Revised papers presented in their original form at the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain annual symposium, held 17 May 2008 at the Art Workers' Guild in London.
Introduction. Vernacular studies and British architectural history / Peter Guillery
Pre-Reformation parish churches : a point of view / P.S. Barnwell
Following the geometrical design path from Ely to Jamestown, Virginia / Laurie Smith
The villa : ideal type or vernacular variant? / Elizabeth McKellar
The York retreat, "a vernacular of equality" / Ann-Marie Akehurst
Self-conscious regionalism : Dan Gibson and the arts and crafts house in the Lake District / Esmé Whittaker
Tudoresque vernacular and the self-reliant Englishman / Andrew Ballantyne and Andrew Law
"The hollow victory" of modern architecture and the quest for the vernacular : J.M. Richards and "the functional tradition" / Erdem Erten
A modernist vernacular? The hidden diversity of post-war council housing / Miles Glendinning
Fro4650m longhouse to live/work unit : parallel histories and absent narratives / Frances Holliss.
Built from below : British architecture and the vernacular. ISBN 9780203847701. Published by Routledge in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.