Previous Articles

Newsletters are published annually.

Note that Newsletter Numbers do not correlate with AGM and Conference Numbers.

Exmouth, A la RondeBroadhemburyUffculme, Coldharbour Mill

Newsletter Number – 1
Date – Apr 1986

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – C17 Quay Buildings, Exeter
Author – Chris Henderson

Article -Tavistock Pannier Market
Author – Jo Cox

Article – Charles Fowler’s 1840s Mental Hospital, Exminster
Author – Chris Brooks & Jo Cox

Article – Heritage work by the Manpower Services Commission
Author – David Evans

Article – Devon & Cornwall Master Thatchers’ Association Conference
Author – Jo Cox & James Moir

Newsletter Number – 2
Date – Oct 1986

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – 1840s Newlands Farm, Killerton, Broadclyst
Author – Isabel Richardson

Article – Victorian Defences of Plymouth
Author – David Evans

Article – 1910 ‘Coxen’, Budleigh Salterton
Author – Jo Cox

Article – Report on the Plasterwork Conference
Author – Peter Child

Newsletter Number – 3
Date – Apr 1987

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – Exeter’s Guildhall
Author – Stuart Blaylock

Article – Late medieval Pauls Shop, Germansweek
Author – Jenefer Chesher

Article – The Carpenter/Builder Phillips Family of Woodbury
Author – Ursula Brighouse

Article – Cross House, Bishopsteignton
Author – Jo Cox

Exmouth, A la RondeBroadhemburyBroadhembury, St. Andrew’s

Newsletter Number – 4
Date – Oct 1987

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – Inside Story: implications of listing protection
Author – Jenny Chesher & Veronica Chesher

Article – Bridgeland Street, Bideford
Author – John Thorp

Article – Conversion of Farm Buildings
Author – Jo Cox

Newsletter Number – 5
Date – Apr 1988

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – Old Blundell’s School, Tiverton
Author – Jo Cox

Article – Fortifications of Berry Head
Author – David Evans

Article – John Wills & the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Dartmouth
Author – Chris Brooks & Roger Thorne

Article – Conservation of Holy Trinity Church, Torbryan
Author – Jo Cox & Peter Dare

Newsletter Number – 6
Date – Oct 1988

Articles – Secretary’s Report
Author – Chris Brooks

Articles – Court House, North Molton
Author – Pauline Brain

Articles – Barn Conversions (statistics)
Author – Brian Blakeway, Chris Brooks & Jo Cox

Articles – Sgraffito at Colaton Raleigh & Winkleigh Churches
Author – Chris Brooks & Bruce Induni

Articles – Fortifications & Other Matters
Author – David Evans

Articles – Hallelujah! A New (chapel) Society
Author – Roger Thorne

Holcombe Rogus, All Saints, Richard Bluett monumentUffculme, Coldharbour MillExmouth, A la Ronde

Newsletter Number – 7
Date – Jun 1989

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – DNP New Conversion Policy for Farm Buildings
Author – Freda Wilkinson

Article – Repairs to the Ceiling Paintings at Great Potheridge
Author – Liz Induni

Newsletter Number – 8
Date – Feb 1990

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – Silverton Mill
Author – Isabel Richardson & Su Huxley

Article – Tiverton Transformed
Author – Mark Lewis

Article – Exeter Guildhall: A Conservation Report
Author –  Andrew Lawson

Article – Economic Growth & The Conservation of Historic Buildings in Devon
Author – Chris Brooks

Newsletter Number – 9
Date – Oct 1990

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author -Chris Brooks

Article – Longhouse at Lower Chaddlehanger, Lamerton
Author – John Thorp

Article – Practical Uses of Limewash
Author – Bruce & Liz Induni

Article – Yarde Farm, Malborough
Author – Jo Cox

Article – Buildings at Risk
Author – Jenefer Chesher

DunsfordMortonhampstead, AlmshousesColyton, St Andrew’s

Newsletter Number – 10
Date – Jul 1991

Article – Editorial
Author -Chris Brooks

Article – The Roadford Operation
Author – Brian Blakeway

Article – Review of the Development Control Division, Mid Devon District Council
Author – Mark Lewis

Article – Notes on the Development of the Box Frame Window
Author – Jonathan Flint

Article – Sudden Death in Dartmouth: Obituary for the Methodist Church
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – Sticklepath Farm, Barnstaple
Author – Pauline Brain

Article – Some Aspects of Architectural Conservation in France
Author – Caroline Fay

Article – Cob
Author – Paul Bedford

Article – Request for Information on Pegged Slates in Devin
Author – Jo Cox & John Thorp

