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A study to identify how cob buildings in Devon and flint buildings in Norfolk are good examples of how ‘the available materials are the principal dictators of style’ in vernacular architecture.
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A study to identify how cob buildings in Devon and flint buildings in Norfolk are good examples of how 'the available materials are the principal dictators of style' in vernacular architecture.1 Throughout the counties of Great Britain, one can see styles of architecture which are unique to their region and are rarely found outside of it. 'Such buildings, using local techniques and local materials, are said to be in the vernacular and are genuinely indigenous to their soil'.2 The reason for these regional differences is largely due to the geology of the landscape. The availability of different building materials in each region is the foundation of vernacular architecture. Infact Regional buildings cannot be separated from their backgrounds, for to uproot a building style from the environment that created it would be meaningless and it is essential for a true appreciation of vernacular buildings to think of them in their proper physical...
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