Rural Architecture in the North of the Isle of Man

Sue Cannell

Published by Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group (SVBWG)

Do you live in a traditional Quarterland farmhouse?
Is your house built in the Uplands or Lowlands or on Intack?

The rich architectural variety of traditional rural dwellings in the north of the Isle of Man has gone largely unrecorded.
Daughter of northside farmers, Sue Cannell's thesis, superbly illustrated both by her own drawings and photographs, some published for the first time with the permission of Manx National Heritage, links the design and evolution of such buildings and their chiollaghyn to the Manx landowning system and materials locally available and queries influences from Ireland and Scotland.
Do you know the Manx for the parts of your house ?
Glossaries are included to allow comparison with the English equivalent.

ABOUT SVBWG
SVBWG was set up in 1972 and provides a focus for all those interested socially and / or professionally in the traditional buildings of Scotland - their general social patterns, specialist building functions, their construction and associated crafts and above all, how and why they have such variety and character throughout Scotland.
Members are invited to attend annual conferences held at different venues, mainly in Scotland, including its Islands, each year. It publishes Vernacular Building, an annual miscellany of articles issued free to members and the reports listed below.

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A5 size; pps 118; illustrations 87

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Other Regional and Thematic Studies

1 Highland Vernacular Building

2 Materials and Traditions in Scottish Building

3 Building Materials of the Scottish Farmstead

4 The Ruins of Craibstone Limekilns, Deskford

5 Harbour Lights

6 Rural Architecture in the North of the Isle of Man

7 The Hearth in Scotland

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