Links
Throughout our research into our house and old buildings in general we have come
across a number of really useful sites, books and organisations. This page contains links
to the websites for these information sources and details of books that we have
found useful.
Web Sites / Organisations
- SPAB - The Society for the Protection of
Ancient Buildings. The SPAB was established in 1877 to protect buildings from the exuberant
and damaging restoration being practiced by Victorian Architects. It provides a wealth of
useful information for owners of old buildings and those working with old buildings. There
are a huge range of pamphlets available and the SPAB also runs courses for home owners
and professionals.
- The Lime Centre - The Lime Centre is based
just outside Winchester. It specialises in providing training courses and information
for people who want to work with the lime renders and mortars that were used in the
construction of old buildings.
- Old House Store - The Old House Store is an
online shop products required by people with old houses. It provides a full range of lime
products, polishes, cast-iron work and building materials not available in your local
branch of B&Q!
- Mike Wye - Mike Wye is a leading
supplier of tradtional building materials. They provide a full range of lime products
and other building conservation related items.
- Period Property - An excellent site
containing information and a discussion forum for people interested in period buildings.
- Building Conservation - Lots
of useful information for people interested in building conservation work.
- Images of England -
A National Heritage website project to create an on-line, searchable, image database of all
375,000 listed buildings in England. I'm a photographer for this project so I have a very
specific interest in it.
Books
- The English Country Cottage, R J Brown
- Discovering Timber Framed Buildings, Richard Harris
- Discovering Cottage Architecture, Christopher Powell
- The English Country Cottage, Sally Griffiths and Brian Harrison
- English Cottage Interiors, Hugh Lander and Peter Rauter
- Fire Grates and Kitchen Ranges, David J Eveleigh
- Houses & Cottages of Britain, R.W. Brunskill
- How Old Is Your House?, Pamela Cunnington
- Period Details Source Book, Judith Miller
- Practical Building Conservation (5 Volumes), John and Nicola Ashurst
- Thatcham 1895-1995, R B Tubb
- Tracing the History of Your House, Nick Barratt
- Vernacular Architecture, R.W. Brunskill
- Do's and Don'ts of House and Cottage Restoration, Hugh Lander
- Thatcham Road Names, Roy Tubb
- Around Thatcham, Peter Allen
- Thatcham over 2000 years, Thatcham Historical Society
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