Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021
INDEX OF TREE-RING DATED BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND COUNTY LIST approximately in chronological order, revised to VA51 (2020). © Vernacular Architecture Group 2021 These files may be copied for personal use, but should not be published or further distributed without written permission from the Vernacular Architecture Group. Always access these tables via the VAG website. Unauthorised copies released without prior consent on search engines may be out of date and unreliable. Since 2016 a very small number of construction date ranges from historical sources have been added. These entries are entirely in italics. Before using the index you are recommended to read or print the introduction and guidance, which includes a key to the abbreviations used on the tables
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County – Felling date Placename Address VA ref HE ref Description / keywords NGR Historic range Other refs and later Glouc (1056) Deerhurst Odda’s Chapel (1) Date based on dedication stone now in Ashmolean Museum. Interpretation of SO 869298 primary roof with closely-spaced tiebeams and coupled rafters, king struts and raking struts. Tiebeams removed by Ministry of Works in 1965? Glouc 1111 -41 Gloucester Cathedral 50.95 Re-used timber in Church House roof has empty halvings for bare-faced lap SO 831187 GLCZ/04/19 dovetails. Also see 1134 -66 and 1325 -57. Glouc 1114 -44 Kempley St Mary’s Church 30.99 Oxf Church. Stone. West door. Also see, 1120-1150, 1357 -87 ... SO 670321 AML 36/99 Glouc 1128 -32 Kempley St Mary’s Church 39.133 Oxf Church. Stone. Nave roof: Coupled rafters with upper collar, lower collar, sole SO 670321 AML 36/99 pieces, ashlars. (No tiebeams). Collars connected to each other and the rafters with thin struts. Lap dovetail joints, principals. Refined date of the oldest in situ roof so far identified and dated in Britain. Formerly dated 1120 -1150 (VA 30.99). Glouc 1134 -66 Gloucester Cathedral 50.95 Re-used timber in Abbot’s Chapel roof. Also see 1111 -41 and 1325 -57. SO 831187 GLCZ/04/19 Glouc 1202 -1225 Cirencester St John’s Hospital and 38.109 Notm Re-used timbers in infirmary hall roof of 1436 (qv). SP 215237 Chantry Glouc 1238 + Gloucester Blackfriar’s choir roof 11.34 Fl (2) Uniform scantling coupled rafters, scissor-braces, collar, ashlar pieces, notched lap SO 828184 joints. Rafter braces fixed with iron spikes. Glouc 1245-1247 Siddington Barn 23.44 Sh Barn. Stone. Aisled & base cruck with double tiebeams. Uniform scantling coupled SP 034001 AML 7/92 (3) rafter upper roof, scissor-braces, collar. ‘Collar beam’ in S porch (not in cruck truss – re-used) dated 1241+.Also see 1408 +. Glouc 1230-1269 Gloucester Blackfriar’s Priory 24.47 Sh Uniform scantling coupled rafters, scissor-braces, collar, ashlar pieces, notched lap SO 828184 S range AML 26/93 (4) joints. Glouc 1240-1270 Gloucester Blackfriar’s Priory - Notm East range - Samson post (?), floor and roof timbers grouped into main site SO 828184 CfA 43/2002 sequence. Sole plates, ashlar pieces, uniform scantling coupled rafters, single collars, passing scissor braces. West range Coupled rafters, scissor braces, collar. Brace feet