A Talk on Tuesday May 12th 7.30pm

In the Hinton Hall, Tisbury a talk by Dorothy Treasure

"The Vernacular Architecture of Wiltshire "

The landscape in Wiltshire is very rich and varied, with traditional buildings very much reflecting this geographical difference. The grand limestone clothier houses on the band of great Oolite in the north-west of the county are very different from those limestone buildings in the coombes and valleys around Tisbury. This talk will be an introduction to what Wiltshire Buildings Record have had the opportunity to record and observe, and this is reflected in the buildings you will see in this talk. Some references will be made to a variety of Tisbury buildings, of which Wiltshire Buildings Record has had the advantage of visiting.

Dorothy is Wiltshire Buildings Record’s principal buildings historian, with over 30 years’ experience in the study of vernacular buildings. She worked on the National Trust’s Survey of Wessex estates and before that cut her teeth on farmsteads, mills and breweries in North Wiltshire.