the vernacular architecture of peterborough and cambridgeshire

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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