tenoned, brace heads lap-jointed. Glouc 1277 + Withington The Old Rectory 30.92 Notm [Hall?] (Raised) base cruck. Straight braces up to tiebeam, spandrel struts, seatings SP 032157 AML 38/98 on tiebeam for arcade plates, coupled rafters with collars. Glouc 1301 /2 Nibley 371 Badminton Road 50.107 Oxf 3-bay house with raised cruck trusses, saddle apex, ridge purlin. (Inserted hall stack SP 693823 and floor. Plank partition). Gloucs 1307 -15 Brockworth Brockworth Court 45.109 Notm. (Replaces 1285-1310 in VA30.93, making this building early 14thC.) 4-bay base SO 891170 Barn (5) cruck barn, later extended. Arch-braces up to tiebeam. Before post-fire reconstruction, arcade plate trapped by tiebeam, strut and principal, upper side purlins trapped between collars, struts & principals, ridge purlin. (Strengthening timbers added 1556-81). Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021
Glouc 1315 Bisley Daneway Hse., 26.47 Notm Open hall. Arch-braced principals with collars, clasped side purlins, wind braces. SO 941036 Sapperton Louvre. Also see 1674. Glouc 1315 -17 Bristol St Mary Redcliffe 45.117 Oxf Post in ringing chamber in tower. (For bell chamber see 1328 -60). ST 591723 Church Glouc 1327 /8 & Wick Old Manor Farmhouse 50.107 Oxf 2-bay hall. Arch-braced raised crucks. Single tier of side purlins but 2 tiers of wind ST 707724 1330 braces? Also see 1529 /30. Glouc 1340/1 Winterbourne Court Farm Barn 31.92 Oxf Barn. Raised crucks carry arch-braced collars and rise to saddles supporting ridge- ST 641808 1342 plate: purlins tenoned into blades at cross-entry but trenched elsewhere. One shorter truss has a king post on a saddle. AML 46/91 Originally dated 1347 +21 (VA 23.44) Glouc 1325 -57 Gloucester Cathedral 50.95 Abbot’s Chapel roof. Also see 1111 -41 and 1134 -66. SO 831187 GLCZ/04/19 Glouc 1328 -60 Bristol St Mary Redcliffe 45.117 Oxf Post and braces in bell chamber. (For ringing chamber see 1315 -17). Repairs were ST 591723 Church made to the bell chamber, using timber felled 1406 -38. Glouc 1357 -87 Kempley St Mary’s Church 30.99 Oxf Church. Stone. Repairs to nave roof, east gable. Also see, 1114-44, 1120-1150, SO 670321 AML 36/99 1492-1522. Glouc 1370 -88 Bristol St Mary Redcliffe 45.117 Notm Chancel high roof. Cambered tiebeams & 2 tiers of tenoned purlins. ST 591723 Church Glouc 1366 -95 Tredington Manor Farm 34.99 Sh 2-storey box-framed. Tiebeam, ‘queen posts’ [-struts?], clasped purlins. SO 905295 Glouc 1370 -1402 Wootton-under- 25 Long Street 49.138 MB DM ‘... 2 trusses of an early cruck roof ...’ ST 757932 Edge Glouc 1388 Stanley Pontlarge The Cottage 32.77 Oxf Stone. Priest’s house? Three bays. 2 storeys from outset. 2 arch-braced upper SO 999302 crucks (earliest known?): type C saddle apexes. Also retains re-used timbers dated 1490-1500. Glouc 1374 -1410 Tewkesbury Royal Hop Pole Hotel, 38.114 IT Long NW range with crown post roof. [Nick Joyce]. Also see 1409 -43 and 1410 -46. SO 892326 Church St Glouc 1350 -82? Thornbury Porch House 11 48.86 5 bays. Raised cruck trusses [or principals with short feet?] (No tiebeams), tenoned ST 636902 & 1400 Castle St BSPH/17/16 cambered collars, 2 tiers of in-line tenoned purlins, ridge purlin, curved wind braces. Glouc 1407 + Siddington Siddington Barn 23.44 Sh S porch Cruck. For barn see 1245-47. SP034001 Glouc 1408+ Siddington Siddington Barn 23.44 Sh Barn north porch. Also see 1245-47. SP034001 AML 7/92 Glouc 1405 & Tewkesbury 39 & 45 Church Street 46.105 Oxf Rep Long row of renters with continuous front jetty. 