Newsletter Number – 11
Date – Feb 1992

Article – Editorial: Chapels Perilous
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – Inserting a Roof Truss into Gotham, Bakers Hill, Tiverton
Author – Mark Lewis

Article – A la Ronde, Exmouth
Author – Hugh Meller

Article – Discovering a C17 Yeoman’s House & Family, Zeal Monachorum
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Request for Assistance: Romanesque Sculpture in Devon
Author – Francis Kelly

Newsletter Number – 12
Date – Mar 1994

Article – Editorial
Author – Su Jarwood

Article – Bare Ruined Choirs: Coming Problems & Devon’s Historic Churches
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – John Betjeman Memorial Award
Author – Su Jarwood & Andrew Lawson

Article – Devon’s Historic Buildings: New Discoveries
Author – Jo Cox

Article – The Demise of Steart Farm, Stoodleigh
Author – Mark Lewis

Article – Puzzles at Potheridge
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Barnstaple Conservation Area Advisory Committee
Author – Pauline Brain

Article – Casework in Practice: Some Thoughts for the DBG
Author – Jeremy Musson

Article – Contents Summary for Newsletter Nos. 1-12
Author – Roger Thorne

Topsham, the Strand, Shell HouseTopsham, the StrandTopsham, the Strand, Shell House

Newsletter Number – 13
Date – Jan 1995

Article – Editorial
Author – Su Jarwood

Article – Devon’s Historic Buildings Need You!
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – Devon & Cornwall Medieval Stained Glass: Information, Please
Author – Chris Brooks and David Evans

Article – Sources in the Devon Record Office for the History of Buildings
Author – Margery Rowe

Article – Ecclesiastical Glebe Terriers as a Source of Building Descriptions
Author – Ann Adams

Article – A Bishops Tawton Wall Monument (Sir Francis Chichester)
Author – Torquil McNeillage

Article – A Part of Bradford That is Forever Black Torrington
Author – Roger Thorne

Article – Dartmouth Methodist Chapel
Author – Caroline Fay

Article – Bideford Quay
Author – Jeremy Sharpe

Article – Marker’s Cottage
Author – Isabel Richardson

Article – Cob Revival: The Work of the Devon Earth Building Association 
Author – Larry Keefe

Article – Help Please! (with a gazetteer of Devon church monuments
Author – Chris Faunch

Newsletter Number – 14
Date – Jan 1996

Article – Editorial
Author – Su Jarwood

Article – A Crediton Perambulation (report on AGM 9 venue)
Author – Chris Brooks

Article – Bee Boles & Other Beekeeping Monuments in Devon
Author – Robert Ogden

Article – Nonconformist Notes & Methodist Musings – 1: Change & Decay
Author – Roger Thorne

Article – A Cob Building: Notes on Renewal
Author – Isabel Richardson

Article – Incised Slabs in Devon
Author – David Cook

Article – The Green Man in Devon
Author – Su Jarwood

Article – Smoking Chambers in Devon: particularly in the South Hams
Author – Robert Waterhouse

Newsletter Number – 15
Date – Apr 1997

Article – Editorial
Author – Jim Cheshire

Article – The Beer Studio: part 1
Author – Jim Cheshire

Article – Chinese Wallpapers at Saltram
Author – Ceri Johnson

Article – A Visit to Rural West Devon (report on AGM 10 venue)
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Glebe Cottage, Shaugh Prior, South West Devon
Author – Robert Waterhouse

Article – Frank Chesher (an obituary)
Author – Michael Laithwaite

Article – Group News (with notes on Conference 11 and AGM 11)
Author – Ann Adams

Topsham, The StrandBideford, Bridgeland StTopsham, the Strand

Newsletter Number – 16
Date – Feb 1998

Article – Secretary’s Report (with reports on Conference 12 & AGM 12)
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Smoking Chambers in Devon: part 2
Author – Robert Waterhouse

Article – Casework 1997
Author – Peter Roseveare

Article – Two Mid-Devon Longhouses
Author – Nat Alcock

Article – Wall Paintings at the Bell Inn, Moretonhampstead
Author – Ann Adams & Jeremy Sharpe

Newsletter Number – 17
Date – Apr 1999

Article – Secretary’s Report (with reports on Conference 13 & AGM 13)
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Casework Notes
Author – Peter Roseveare

Article – Broad Hall, North Tawton
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Country House Squash Courts in Devon
Author – Hugh Meller

Article – Foxhole Farmhouse, Halwill
Author – Jenny Sanders & Ann Adams

Newsletter Number – 18
Date – Jun 2000

Article – Review of 1999 (with reports on Conference 14 & AGM 14
Author – Ann Adams

Article – The (new) Drake Chamber Ceiling at Buckland Abbey
Author – Jane Schofield

