Building in Earth in Late-Medieval England

Author: Dyer, Christopher

Source: Vernacular Architecture, Volume 39, Number 1, 2008 , pp. 63-70(8)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

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Abstract:

The stereotype that medieval earth building was confined to remote regions, and was associated with poverty and backwardness, is examined critically on the basis of written records of 1270-1520. These show that mud walls were built throughout the country, and that their quality and cost varied considerably. People from a wide social range, including prosperous peasants, lived in houses made of mud, and aristocrats surrounded their gardens and yards with earth walls, and used the material for their farm buildings.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1179/174962908X365046

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