2 units were dated – No. 39, 1405 & SO 890325 1408 No 2015/20 1408; No. 45 – 1405. Each single-bay unit has a shop under a solar with internal jetty projecting over open hall to rear. ‘Smoke apron’. Arch-braced tiebeams, raking struts to principals, collars, clasped purlins, curved wind braces. Glouc 1408 /9 & Wotton-under- 42-44 Long St 45.118 Oxf (6) Main range of timber-framed hall house with internal jetty. Tiebeam& collar roof, but ST 756932 1409 /10 Edge with ‘intermediate arch-braced truss over the hall’: 2 tiers of double-tenoned purlins + ridge purlin, tenoned wind-braces. (For rear parlour wing see 1573/74 & for W wing see 1754/55. Glouc 1421 /22 Brookthorpe with Church of St 49.122 Wagon roof over nave – 22 double arch-braced coupled rafter trusses. Cranked SO 833136 Whaddon Margaret, Whaddon GLMX/25/17 collars. Trestle-sawn timber. Glouc 1423 /24 Icomb Icomb Place 47.88 MB DM Manorial. Great Hall roof has principals, 3 tiers of purlins, curved wind braces. SP 211224 Encompassing this fdr, the solar roof of 1409 -41d has rafter couples with curved soulaces, and the north range roof of 1406 -38d includes principals and 3 tiers of side purlins. Glouc 1425 c. Brockworth Brockworth Court 45.109 Notm. Former barn (?), incorporated into large house, contains full cruck trusses with ‘knee- SO 891170 (7) braced collars’ and saddles. (For base cruck barn see 1307-15, for ‘east range’ see 1438, for ‘north range’ see 1444). Glouc 1409 -43 Tewkesbury Royal Hop Pole Hotel, 38.114 DCL Jettied front range of 3 storeys. Also see 1374-1410 and 1410-46. SO 892326 Church St Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021
Glouc 1410 -46 Tewkesbury Royal Hop Pole Hotel, 38.114 DCL ‘Arch-braced range’ (no further information given: arch-braced collars?). Also see SO 892326 Church St 1374 -1410 and 1409 -43. Glouc 1429 Withington The Old Rectory 30.92 Notm Arch-braced collar truss in storeyed wing; two tiers of purlins, curved wind braces. SP 032157 Glouc 1413 -1449 Gloucester 68 Westgate Street 31.122 Sh East frame of building adjoining No. 66 of 1432-48? (qv) SO 830187 ? Glouc 1432 Gloucester New Inn, Northgate 33.79 UoW Inn. Jettied courtyard complex. SO 830180 Street Glouc 1436 Cirencester St John’s Hospital and 38.109 Notm 40 coupled rafter pairs, halved at apex (A-frame). Collars and ashlar pieces are half- SP 215237 Chantry RDR 14/2007 lapped to the rafters. A number of re-used timbers dated 1202 -25 (qv): some timbers felled 1436 are also presumed re-used. LB description claims roof 19thC. Glouc 1435 c. to Tewkesbury Lucia House, Trinity 48.86 2-bay hall house. Walls 3 square panels high. Gabled. Central truss has a collar but SO 893329 1436 /37 Street GLLH/47/16 the rest of the roof was ‘originally common rafter construction without collars’. Gloucs 1438 Brockworth Brockworth Court 45.109 Notm. East (parlour) range. Close studding, jettied, moulded arch-braces, collars. (For base SO 891170 (8) cruck barn see 1307-15, for full cruck range see 