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This list contains the name, and author of books that will be helpful in working with buildings.

BOOKS ON PAINTS AND PIGMENTS

The Craftsman’s Handbook: "Il Libro dell’ Arte". Cennino d’Andrea Cennini., Dover Books.

Paint Magic. Jocasta Innes. Winward.

BOOKS ON VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE

Traditional Buildings of Britain, An Introduction to Vernacular Architecture. R. W. Brunskill, Gollancz. 1981.

Illustrated Handbook of Vernacular Architecture, R. W. Brunskill, 1978.

The Pattern of English Building, A. Clifton-Taylor 1972.

Discovering Cottage Architecture, Christopher Powell, Shire Publications. 1984.

The Functional Tradition in Early Industrial Building, J. M. Richards, 1958.

The Development of English Building Construction, C. F. Innocent. 1971.

The English Farmhouse and Cottage, M. W. Barley, 1961.

The English Mediaeval House, Margaret Wood, Dent 1965.

BOOKS ON TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS IN WALES

Home-made Homes. Dwellings of the rural poor in Wales, Eurwyn Wiliam, Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum.

Houses of the Welsh Countryside, Peter Smith, RCAHMW, HMSO 1975.

The Welsh House, Iorweth C. Peate, Bryhon Press 1946.

Welsh Country Workers Housing, 1775-1875, Jeremy Lowe, National Museum of Wales, 1985.

Welsh Long Houses, Four Centuries of farming at Cilwent, Eurwyn Wiliam, National Museum of Wales, 1992

Peasant Architecture in Caernarfonshire, E. Wiliam, transactions of the Caernarfonshire Historical Society, No. 43, 1982.

Yr Aelwyd: The architectural development of the hearth in Wales. Eurwyn Wiliam, Folk Life, 1978.

Old Cottages of Snowdonia, Harold Hughes, Republished 1979 by SNPS

Traditional Farm Buildings in North East Wales, 1550-1900, Eurwyn Wiliam,

Historical Farm Buildings of Wales, Eurwyn Wiliam,

Straw Rope Under thatch in South West Wales: a note. Eurwyn Wiliam, Folk Life vol. 13, 1975, pp. 84-89.

The Cottages of Rural Wales: A cultural challenge, Eurwyn Wiliam, Period Home, vol. 2, no. 3, 1981 pp. 5-9.

The Truth about Cottages. John Woodeforde, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979.

Caernarvonshire, A Survey and Inventory by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales.

BOOKS ON THE CARE OF OLD BUILDINGS

Save the Last of the Magic, Traditional qualities of the West Wales Cottage, Martin Davies, Llandusul 1991.

The House Restorers Guide, Hugh Lander, David & Charles.

The Care of Old Buildings Today, Donald Insall, Architectural Press 1972.

Listed Buildings, The Law and Practice, Roger W. Suddards, Sweet & Maxwell 1982.

Technical Guidance Sheet 001, Lime Mortars, Cadw.

Converting Old Buildings, Alan Johnson, David & Charles.

New Uses For Old Buildings, Sherban Cantacuzino, The Architectural Press.

Reviving Buildings and Communities, A Manual of Renewal, Michael Talbot, David Charles.

Old Stone Buildings, J.A.C. Harrison, David & Charles.

The D-I-Y Guide to Natural Stonework, J.A.C. Harrison, David & Charles.

Mortars Plasters and Renders in Conservation. John Ashurst. Ecclesiastical Architects & Surveyors Assoc.

Practical Building Conservation. Vol. 3. Mortars, Plasters and Renders. John & Nicola Ashurst. Gower Technical Press.

An Introduction to Building Limes, Michael Wingate, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

The Need for Old Buildings To Breathe, Technical Pamphlet No4. Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

OTHER INSPIRING BOOKS

Shelter. Dover Books USA

Illustrated Guide to Shaker Furniture. Robert Meader. Dover.

Places of the Soul. Christopher Day

Hand Made Houses, or the Wood Butchers Art.

Craftsman Homes. Gustav Stickley. Dover

The Pattern Language. Chris Alexander. OUP New York.