\u2018Vernacular architecture\u2019 is the term used to describe traditional types of building,\u00a0 often built by local people, using local\u00a0 materials and having no grand architectural pretensions.\u00a0 Examples are \u2018ordinary people\u2019s\u2019 homes, shops, outbuildings, forges and gates. This type of architecture contrasts with \u2018formal\u2019 architecture \u2013 such as churches, public buildings, grand estates \u2013 which were frequently designed by architects or engineers.<\/p>\n
Vernacular buildings are often undervalued because they do not represent \u2018great architecture\u2019 and because of associations with poverty and a perception that the buildings have become obsolete.<\/p>\n
One of the most vulnerable elements of the built vernacular tradition in County Kilkenny (as elsewhere in Ireland) is the tradition of thatch; another vulnerable element is the traditional stone wall .<\/p>\n
Two surveys of thatch buildings\u00a0 in County Kilkenny were carried out in the 1990\u2019s.\u00a0 Please contact the Heritage Officer <\/a>for further details. \u2018Vernacular architecture\u2019 is the term used to describe traditional types of building,\u00a0 often built by local people, using local\u00a0 materials and having no grand architectural pretensions.\u00a0 Examples are \u2018ordinary people\u2019s\u2019 homes, shops, outbuildings, forges and gates. This type of architecture contrasts with \u2018formal\u2019 architecture \u2013 such as churches, public buildings, grand estates \u2013 which were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[164,162,163],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVernacular styles of architecture and their importance in modern buildings in the countryside is discussed and illustrated in the Kilkenny County Council publication County Kilkenny Rural Design Guide<\/a>.
\nThe following publications give practical advice about conservation and refurbishment of traditional buildings:<\/p>\n\n