1425 c., for ‘north range’ see 1444). Gloucs 1444 Brockworth Brockworth Court 45.109 Notm. North range roof. Stone & close-studding, jettied: principal rafter trusses with collars SO 891170 (9) & 2 tiers of side purlins. Grn. floor ceiling in N range yielded felling date of 1442, & ‘priest hole roof timber dated 1447. (For base cruck barn see 1307-15, for E (parlour) range see 1438, for full cruck range see 1425 c.). Glouc 1445/46 Owlpen Owlpen Manor Barn 48.112 Oxf 5-bay barn with S porch. ‘4 raised cruck trusses with arch-braced collars on ST 800983 projecting spurs’. (For hall block see1514 -38 & 1584/ 1586). Glouc 1432 - Gloucester 66 Westgate Street 31.122 Sh Two-bay 3-storey jettied. Numerous other dates obtained include 1428-64 for attic SO 830187 1448? AML 19/2000 floor: 1424-54 for the roof. Also see 1528-1562? And 1413-1439 for No. 68. Glouc 1445 1449 Winchcombe Winchcombe Abbey 39.122 Notm 9 principal tiebeam and collar trusses. [A single tier of ‘through purlins’ is claimed, SP 025285 House but does this mean ‘bay to bay’ as opposed to threaded?]. Glouc 1452 /3 Twyning St Mary Magdalene 28.142 Sh Bellframe. SO 894360 AML 29/96. Glouc 1441 -66 Kingswood Kingswood Abbey 34.105 Notm Stone. Roof of room over main carriageway has a central arch-braced collar truss, 2 ST 748919 CfA 21/2003 subsidiary trusses with collars. 2 tiers of purlins with curved wind braces. Glouc 1465 /66 West Dean The Old Palace, High 49.123 Re-used timbers in north range, plausibly from an earlier open hall. (For cross-wing SO 602055 St., Bream GLOP/19/17 (1633 -40) and north range (1622-47) see 1637). Glouc 1468 to Northleach with Tudor House, The 51.139 Oxf 3-bay west range with jettied front elevation, ‘tension braces’. Two tiers threaded SP 113145 1470/71 Eastington Green purlins & threaded ridge piece. (For east range see 1480). Glouc 1472 Gloucester The Fleece Hotel, 19 48.111 Oxf Westgate range is of 2 storeys + attics. Jowled posts, clasped purlins. (For main SO 831185 Westgate Street RRS 36/2017 range see 1476 & for undercroft ceiling see 1645). Glouc 1465 -84 Horton Horton Court 49.137 MB DM Courtyard house - Fdr for timbers in W range ceiling. Also see 1482 -1514. ST 766850 Glouc 1474 /5 Tewkesbury 4 Barton Street 40.123 Oxf Rear range. Also see 1485 c. for front range. SO 893327 Glouc 1474/5 Tewkesbury 66 Church St 33.79 UoW Front range. Formerly considered 17thC. Purlins, principals. SO 895326 Glouc 1475 1476 Cirencester Weavers Hall, 4 – 6 46.104 Oxf Almshouse. Stone walls. 4-bay roof. Principal rafter pairs with thin collars, single tier SP 021023 Thomas Street of tenoned purlins, curved wind braces Glouc 1476 Gloucester The Fleece Hotel, 19 48.111 Oxf Main range roof has queen struts and clasped purlins. (For Westgate range see SO 831185 Westgate Street RRS 36/2017 1472 & for undercroft ceiling see 1645). Glouc 1480 Northleach with Tudor House, The 51.139 Oxf East range. 3 bays. Jettied, wide close studding, planted-on casements. Rebated SP 113145 Eastington Green boards between rafters. (For west range see 1470/71). Glouc 1465 -95 Tewkesbury Old Hat Shop, 100 31.114 UoW Front range (in situ?): partial survival in a building of 1664 (qv). SJ 895326 Church Street Glouc 1485 c. Tewkesbury 4 Barton Street 40.123 Oxf Front range. Also see 1474 /5. SO 893327 Glouc 1481 -1491 Frocester St Andrew’s Chapel 16.41 Fl [Nave and chancel. Stone walls. Stone slate roof. Nave roof or ceiling believed to be SO 784032 of 1637. Tree-ring date is from section of wall plate removed in 1974.] Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021
