To purchase
The best way to purchase books from us is direct. Email your book orders and enquiries to books@svbrg.org.ukOr by post to
SVBRG, Yews Farm, East Street, Martock, TA12 6NF
Post and packing is extra, please email for details.
Please make cheques payable to ‘SVBRG’
PUBLICATIONS by SVBRG
To-date, some hundreds of buildings have been recorded and much of the group's work has been published in a Somerset Villages series of books, a project spanning a period of over 30 years. The group has surveyed every pre-1850 house in individual villages, collating their findings together with research on the village’s history, people and tenure.
Each book is A4 format with between 40 and 100 pages full of house surveys listed chronologically, together with drawings of them or, in more recent editions, colour photographs. They give a comprehensive overview of the range of housing to survive in each village.
Somerset Villages series of books
Example of a SVBRG village book
Typical contents of a SVBRG book
Price List (excl. p&p):
- Trent (Sold out)
- Winscombe and Sandford £14 (Members £12.50)
- Alford and Lovington (Sold Out)
- Batcombe £7.50
- Butleigh (Sold Out)
- West and Middle Chinnock £7.00
- Chiselborough £8.25 (Members £4.15)
- Combe St Nicholas £10.00 (Members £8.00)
- Compton Dundon £10.00 (Members £8.00)
- Haselbury Plucknett £8.50 (Members £3.75)
- Long Load (Sold Out)
- Shapwick (Sold Out) (part of a multidisciplinary study with members of Bristol University and King Alfred's College Winchester)
- Stogursey £20.00
The Dovecotes of Historical Somerset
By John and Pamela McCannBooks available from SVBRG on Amazon. It explains very clearly how and why dovecotes were built. It is well illustrated (John was a professional photographer) and gives full descriptions of dovecotes in over 100 parishes.
Do visit the late John McCann's website for futher information.
Traditional Houses of Somerset
Jane Penoyre’s wonderful book, Traditional Houses of Somerset is now available again.
The book has been reprinted and is available to buy from the Somerset Vernacular Building Research Group, of which Jane was a founding and long time member. The book is available for a special price of £14.00 + p&p
Pevsner
There are two updated versions of Pevsner for Somerset that have been re-worked recently, one by group member Julian Orbach.
SVBRG does not hold stocks of these but they are published by Yale Books