Historic England: Traditional Building Materials and Availability
Click here to listen to the talk myself and fellow scholars- Lucy and Amy- recently gave for Historic Englands Technical Tuesday. We looked at traditional materials and there availability.
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Libby Watts
20th September 2021
Plain Glass: A material often overlooked
Glass is often overlooked, however it is important to the character of a building. This is a brief history of plain glazed windows.
Architect
Libby Watts
13th March 2022
The Progression of a Country House
This short piece is aimed at summarising what I have learnt about the progression of country houses from nine country house stays during the SPAB scholarship and further reading on the topic.
Architect
Libby Watts
24th June 2020
The Chiltern Hills: Geology, Landscape, Materials and Vernacular
This article reviews the Chiltern hills, its geology, landscape, local materials and the Chilterns vernacular.
Architect
Libby Watts
3rd March 2022
The Green Man
This article looks at Green Men, their
origin and how they vary in styles across the ages. Whilst on the scholarship I became fascinated with these interesting carvings and wanted to learn more.