Glouc 1492 c. Horton Horton Court (N.T.) 49.137 MB DM Courtyard house. W range with storied hall and chamber over retains 2 inscribed ST 766850 dates – both 1492. However, f.d.r. for timbers in W range ceiling is 1465 -84, and for W range roof 1461+ & 1482 -1514. Timbers in S range ceiling c. 1487. (Also see 1519). Glouc 1493 Wootton under Old Manse 36.90 Oxf 3 bays, 2 storeys, mainly Georgian but retaining 2 upper cruck trusses. ST 759932 Edge Glouc 1481 -1506 Gloucester Mercer’s Hall, 28.130 Notm Re-used roof, reputedly of a former market hall. N truss has clasped purlins, SO 831186 Mercer’s Lane diminished principals, two collars. Internal trusses have ‘twin’ trenched purlins, diminished principals, one collar. Glouc 1489 -1500 Ashleworth ‘Tithe Barn’ (NT) 33.74 MB Limestone. Documentary evidence 1497. 10-bay queen strut roof. It had been SO 818252 CfA 17/2002 argued that roof later and porches added, but dendrochronology has demonstrated otherwise. Glouc 1495 Kingswood 7 Wotton Rd 36.86 Notm Monastic precinct. Stone, 2 storeys + attic. Principal rafter trusses with single collars, ST 748919 (New Inn House) CfA 62/2004 2 tiers of tenoned purlins in line, with curved wind braces, + ridge piece: feet of principals morticed into transverse beams. Glouc 1495 /96 Wotton-under- The Ancient Ram Inn, 45.118 Notm Stone + 1 framed gable to parlour. Parlour, hall & service bays. Tiebeam & collar ST 760933 Edge Potters Pond (10) trusses: 2 tiers of purlins, tenoned & with soffit spurs + ridge purlin, curved windbraces. Glouc 1489 -1500 Ashleworth ‘Tithe Barn’ (NT) 33.74 MB Barn. Limestone. Documentary evidence 1497. It had been argued that roof later SO 818252 CfA 17/2002 and porches added; dendrochronology demonstrated otherwise. 10-bay tiebeam & collar trusses with queen struts. Glouc 1496 /97 Frampton on The Old House, The MPHE FOS-A 5 bays, 6 cruck trusses. 4 closed trusses: tiebeam, spurs with notched halving, SO 745072 Severn Green (formerly 21.43 collar, packing pieces, single tier of side purlins, ridge purlin, type E apexes. 2-bay Advowson Farm) hall open truss with elbowed blades (black poplar), tenoned arch-braces and collar. Glouc 1492-1522 Kempley St Mary’s Church 30.99 Oxf Dug-out parish chest. SO 670321 AML 36/99 Glouc 1492 -1527 Bristol Bristol Cathedral: 35.90 Notm 12thC gatehouse. Hipped roof with 2 main tiebeam trusses carrying king posts and ST 582726 abbey gatehouse CfA 100/2003 principal rafters. Side purlins and ridge beam. Glouc 1506/7 to Gloucester Folk Museum, 99 & 48.85 3-bay front range of 3 storeys + cellars & attics. 