projects | ||||
C13th & 14th Housing in maldon District essex | Tim Howson | Talk | Study of floor plans and frame construction | ||||
Moated Sites of Suffolk | Edward Martin | Talk | The origins and significance id vSuffolks moated houses | ||||
Old Hadleigh A Building Moved | Sue Andrews | Article | An account and history of two hadleigh buildings moved from historic docs | ||||
Inovations in Lime Plaster Martin brown | Martin Brown | Article | Brief history of the development of historic plasters to modern day | ||||
60 2019 | |||||||
Develpoments in Dedrochronological by Martin Bridge | William wall | Talk | New method based on Isotopic analysis | ||||
Choppins Hall | Ian Mckechnie | Visit | Brief account of visit to raised aisled hall | ||||
Buildings in Ipswich | Jane gosling | Visit | Brief history of early Ipswich and discription of several buildings | ||||
Debenham 40 years on | Timothy easton | visit | Revisit to several houses with up to discriptions and drawings | ||||
Southholt and Worlingworth | Ian Mckechnie | Visit | Brief history of early and discription of several buildings | ||||
Dedrochronological dating Choppins Hill House Coddenham | Dr Martin Bridge | Article | Account of dendro sampling and analysis | ||||
The School House Worlinworth | Geoffrey Robinson | Article | History of the Schoool masters house | ||||
An enimatic Suffolk Barn | Stephen Podd | Article | History and architectural analysis of a barn | ||||
61 2020 | |||||||
Grinling Gibbons A carvers perspective | William wall | Talk | The works of britains most famous carver | ||||
Georgian cottages in Maldon district essex | Tim Howson | Talk | A detailed of the 18th/early19th listed houses | ||||
Rotten Sole Plates | John Davis | Article | Some causes of damp decay in sole plates | ||||
Rotten Sole plates - a response | letter | William Wall | |||||
Dendro date for Hitcham Church Bell Frame | Article | Edward Martin | Results of dendro report and history of the bells | ||||
Oak tree farm Hitcham A Victorian eco house? | Article | Edward Martin | A documented history of the construction of a victorian house | ||||
62 2020 | |||||||
Obituary Michael Munt | Paul Skeet | Obituary | 62 | 2020 | Obituary | ||
Vernacular and Polite | Dr Adam Menuga | Report of Talk | Text and photographs | ||||
Choppins Hall A raised Aisled Hall | Philp Aitkens | Article | Text, photographs & drawings | ||||
Hall Cottage Gosbeck | William Clement Smith, Ian McKechnie | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
Dodds The Transitional House | Kala Nobbs & Mike McConnell | Article | History and analysis of suffolk farmhouse. | ||||
Pollards, badlingham | Mike Frost, Ian McKechnie | Article | Text, photographs & drawings | ||||
Unusual Parget at Hawestead Place | Ian McKechnie | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
Three, Four, Five Suffolk Hunting Lodges and two related Houses | John Walker | Article | Text, photographs & drawings | ||||
Bedfield Hall's Historic decorative Legacy | Timothy easton | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
63 2021 | |||||||
Book Review-Martin Edward Landscape, Social, Eclesiastical Suffolk Clayland Parish | Ian McKechnie | Review | 63 | 2021 | Text and photographs | ||
Book Review-Martin Joanna Gergina Weldon The fearless life of a victorian Clelbrity | Ian McKechnie | Review | Text and photographs | ||||
1292 Building account for Timber Framed Hall House | Val Dudley | Report Zoom Talk | Text and photographs | ||||
How Old is that Windmill | Martin Bridge | Report Zoom Talk | Text and photographs | ||||
Conserving Antartic Heritage | Geoff Cooper | Report Zoom Talk | Text and Maps | ||||
The Orchard Barn Project | William Clement Smith | Report Zoom Talk | Text and photographs | ||||
Suffolk Earths Buildings by Mike McConnell | Nick Rose | Report Zoom Talk | Text and photographs | ||||
A Phoenix in the Wavenley Valley | Rick Lewis | Report Zoom Talk | Text and photographs | ||||
Dodds - A Labour of Llove | Kal Nobbs & Mike McConnell | Article | Text, photographs & drawings | ||||
Laxfield Bells | Lynne Ward | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
Pargeting in Needham Market | Martin O'Shea | Article | Text, photographs & drawings | ||||
64 2022 | |||||||
An Appreciation - David Dymond | Edward Martin | Obituary | Text | ||||
Suffolk Hunting Lodges and two related Houses by John Walker | Nick Hill | Report Zoom Talk | Text, photographs & drawings | ||||
Frams and Farmsteads High Suffolk 1500-1800 by Philip Aitkens | Ian McKechnie | Report Zoom Talk | Text and photographs | ||||
Crucks and Base crucks | Matt Alcock | Text and photographs | text | ||||
Queen Anne Orangery Kensington Palace | Dr Lee Prosser | Article & Report Zoom Talk | Text and photographs | ||||
Pantiles in East Anglia | Edward Martin | Article & Report Zoom Talk | Text, photographs, maps & drawings | ||||
Book Review- The open Timber Roofs of the Middle Ages | Mike McConnell | Review | Text | ||||
Book Review-Great Bricett Manor and Priory | Edward Martin | Review | Text and photographs | ||||
Baythorne Raised Aisled Hall Birdbrook,Essex | John Walker | Article | Text, photographs, maps & drawings | ||||
The Widest Spans by David Cantrell | Nick Hill | Report Zoom Talk | Text & drawings | ||||
Mildenhall Warren Lodge | Ann Mason | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