Article – Anna Hulbert* (an obituary)
Author – Eddie Sinclair

Article – Protective Charms on Devon Buildings
Author – John Thorp

Article – James Ravilious (an obituary)
Author – Peter Beacham

Great Torrington, South StNorth Tawton, Newland MillBideford, Town Hall

Newsletter Number – 19
Date – Apr 2001

Article – Review of 2000 (with reports on Conference 15 & AGM 15)
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Bowden Farmstead, Buckland-in-the-Moor
Author – Jenny Sanders & John Dallimore

Article – The Inventory of John Ayshford
Author – John Thorp, Jo Cox & Anita Travers

Article – Recent Discoveries at No 21 The Mint, Exeter
Author – Richard Parker

Article – Conservation Plans
Author – Jo Cox

Newsletter Number – 20
Date – Jun 2002

Article – Review of the Year (with reports on Conferences 16 & 17 & AGM 16)
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Professor Chris Brooks (an obituary)
Author – Jo Cox

Article – Aidan Matthews (an obituary)
Author – Stewart Brown

Article – Investigating Devon’s Parish Churches: useful sources
Author – Jo Cox & Anita Travers

Article – An Unusual Carpentry Joint at St Constantine’s, Milton Abbot
Author – Stewart Brown

Newsletter Number – 21
Date – Jul 2003

Article – Review of the Year ( with reports on AGM 17 & Conference 18)
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Notices (exhibition of historic maps, Exeter; DCC thatching leaflet

Article – Poltimore House, near Exeter
Author – Peter Child

Article – Evidence for Shingled Roofs in Devon & Somerset Churches
Author – Stuart Blaylock

Article – Audrey Erskine (obituary notice)

North Tawton, the BurtonEndsleigh GardensEndsleigh, stonework

Newsletter Number – 22
Date – Oct 2004

Article – Review of the Year (with report on AGM 18) 
Author – Ann Adams

Article – School Buildings in Exeter 1800-1939 (history & gazetteer: 37) 
Author – Richard Parker

Newsletter Number – 23
Date –  Aut 2005

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Peter Child

Article – Editor’s Review of 2004
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Hartland
Author – Ann Adams

Article – To Pew or Not to Pew?: A Report on the English Heritage Lydiard Tregoze Conference, June 2005
Author – Stuart Blaylock

Article – Doors at Dartmouth
Author – a reader’s query

Article – Romanesque Sculpture: a request from the Courtauld Institute

Newsletter Number – 24
Date – Sum 2006

Article – Editor’s Report 
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Scantle Slating at Addislade Farmhouse, Dean Prior
Author – Terry Hughes

Article – A Source of Information about Farm Buildings
Author – Jo Cox

Article – The Sidwell Street Methodist Church, Exeter
Author – Roger Thorne & Jo Cox

Endsleigh GardensEndsleigh Walltopping with RillEndsleigh Cobbles

Newsletter Number – 25
Date – Sum 2007

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Peter Child

Article – Newsletter Editor’s Report
Author – Ann Adams

Article – The Origins of Devon Bench Ends
Author – Joanna Mattingly

Article – Painted and Sgraffito Decorated Plaster on Fireplaces
Author – Ann Adams

Article – The Rise and Fall of the Box Pew
Author – Jo Cox

Newsletter  Number – 26

Date – Aut 2008

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Peter Child

Article – Newsletter Editor’s Report
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Medieval Arched Bridges in Devon
Author – Stewart Brown

Article – Bridge Engineering – A Beginner’s Guide
Author – Bill Harvey

Article – Exeter Bridges
Author – Bill Harvey

Article – Exeter schools 1800-1845: An Update
Author – Stuart Blaylock and Richard Parker

Newsletter Number -27
Date – Aut 2009

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Peter Child

Article – Newsletter Editor’s Report
Author – Ann Adams

Article – Whimple Church: the value of Documentary Research to Support
                Understanding an 1845 Restoration
Author – Jo Cox

Article – Parkham Wood House, Brixham
Author – Peter Child

Article – Precursors of the Military Training Simulator at Stonehouse Barracks
Author – David Evans

Article – The Rebirth of the DBG Website
Authors – Caroline Garrett and Peter Marlow

Article – Some Early Photographs of Bradfield Manor From the National
                Monuments Record
Author – Jo Cox

Article – Book Review: West Country Farms. House and estate Surveys
               1598 – 1764
Author – Peter Child