1st & 2nd floors jettied. Close studding SO 828187 1509 c. 101 Westgate St GLWS/18/16 with mid-rail, large wall panels with curved down braces. Roof much altered. For rear wing see 1516. Also see 1626- 54. Glouc 1515 /16, Gloucester Folk Museum, 99 & 48.85 E wall close studded with mid-rail: large wall panels with curved down braces, SO 828187 1516 c. 101 Westgate St GLWS/18/16 passing braces. Principals, raking queen struts. For front range see 1509. Also see 1626-54. Glouc 1486 -1531 Iron Acton Acton Court 23.48 Oxf Re-used timbers from arch-braced roof. Also see 1535 +0 and 1531 -64. ST 676842 Glouc 1517 + Tewkesbury Old Hat Shop, 100 31.114 UoW Tiebeam in rear range. Also see 1465 -95 & 1664. North Range 1517 -49. SJ 895326 Church Street Glouc 1518, 1519 Hewelsfield and Brockweir Inn 51.118 Stone, 2 storeys, 4 bays. Tiebeam and collar trusses, 2 tiers trenched side purlins, SO 539011 Brockweir GLBW/22/19 ridge-purlin. Glouc 1519 Horton Horton Court (N.T.) 49.137 MB DM Courtyard house. East range with 2-storey gallery. Fireplace with Renaissance ST 766850 motifs including the date 1521. (For earlier phases see 1492, and also see 1710). Glouc 1514 -38 Owlpen Owlpen Manor 48.112 Oxf Manorial, stone, 3-storey hall block. This date range is for hall ceiling. (For hall range ST 800983 reconstruction and roof see 1584/ 1586). (For barn see 1445/46). Glouc 1515 -46 Horton Horton Court 49.133 MW Freestanding garden loggia. No roof details. ST 766849 Glouc 1529 /30 Wick Old Manor Farmhouse 50.107 Oxf Floor inserted into hall. (For 2-bay hall see1327 /8 & 1330). ST 707724 Glouc 1534 Bisley-with-Lypiatt Upper Througham 48.112 Oxf Stone farmhouse with main range of 2 storeys + attic. Date is for ground-floor ceiling SO 919080 Farmhouse beams. (For stable see 1796). Glouc 1535 +0 Iron Acton Acton Court 21.46 East range phase 1: no roof details. Also see 1575/6. ST 676842 Glouc 1535 -40 Blockley Porch House, 40.123 Oxf Smoke-blackened hall trusses. Tiebeam & collar, queen struts, 2 tiers of trenched SP 165350 St George’s Terrace purlins, thin curved wind braces. Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021
Glouc 1528 -1553 Gloucester Blackfriar’s Priory - Notm N cloister gallery roof trusses; tiebeam & collar, raked struts, clasped purlins, SO 830186 CfA 43/2002 reduced principals. Glouc 1540 -41 Gloucester Mercer’s Hall 28.130 Notm Re-assembled tiebeam & collar roof. Gable truss with 2 tiers of clasped purlins dated SO 831186 1540-41 but internal trusses with trenched purlins dated c.1491. Glouc 1528-1562 Gloucester 66 Westgate Street 31.122 Sh Front elevation of attic on bldg otherwise of 1432 -1448? (qv).1413-1439 for No. 68. SO 830187 ? AML 19/2000 Glouc 1531 -64 Iron Acton Acton Court 23.48 Oxf North range. ST 676842 Glouc 1559 /60 Iron Acton Algar’s Manor 40.123 Oxf Stone. Tiebeam & collar trusses, principals, 2 tiers of tenoned purlins. Ceiling joists ST 676831 (11) inserted into hall. Glouc 1550 -85 Frampton-on- Manor Farm Barn - Notm Barn porch. Gabled. Small square panel wall frames and gables, no braces. Arch- SO 748080 Severn AML 57/1999 braced tiebeams, curved struts from ties to principals, collars. 