
Twitter account of Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group. Also on insta /scottish_vernacular_building . Est in 1972. #SVBWG banner photo: Inverey Braemar
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Joined January 2018
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We are very sorry to report that our recent chair, Prof Niall Logan, died on 3 October. #SVBWG is in his debt for the big reboot he gave us. Photo from our work party recording #EastLothian’s #Innerwick corrugated-iron village hall this weekend. @VArchGroup
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For this week's #TowerTuesday, it appears our #VeryFamousTower has been a wee bit further afield! For all the Twitter bragging rights, who can tell us where our #TowerOnTour is this week? It's a cracking wee place and we can highly recommend a visit!
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Russians have destroyed the 300 year old Holy Nativity Church in Beryslav – the only surviving example in Ukraine of 18th-century wooden Cossack religious architecture.
The church was built in 1725 from oak logs, without a single metal nail. It survived wars, empires, and Soviet anti-religious campaigns.
In 1784, the Cossacks transported the church across the Dnipro River from Peryvolochne to Beryslav, where it stood for over two centuries.
On August 1, a Russian drone completely destroyed the shrine. This is the 337th Ukrainian church destroyed or damaged by Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
The destruction of the church is yet another act of cultural genocide and a deliberate attack on Ukrainian shrines.
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Still spaces! New articles are very welcome: please submit through our portal, as below, or message us directly:
Call for submissions! There are still spaces for articles for the 2026 Review of Scottish Culture. Online through Edinburgh University's Diamond system, and attracting a very decent (and international) readership based on its long-standing reputation:
journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc
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Looking forward to this ... hbap.org.uk/online-talk-buil…
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Do you have experience with silica dust exposure? BEFS Associate Member Pvotal Consultancy is seeking views on experiences and the need for CPD on silica dust in the sector. Contribute here: bit.ly/4feZEBn
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We’ve launched a consultation on proposed changes to fees for some services.
Read and respond to the consultation here at the NRS website 👇
bit.ly/ConsultationNRS
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Huge thanks to @SVBWG for organising and hosting a superb VAG Spring Conference! We saw an excellent variety of Scottish buildings ranging from castles to longhouses and enjoyed every minute.
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Culross - what a wonderful place to visit on the final day of the VAG Spring Conference. Vernacular surprises around every corner (even on a rainy day)!
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A castle, a long house, a tin tabernacle and a historic library and chapel - a wonderful variety of buildings for day two of the VAG Spring Conference in Stirling!
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More images from day one of the VAG Spring Conference in Stirling (where Christmas has come early to one shop).
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Great day in Stirling on day one of the VAG Spring Conference, exploring the city and the castle (including the secret bits!).
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Just published in the Georgian Group Journal (2026) - Mylne's Land - Scotland's first modern tenement ? The story of a stone tenement in Leith designed by Robert Mylne (1633-1710), Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland, in 1678.
It survived until 1955.
SVBWG exploring Culross and the origins of building conservation in Scotland, the Little Houses Scheme led by Ian Lindsay (interpreted by his disciple James Simpson) and @N_T_S
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Lamin Kongira correctly used a CO2 extinguisher on the electrical fire.
Now out, the SVBWG journal Vernacular Building 48 covers the rethatch of 12 Lower Ardelve in Lochalsh, other vernacular materials like brick, wanton walls, underground waterwheels and healing stones. Join us!
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Join our archivists for a Maps Festival with @NatLibScot at Causewayside tomorrow.
We nominated this plan from our collection for a “Battle of the Maps”: gardens in Alloa, designed by the Earl of Mar.
Find out more 👉nls.uk/whats-on/map-festival…

ALT A design for improvements to the policies at Alloa drawn by the Earl of Mar, who led the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. Influenced by French taste, Mar drew up an elaborate design for a house with a lake and cascade in the grounds. It included an impressive avenue leading to the house, formal gardens, woodland and walks, as well as a kitchen garden and fruit garden. Horse chestnuts and orange trees were to be planted. The vistas from the garden walks were to historical features like Clackmannan Tower.
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Please RT! As editor of the online 'Review of Scottish Culture', I'd like to invite submissions to the '26 issue. Submissions at: journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc/about…
If you have questions, please feel free to email me directly: [email protected]. Thank you.
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#ThatchThursday - Looking for #WaterReed Supplies?
Our friends at Tay Reed have Water Reed for sale, get in touch with them if you are looking for some UK material.
bit.ly/Tayreed
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New year, new case studies for the North UK Mills Group!
Join us January 20th to hear from Finzean Bucket Mill CIC on the technical challenges and opportunities facing them as they try to bring a unique A-listed Scottish sawmill back to life.
Book now: buff.ly/oSjqHuB
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Repairing or operating a historic mill? Join the discussion at the next North UK Mills Group meeting as we hear from Finzean Bucket Mill CIC on the technical challenges involved in their journey to repair and operate a unique A-listed sawmill.
Book now: buff.ly/oSjqHuB















































