Title & Author:

Building construction in Scotland : some historical & regional aspects.

Publication:

Edinburgh : Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group, 1976.

Description:

71 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
Based on lectures presented at a conference held in Edinburgh on 4th May 1974 and organized jointly by the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and the Dept. of Educational Studies, University of Edinburgh.
Includes bibliographical references.
The organisation of the building industry in Scotland during the 17th century / J.G. Dunbar -- Building -- stone and slate; some regional aspects of Scottish quarrying / I. Fisher -- Some aspects of timber construction in Scotland / G.D. Hay -- Thatch and thatching / A. Fenton -- Some regional variations in building techniques in Angus, Fife and Perthshire / B. Walker -- Building materials and methods of construction, the evidence from the archaeological excavations at Broad Street, Aberdeen / J.S. Dent.

Summary:

The organisation of the building industry in Scotland during the 17th century / J.G. Dunbar -- Building -- stone and slate; some regional aspects of Scottish quarrying / I. Fisher -- Some aspects of timber construction in Scotland / G.D. Hay -- Thatch and thatching / A. Fenton -- Some regional variations in building techniques in Angus, Fife and Perthshire / B. Walker -- Building materials and methods of construction, the evidence from the archaeological excavations at Broad Street, Aberdeen / J.S. Dent.

ISBN:

0950608403
0950508403
9780950508405

Subject:

Building Scotland.
Construction Écosse.
Building.
Scotland.

Added entries:

Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group.
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
University of Edinburgh. Department of Education.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259181
Call No.: BIB 190045
Status: Available