2 tiers of tenoned side purlins, ridge purlin, 2 tiers of curved wind-braces. Glouc 1570 (h/s) Lydney Naas House 30.92 Notm North range roof late 16thC / early 17thC, has hexagonal turret with ogee-roofed SO 648071 cupola. Also see 1578-1603. Glouc 1559 -84 Lydney Naas House 30.92 Notm Staircase. Also see 1570 (h/s) and 1578 - 1603. SO 648071 Glouc 1573 ?74 Wotton-under- 42-44 Long St 45.118 Oxf (12) Rear wing: roof is a rebuild, not an addition. (For main range see 1409 /10, for W ST756932 Edge wing see 1754/55). Glouc 1579 Bristol Red Lodge, Park Row 40.118 DCL Beams and joists provided confirmation of date of panelled room – part of Bristol City ST 584731 Museum. Also see 1704. Glouc 1576 Iron Acton Acton Court 21.46 Staircase tower: solid treads. Also see 1535 ST 676842 1575 /76+0 Glouc 1586 Gloucester 26 Westgate St 33.107 Notm Three storeys. Close studded. Jettied. Gable dormers. Bays 6-8 employed timber SO 831187 (13) AML 43/98 felled 1586-7; timbers from the stair turret dated 1583/4 and 1587 were probably of the same phase. Also see 1615 -22. Glouc 1584 & Owlpen Owlpen Manor 48.112 Oxf Manorial, stone. 3-storey hall block; hall range reconstruction and roof. (A re-used ST 800983 1586 collar in hall range roof 1541d). (For hall ceiling see 1514 -38). Glouc 1586/7 Gloucester 26 Westgate St 33.107 Notm Complex phasing proposed on typological grounds is put into question by numerous SO 831187 tree-ring dates. No roof details. (Later phases include 1616 1616/17 1615-22). Glouc 1592 St Briavel’s St Briavel’s Castle 33.107 Notm Chapel & solar re-roofed. Also see 1637 -46. SU 559046 Glouc 1593-4 Deerhurst Odda’s Chapel 33.75 MB Domestic extension over chancel. Floorbeam 1591. SO 869298 CfA114/2001 Glouc 1578-1603 Lydney Naas House 30.92 Notm Close studding: (mid-rails?). Tiebeam and collar trusses. In exceptional truss A, SO 648071 AML 36/98 principals rise from diagonal braces set across post-heads. RCHME NBR 96174 Glouc 1607 /08 i Yate Goosegreen 50.89 Swan 009 Farmhouse with contemporary wall paintings. ST 711838 Farmhouse Glouc 1597 -1632 Aldsworth Lodge Park 26.47 Notm Roof replaced. SP 146123 Glouc 1615 -22 Gloucester 26 Westgate 33.107 Notm Westgate Street frontage added to structure with timbers felled 1586 -7 (qv). The SO 831187 (14) AML 43/98 Maverdine Lane façade employed timbers felled 1615-22. Jettied. Close-studded with mid-rails. Each bay has close-studded gables. Glouc 1628 Blakeney Swan House 40.122 Oxf Originally fully timber-framed. Highly unconventional roof. SO 672070 1628 /9 Glouc 1632 c. Hewelsfield and Gen Wye 51.118 Stone. 4-bay lateral chimney house. Tiebeam and collar trusses, 2 tiers trenched SO 539011 Brockweir NP/GW/35/19 side purlins. Glouc 1633 -40 & West Dean The Old Palace, High 49.123 Timbers in cross-wing 1633 -40 and in north range 1622-47 consistent with date of SO 602055 1622 -47 St., Bream GLOP/19/17 1637 carved on fireplace. Tiebeam and collar roof trusses, trenched purlins, ridge purlins. (Also see 1465 /66). Glouc 1622 -54 Huntley Tuns Farm House 44.86 Farmhouse. 2 bays. Timber-framed. Roof and 1st-floor timbers are replacements. SO 717214 GLTF/19/12 Glouc 1639 Wotton-under- Victoria Cottages, The 50.95 Ex-situ lintel, ST 760933 Edge Cloud GLVC/29/18 Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021