Unitarian Meeting House Ipswich, Refurbishment | Ian McKechnie | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
65 2022 | 65 | 2022 | |||||
Old Buildings in Clare | Leigh Alston | Report on visit | Text, photographs, & drawings | ||||
North Loestoft Tour by Ivan Bunn & Stefan Ganther | Ian McKechnie | Report on visit | Text, photographs, maps & drawings | ||||
Analysis of Suffolk Building Stones by Tony Redman | Tony Redman | Report Zoom Talk | Text | ||||
Building Renovation with Breathable Materials by Tom Wooley | Mike McConnell | Report Zoom Talk | Text | ||||
Brunelleschi's | Mike McConnell | Book Review | Text | ||||
66 3023 | 66 | 2023 | |||||
Old Buildings Energy Efficency and Sustainability by Douglas Kent | Douglas Kent | Report Zoom Talk | Text and photographs | ||||
Columbine Hall | Sara Whymark | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
Orchard barn House and Frame Project Update | William Clement-Smith | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
Condensation | Mike McConnell | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
67 2023 | 67 | 2023 | |||||
Orchard Barn Ringshall Visit | William Clement-Smith | Report on visit | Text and photographs | ||||
Honey Hall Leavenheath Visit | John Walker | Article | Text, photographs, & drawings | ||||
Underfloor Archaeology at Oxburgh Hall by Anna Forrest | Anna Forrest | Report Zoom Talk | Text, photographs, & drawings | ||||
Lost Buildings of Lowestoft by Ivan Budd | Ivan Budd | Report on visit | Text and photographs | ||||
Flint | Mike McConnell | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
Buildings at Risk by Natalie Drewett | Natalie Drewett | Report Zoom Talk | Text and photographs | ||||
Sutton Hoo Long Ship | William Clement-Smith & Mike McConnell | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
Swifts Manor Preston St Mary | Sara Whymark | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
Norwich Hidden Streets | Mike McConnell | Article | Text and photographs | ||||
Building tade Cobservation Course | Bury Town Trust | Article | Text | ||||
John Blatchly Local Study Centre | Jane Gosling | Grant Update | Text and photographs | ||||
68 2024 | 2024 | ||||||
Woodbridge Tide Mill by John Carrington | John Charrington | Report Zoom Talk | history renovation of mill | ||||
Stealing from the Saracens by Diana Darke | Mike McConnell | Report Zoom Talk | influence of islamic archiectture in eurpoean Gothic | ||||
Suffok's historics Pubs and Inns -The Bull Woodbridge | Kala Nobbs | Article | History of a suffolk Pub | ||||
Minimising the Risk of Fire in Historic Buildings | Mike McConnell | Article | Causes and prevention of fire | ||||
The Fortified Manor House | Francis Woodman | Notice of Zoom talk | Intro to talk | ||||
69 2024 | |||||||
Gipping Chapel AGM | Edward Martin | Article | History and architectual features of Gipping chapel | ||||
Whepstead Visit | Mike McConnell | Article | Notes on Buildings visited | ||||
Half Wealden house in Debenham and its development | John Walker | Zoom talk & Article | Notes on Zoom presentation by J.Walker, Rick Lewis | ||||
Fortified Manor Houses | Dr Francis Woodman | Zoom talk & Article | A talk on the varity and development of Fortified Manor houses | ||||
Nomination of SHBG triumvirate as heritage Champions | Edward Martin | Article | Sucessful nomination of 3 SHBG stalwarts for Heritage award | ||||
Carpentry repairs works at popular Farm Oakley | Rick Lewis | Article | Account of extensive repairs to fir damaged timber frame | ||||
Crofts Family and their Monuments in Little saxham | Hugo smith | Article | History of the crofts family and description of their monuments | ||||
Climate Action | Robyn Pender | Article | How mediaeval residents were comfortable warm in their houses. Some tips | ||||
The Beginning of Progress on wheels | Sara Whymark | Article | The historic railway stations of Suffolk and the development of railways | ||||
Historic Windows- Their development and Conservation | Michaels Munt and McConnell | Article | A look at how windows developed and some repair techniques | ||||
Great War Huts Hawstead | Rick lewis | Advance Notice of Visit | Introduction to a Visit to the War Huts Museum next summer | ||||
70 2024 | |||||||
Pam Walker 1044-2024 | Jane Gosling | Obituary | Obituary of long standing SHBG committee member | ||||
North Essex; Priors Hall,Sibleys,HoleFarm,Bentfieldbury Barn | John Walker | Report and article on visit | Extensive notes and drawings of four Essex timber frame buildings | ||||
Camsey Ash Raised Aisled Hall | J Walker/L Alston/E Martin | Report and article on visit | Notes drawings and photos of C14th Hall now called Abby House | ||||
Christmas Angels at Hampton Court | Lee Prosser | Talk and article | The SHBG illustrated Christmas talk about the Royal Chapel at Hampton Talk | ||||
Suffolk Almshouses 1600- 1834 | Anna Forest | zoom talk and article | The history and architecture of Suffolks Almshouses | ||||
Rediscovering Our forgotten Heritage | Matt Emmett | zoom talk and article | An illustrated account of visits to and eclectic number of Military/Industrial buildings in various stages of decay. | ||||
Restoration of Lavenham Priory | Sara Whymark | Book Review | An account of the complete renovation of a C13th mediaeval house |