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Vernacular Building is the Annual Journal of SVBWG

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Our annual journal is Vernacular Building and there are other site and subject specific publications.

Some publications are free to download below; to check availability of other publications, please contact SVBWG by clicking on the relevant publication, or by using the Contact page.

Vernacular Building

Vernacular Building issues older than 10 years are free to download from the SVBWG website. Vernacular Building 1-39 are available as PDFs. In addition, all of these volumes excluding VB 19 and VB 22 are available as hard copy at a cost of postage and packing only. Vernacular Building 40-48 are available as hard copy. VB 40-46 at cost of postage and packing only (£5.00 within UK). VB 47 and VB 48 for £10.00 each (includes postage and packing with the UK).

If you would like to contribute you can download our Guidance note for authors.

Our journal indices are available below. Please note that these only cover Vernacular Building 1-45 and are therefore not complete; we will update these in due course.

Vernacular Building 48

2025

Vernacular Building 47

2024

Vernacular Building 46

2023

Vernacular Building 45

2022

Vernacular Building 44

2021

Vernacular Building 43

2020

Vernacular Building 42

2019

Vernacular Building 41

2018

Vernacular Building 40

2016

Vernacular Building 39

2015

Vernacular Building 38

2014

Vernacular Building 37

2013

Vernacular Building 36

2012

Vernacular Building 35

2011

Vernacular Building 34

2010

Vernacular Building 33

2009

Vernacular Building 32

2008

Vernacular Building 31

2006

Vernacular Building 30

2006

Vernacular Building 29

2005

Vernacular Building 28

2004

Vernacular Building 27

2003

Vernacular Building 26

2002

Vernacular Building 25

2001

Vernacular Building 24

2000

Vernacular Building 23

1999

Vernacular Building 22

1998

Vernacular Building 21

1997

Vernacular Building 20

1996

Vernacular Building 19

1995

Vernacular Building 18

1994

Vernacular Building 17

1993

Vernacular Building 16

1992

Vernacular Building 15

1991

Vernacular Building 14

1990

Vernacular Building 13

1989

Vernacular Building 12

1988

Vernacular Building 11

1987

Vernacular Building 10

1986

Vernacular Building 9

1985

Vernacular Building 8

1983

Vernacular Building 7

1981

Vernacular Building 6

1980

Vernacular Building 5

1979

Vernacular Building 4

1978

Vernacular Building 1-3

1975

Regional and Thematic Studies

Explore some of our other publications. Please note that of these only the volumes listed here are available (as hard copies only). Rural Architecture in the North Isle of Man; Doocots of Scotland: Highland, Orkney and Shetland; Doocots of Scotland: Lanarkshire; Doocots of Scotland: Moray. It may be possible to supply extracts from those volumes which are unavailable; please use the contact details to make a request.