Glouc 1626-54 Gloucester Folk Museum, 103 48.85 3 storeys, 2 bays, end chimneys. Now brick & stone, but 2nd floor timber framed, SO 828187 Westgate St GLWS/18/16 jettied. Small square panels, straight braces. Raking queen struts, straight wind braces, in-line tenoned purlins. Also see 1509 and 1516. Glouc 1637-46 Saint Briavel’s Saint Briavel’s Castle 33.107 Notm Re-used timbers used to re-roof gatehouse west tower. Sole-plates once thought SU 559046 AML 42/99 primary to walls of c.1293 had a felling date range of 1516-66. Also see 1592. Glouc 1645 Gloucester The Fleece Hotel, 19 48.111 Oxf This date is for undercroft ceiling. (For Westgate range see 1472 and for main range SO 831185 Westgate Street RRS 36/2017 see 1476). Glouc 1654 /5 Tewkesbury 5 Barton Street 39.133 Oxf Now brick, cellar, 3 storeys + attic. Originally 2 storeys and box-framed. SO 893327 Glouc 1664 Tewkesbury Old Hat Shop, 31.114 UoW Date on doorway lintel is 1664. See 1465 -95. SJ 895326 100 Church Street Glouc 1674 Bisley Daneway House, 26.47 Notm Tower Wing: addition to house of c. 1315 (qv) SO 941036 Sapperton Glouc 1681 Abenhall Gunns Mills 33.106 Notm Iron furnace site. SO 675159 Glouc 1685 Winterbourne Frenchay Chapel 37.119 Oxf Early non-conformist chapel. Edge of common. Square on plan. Double hipped roof. ST 640776 1691/2 Glouc 1699 Dyrham Dyrham Park 47.88 MB DM Roof over ‘Old Hall’. Compatible with this, the roof with truncated principals over the ST 741757 ‘Colonel’s Bedroom’ has an fdr of 1682-1714. Glouc 1704 Bristol Red Lodge, Park Row 40.118 DCL New roof over Elizabethan building – see 1579. ST 584731 Glouc 1709 & Horton Horton Court (N.T.) 49.137 MB DM Courtyard house. Alterations to S range. (For earlier phases see 1492 and 1521). ST 766850 1710 Glouc 1713 & Newent Baldwins Oak 45.101 2½ bay front range with end chimneys, gabled. Queen struts, 2 tiers of staggered SO 712289 1714 /15 trenched purlins. ½-bay with dropped tiebeams. 2-bay rear range has small square panel wall-frame. Glouc c.1730 Aldsworth Lodge Park 26.47 Notm Lodge reconstruction work. SP 146123 Glouc 1729 /30 Gloucester Church of St John 49.123 Nave roof of queen strut construction with in-line tenoned purlins and straight braces. SO 832186 Northgate GLJX/26/17 Gloucs 1735 & Aldsworth Aldstead & Manor 45.101 Barn. 3-bay SW range & 7 bay NE range. Limestone walls, ‘stone slate’ roof. SP 154099 1735/36 Barn GLMB/09/13 Tiebeams, queen struts & raked struts up to principals, 3 tiers of in-line tenoned purlins. Glouc 1754 /55 Wotton-under- 42-44 Long Street 45.118 Oxf (15) 1st bay of older house reconstructed as W wing. (For main range see 1409 /10). ST 756932 Edge Glouc 1765 /66 Bibury Tump Hill 51.118 Barn, stone, gabled, 6 bays.5 tiebeam and collar trusses, 2 tiers in-line tenoned SP 109068 1766 GLTH/23/19 purlins + ridge board. Glouc 1779 Naunton Summerhill Barn 50.95 Stone-walled, gabled, 5-bay threshing barn. Tiebeam and collar roof, 2 tiers SP 121246 GLSB/07/18 staggered tenoned purlins, ridge beam. Glouc 1796 Bisley-with-Lypiatt Upper Througham 48.112 Oxf Ex-situ timber from stable. (For farmhouse ceiling beams see 1534). SO 918079 Farmhouse Glouc 1792c., Kingswood Chase Lane Farm 50.95 Barn, stone, 3-bay E. range. Dropped tiebeam, interrupted tiebeam, principals, ST 736889 1815 Barn, Wickwar GLCL/09/18 threaded purlins, ridge purlin. For west range see 1829. Glouc 1815/16, Kingswood Chase Lane Farm 50.95 Single-storey 3-bay W. range of barn. Tiebeams, collars, threaded purlins, ridge ST 736889 1829 Barn, Wickwar GLCL/09/18 purlin, straight wind braces. For east range see 1815.
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