About TumblaWiki

Like any history,building histories are subjective. There is a wealth of information available on the web about building and architectural history, but it tends to be written for historians. The Tumbla Wikia and associated Tumbla sites are an attempt to summarise and catalogue this information from the perspective of a homeowner and combine it with the best property and maintenance information to make a living compendium of housing

For instance two people may be interested in acanthus leaf decoration. A historian may write about the acanthus leaf as the primary decorative motif on the Corinthian capitals atop the Parthenon. The same acanthus leaf may decorate a pilaster column next to the front door of Victorian terrace house in Clapham. They are linked, and both tremendously interesting. However, an architectural historian will write about the first and barely give a nod to the second. With Tumbla, its the other way round.

We want you to understand how your home came to be designed the way it is, who lived there in the past, while celebrating it as your family home and helping you maintain and improve it. A Tumbla wiki page should answer your immediate questions, while tempting you to dig a little further. Sometimes this may be onto another Tumbla page, but other times this may be onto one of the wonderful other sources or writers we have found on the web.

There will be lots of other sources that go into any particular subject in a lot more detail, and where possible, we have given links to them and recommended the ones that the Tumbla team believe to be good. We have tried to write about building history in a way that is accessible to the average householder, while giving pointers to those those who want to delve further. The TumblaWiki is an affectionate guide to the houses and homes of the UK.