Newsletter Number -28
Date – Sum 2010

Article – Introduction
Author – Peter O. Marlow

Article – Treasurer / Membership Secretary’s Report 2009
Author – Lyn Auty

Article – Devon Medieval Windmill Icons
Author – Martin Watts

Article – Another Post-War Listing
Author – Peter Child

Article – The Rise & Fall of Okehampton Workhouse
Author – Richard K Morriss

Article – The Walronds,  Part I
Author – Jo Cox

Article – Corrugated Iron in Dorset (and a Taster of Devon)
Author – Lizzie Induni

Article – The Bathing House at Elbury Cove, Churston Ferrers
Author – Peggie Upham

Article – The DBG Website: A Report on Latest News and Topical Issues
Author – Peter O. Marlow and Caroline Garrett

Newsletter Number – 29
Date – Summer  2011

Article – Secretary’s Report 2009-2010
Author – Peter Child

Article – Treasurer / Membership Secretary’s Report 2009-2010
Author – Lyn Auty

Article – Ann
Author – Peter Child

Article – Reconstruction Drawings
Author – Richard Parker

Article – Down and Out, Some Lost and Forgotten Devon Country Houses
Author – Hugh Meller

Article – Restoration of Exeter Cathedral 1970-1978
Author – Peter Dare

Article – The Walronds Part 2
Author – Jo Cox

Article – Changing Times for Dartmoor Longhouses
Author – Jenny Sanders

Article – A Tremendous Book
Author – Peter Child

Article – Website Extracts 2010-2011
Author – Peter O. Marlow and Caroline Garrett

Newsletter Number – 30
Date – Summer 2012

Article – Secretary’s Report 2010-2011
Author – Peter Child

Article – Treasurer / Membership Secretary’s Report 2010-2011
Author – Lyn Auty

Article – Organ Cases in Devon
Author – Nigel Browne

Article – High House, East Portlemouth and its 19th Century Ship Graffiti
Author – Robert Waterhouse

Article – An Anglo-Dutch Fireplace in Sidmouth
Author – David Jenkinson

Article – The Victorian Glasshouse and the work of Messenger and Co. in Devon
Author – Caroline Garrett

Article – The Repair of the Corn Ditch at Lower Hookner Farm, Bovey Tracey
Author – Tim Bucknall

Article – The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of a Victorian Cemetery: The Story of Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth
Author – Dr Henry Wills

Article – The Angels of All Saints Church, Plymouth
Author – Peter Marlow

Article – Book Review of Plymouth: Vision of a Modern City by Jeremy Gould
Author – Peter Child

Article – Book Review of A Noble Thing: The National Trust and its Benefactors by Merlin Waterson
Author – Peter Marlow

Article – Book Review of The English Medieval Roof: Crown Post to King Post ed. John Walker
Author – Peter Child

Article – Obituary of Christopher Powell
Author – Martin Watts

Newsletter Number – 31
Date – Summer 2013

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Peter Child
 
Article – Treasurer/Membership Secretary’s Report
Author – Lyn Auty
 
Article – Sand, Sea, and Sermons: A Voyage Around Some Seaside Chapels
Author – Roger Thorne
 
Article – Local Heritage Listing
Author – Mark Stobbs
 
Article – The Anderton House
Author – Caroline Stanford
 
Article – Voysey’s Cottage Hospital at Halwill Junction
Author – Jo Cox
 
Article – A Victorian Timber-framed House Made in Halberton in Tierrra del Fuego
Author – Jo Cox
 
Article – Cobbles in Devon
Author – Peter Marlow
 
Article – Book Review of Robert Furse. A Devon Family Memoir of 1593, ed. Anita Travers
Author – Peter Child
 
Article – Book Review of Devon’s Ancient Bench Ends by Todd Gray
Author – Joanna Mattingly
 
Article – Book Review of Dartmoor’s Alluring Uplands. Transhumance and Pastoral Management in the Middle Ages by Harold Fox, ed. by Matthew Tompkins and  Christopher Dyer
Author – Martin Cherry 

Newsletter Number – 32
Date – Summer 2014

Article – Secretary’s Report
Author – Peter Child
 
Article – Treasurer’s Report
Author – Lyn Auty
 
Article – The Walronds
Author – Jo Cox
 
Article – Plymouth 19th Century Churches
Author – Peter Child
 
Article – Stop Press: St Simon’s, Mount Gould
Author – Peter Child
 
Article – The Sharpham Staircase
Author – Bill Harvey
 
Article – The Origins and Early Years of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society (1837-47)
Author – Martin Cherry
 
Article – The Curious Case of a Hare and a Coney
Author – John R L Thorp
 
Article – A Barn at Cadbury and the Pulley Question
Author – Peter Child
 
Article – Spot the Difference: Stoneman and Bowker
Author – Jo Cox
 
Article – Book Review of ‘Of Sirens and Centaurs: Medieval Sculpture at Exeter Cathedral’
Author – Alex Woodcock