The vernacular tradition also includes urban buildings such as these two houses in Stirling dated 1674 (on left) and 1750.

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Needled Roof, Paul Newman’s illustration of this important Orcadian thatching method is part of his wide and on-going study of the Orkney vernacular. His work is regularly published in ‘Vernacular Building’.

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