Rare in flinty Norwich, this stone doorway in Colegate is thought to have come from the long-lost Duke of Norfolk's Palace #AdoorableThursday

A contingent of NHBG members attended the VAG winter conference this weekend. Some really fascinating and thought provoking talks. A huge thank to all involved. We’ll be providing a short overview to NHBG members in the next newsletter

Are you researching, or writing about, aspects of vernacular buildings? The VAG offers research and publication grants - find out more at vag.org.uk/grants.htm. Deadline of 28 February each year for research grant applications; no deadline for publication grant applications.

Our next NHBG online winter talk “The Craft Trade of Pargetting: an overview of history and techniques, including recent investigations” by Anna Kettle. We have some spaces available for non-NHBG members. Email [email protected] for a Zoom invite

Boulton&Paul, Norwich, built prefabricated buildings thru'out the country, from chicken coops to chapels.

Today's the final day to apply for a free bursary place at the Vernacular Architecture Group's spring conference in Greater Manchester, 11-15 April 2023. If you know of anyone who might benefit, do let them know! vag.org.uk/conferences.htm Archaeology UoYork IHBC Construction History

Missed some of our winter season of Zoom talks? You can catch up on our YouTube channel. Recent talks include the “The Craft Trade of Pargetting: an overview of history and techniques, including recent investigations” by Anna Kettle m.youtube.com/channel/UCOqBZ…

Great to find this #norfolk #boultonandpaul chapel. Saved and relocated to Food Museum just over the border in Suffolk

Ooh get your self a book bargain!

A huge thank you to Hannah and Ben Nairn who kindly invited NHBG members to view their house for the most recent NHBG summer visit. We were also treated to some lovely refreshments too. A thatched, timber framed property. The main range is mid C16th with a later C17th cross wing.

Looks like there’s some spaces available on this Norfolk &Norwich Archaeological Society trip to Suffolk

Free sessions on researching house history at the Norfolk Heritage centre 👇

Salthouse, Norfolk. norfolkchurches.co.uk/salthouse/salt… 'When we walked up the hill above Salthouse and saw, looking down where we’d been ourselves on the beach waving back – we were here and there and no-place coming and going at once, perceiving the speckled clouds as sleeping seals,

Not long until #HeritageOpenDays. Plenty of historic Norfolk buildings to go and visit!

Calling medieval twitter and buildings boffins! Has anyone encountered this sort of guilloche carved decoration on a late-medieval building? Twisted bands with diamonds in the centres. Revealed during re-rendering of an earlyC15(?) house in Maldon, Essex. Many thanks! VAG

Want to know how to access information on Norfolk's archaeology and historic buildings/landscapes? Join us for our next free talk, 'The Norfolk Historic Environment Record', with Heather Hamilton of Norfolk HES. 📅Tues 1 August ⏰1pm Booking essential: eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-person-th…

We have a new website! nhbg.org.uk