Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

INDEX OF TREE-RING DATED BUILDINGS IN 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 © Vernacular Architecture Group 2021 These files may be copied for personal use, but should not be published or further distributed without written permission from the Vernacular Architecture Group.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 Unauthorised copies released without prior consent on search engines may be out of date and unreliable.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.

WARWICKSHIRE Includes several places subsumed into the (now defunct) Metropolitan.

County – Felling date Placename Address VA ref Description / keywords NGR Historic range HE ref and later Other refs Warks 1194 /95 Burmington Burmington Manor 45.118 Oxf (1) (This date supersedes 1159+ in VA 24.49 and 1208-1215 in VA24.49). Manorial. SP 263379 Stone, aisled. Open hall with in-line service end? Timber arcade posts (central arcade posts in 2 parts). Stiff-leaf foliage and trumpet scallops. Arcade braces formed round arches. Passing braces from arcade posts cross tiebeams and collars and extend to rafters. Numerous early carpentry techniques. (Re-used timbers employed in repairs include a rafter, felled 1446, and a beam, fdr 1500 -23). N Cooper suggested aisles had side gables. Warks 1176 -1221 Temple Balsall Knights Templar Hall 24.49 MB (2) Aisled hall. Originally parallel (paired?) rafters redundant single-sided dovetails on SP 207759 arcade plates so intermediate truss tiebeam. Upstands, strainer beams. Through- splayed and tabled scarfs. Notched halvings. Coupled rafters have high collars with short queen struts. Common rafter brace in plane of roof. This supersedes date range of 1260-1270 in VA15, 69. Warks 1208 -1215 Burmington Burmington Manor 24.49 MB (3) Manorial. Stone but aisled with timber arcade posts. Arcade braces formed round SP 263379 arches. 10 re-used rafters from roof which had coupled rafters, collar, passing braces. N Cooper suggested aisles had side gables. Cited in VA 24.49 as 1159+, but Nottingham procured date range of 1208-15 (NBR file 60167). Warks 1264 21 High St 44.101 Oxf (4) 2-bay open hall. Elbowed base cruck truss with straight upper section. Arcade plate SP 089574 trapped between blade & single arch-braced cranked tiebeam. Mortice for tenoned windbrace. Coupled rafter upper roof. Warks 1300 - 05 Hampton in Walford Hall Farm 47.81 Notm Re-used timber (now a tiebeam). (For hall range see 1471-81 and for wing see 1657). SP 186803 Arden Warks 1313 -41 Old Manor House MPHE CUB-A Stone. 2-bay hall + cross-passage. In open base cruck truss, arch-braced cranked SP 344682 double tiebeams clamp arcade plates, slip tenons, crown post, saltire braces. Aisled spere truss arcade posts are jowled, arch-braced tiebeam, crown post with 4-way up- braces. Collar plate. Warks 1300 -1330 Mancetter Mancetter Manor Documentary (5) Base cruck truss across 2-bay hall. Cusped braces to blades and heavily-cranked SP 320966 tiebeam Which traps the arcade plates and which also has 2 planks attached, forming a chevron. Apex of tiebeam carries collar purlin directly; coupled rafters, collars. Aisled spere truss. Contemporary wing with crown-post roof. Warks 1339 -40 Long Marston Hopkins, Wyre Lane MPHE LNG-M 2-bay open hall. Base cruck hall with spere truss & another aisled end truss. Arcade SP 155486 23.58 plates with trait-de-Jupiter scarfs, dragon ties, arch-braced tiebeam, 4-way braced crown post, rafter couples with tenoned collars & halved apexes. Louvre. Warks 1331 1342 Polesworth Polesworth Abbey 38.113 Notm . Stone to ground floor, box-framed above. Single-aisled. Crown post roof. SK 262025 Gatehouse (6) (The felling date for timbers in the annex is 1582 qv). Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Warks 1345 Henley in Arden Heritage Centre 33.87 Oxf (7) Shop? Two-bay wing originally with large panel wall frames. Crown post roof: dragon SP 150658 ties. (The wall framing was infilled with close studding using timber felled between 1436/7 and 1440. Hall range 1451 qv). Warks 1351 1339 - Alcester Church House, 17 43.93 Notm Truss 2 (1351) has tiebeam, principals, cambered collar, queen struts, clasped purlins, SP 086574 64 Butter St wind braces; detached kitchen? Truss 1 (1339-64) – rear gable of wing to a separate building – retains corner post, central post, studs, rails, tiebeam. Warks 1353 -85 Moor Hall 45.104 3-bay open hall house: cusped wall braces, 1 crown post survives. SP 087537 BAMH/02/13 Warks 1372 i 4, Old School Lane, 50.90 Swan 010 Cruck range. (For wing see 1522-55, VA48.115) SP 164579 MPHE X-WIL Warks 1384 -85 Haselor Cruck Cottage, MPHE WAL-A Originally a 2-bay hall, inner room (& service bay?) Large rectangular panels with mid SP 125581 Walcote rail, intact primary window & doorway? Open cruck truss T3 has arch-braced tenoned collar & saddle. T2 has curved blades, cambered collar with dovetail halving. Warks 1383 -1408 Holywell Farm MPHE ROW-A 2-bay open hall + solar bay (& possibly originally a service end). Open truss T3 has SP 197664 arch-braced collar tenoned into blades. Closed cruck truss T2 includes tiebeam, cruck spurs, ½-lapped lower collar, upper collar lapped across blades & packing pieces, lapped yoke. Trenched side purlins, ridge purlin, wind braces. Warks 1391 -1404 169 Spon Street 11.34 Fl Timber-framed: small hall. Large panels, curved down-braces. Arch-braced tiebeams, SP 328791 crown posts. Warks 1398 /99 Water Orton The Chestnuts, MPHE WOR-A Phase 1 two-bay hall range. Open cruck truss has arch-braces with joggled halvings, SP 176913 Church Lane 22.46 dovetail-lapped collar, saddle & short king post. Trenched side purlins, wind braces, ridge plate. (For west wing see 1415-53 & for east wing see 1579 /80). Warks 1400 Erdington The Lad in the Lane, MPHE ERD-A Hall range with cruck trusses. Open truss T3 is arch-braced, but with a low tiebeam / SP 112907 (WMid) Bromfield Lane 38.124 Oxf mantel beam & octagonal central strut up to collar. (For wing see 1456 -61. Lower end of hall altered 1591 -1621 qv). Warks 1405 /06 to Ufton 1-2 Ufton Fields 43.99 Notm (8) 3-bay cruck-framed house with 2-bay hall, all originally open. Walls originally timber, SP 377618 1406 /07 now stone, thatched. Arch-braced open cruck truss with joggled halving, packing pieces, trenched side purlins, square-set ridge beam on saddle apex. For inserted floor see 1588/9. Warks 1409 + Stretton-on- Manor Farm MPHE SOF-A Walls now stone but original a tfb? Open cruck truss T2 includes ½-dovetail lapped SP 222382 Fosse spurs, arch-braced collar, crown strut & 2 raked struts, saddle carries ridge plate. Packing pieces, 2 tiers of trenched side purlins, 2 tiers of windbraces. (Stone chimney stack inscribed 1589 & 1765 inscribed in wing. Warks 1398 -1417 Alcester 19 Henley St MPHE ALC-A Open hall. Cruck. Apex type L2 SU521904 20.45 Notm Warks 1413 /14 Bishop’s The Leopard MPHE BIT-A Cruck. 4 bays inc. 2-bay open hall, 2 smoke louvre positions. Short crude blades, SP 314615 Tachbrook saddle, apex type C. T2 - mantel beam (removed), intersecting ogee braces, tenoned spurs, packing pieces, 2 tiers trenched side purlins + ridge plate, wind braces. Type C apexes. Warks 1414 -15 Coventry Lychgate Cottages, 30.104 Oxf Box-framed. Close studded. Jettied. SP 334790 Priory Row Warks 1418 /19 24 & 26 Rd MPHE SOU-A 2-bay open hall, upper end wing possibly contemporary. Closed cruck truss T1 SP 414615 includes tiebeam, collar, saddle, short king post, packing pieces. T2 & T3 include arch- braced collars & saddles. Side purlins, windbraces, ridge plate. Warks 1419 /20 i Loxley Loxley Farm 50.90 Swan 027 Smoke-blackened hall house with cross-passage. Originally 4 bays, 3 true cruck SP 256530 MPHE LOX-A trusses survive. Cruck spurs, tiebeams … T2 & T5 have short king posts on saddles (type F1). Warks 1420 Wolston Bretford, Oakdene 43.99 Oxf (Fire-damaged) roof of hall range – tiebeams, principals connected by saddles, ridge SP 429772 plate, trenched purlins, windbraces. (Dendro date range of extension 1399-1431. For wing see 1470 /71). Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Warks 1424 Sutton Coldfield New Shipton Farm, 27.96 Oxf Barn. Cruck variant of type V apex 2 type C 2 type F face-lapped arch-braces. The SP 279551 (WMid) Walmley collar at the hip end has ‘blades tenoned into underside in the base cruck tradition’ [a wide, low saddle?]. Warks 1417 /18 Stratford-upon- Guildhall, (Grammar 48.100 Notm Documentary ref. to ’new’ guildhall in 1417 /18. Felling date range 1410 -35. Guildhall SP 200547 Avon School), Church St RRS 68/2006 and 22 almshouses. 2 storeys, storey-high close studding, continuous jetties. 2 tiebeam and double collar trusses with struts. 2 trusses include 5 struts up to collar and 3 above. South range roof has queen struts, clasped purlins. For Pedagogue’s House see 1502. Single-bay building between guildhall and almshouses 1425d. Warks 1430 2 School Road MPHE WEL-A 2-bay hall + chamber bay. Walls 2 panels high, mid rails. Cruck truss T2 has curved SP 279554 20.45 Notm blades, tiebeams extending to wall plate, collar halved across blade & packing piece, saddle. Single tier trenched side purlins, short king post. Apexes F1 & C. Warks 1433 Henley in Arden Heritage Centre 33.87 Oxf South bays. Felling date of timber in bays at south end of hall range of 1451 (qv). Also SP 150658 see 1465 -71. Warks 1433 /34 Clifford The Old Rectory 35.101 Oxf Rectory. Box-framed. Close studding. Spere truss. Hall truss is arch-braced post & SP 198521 Chambers rafter. Contemporary jettied wings with abutting heavy joists. Warks 1415 -53 Water Orton The Chestnuts, MPHE WOR-A Phase 2 west wing. Tall rectangular wall panels, mid rail, curved up-braces. Tiebeam, SP 176913 radiocarbon Church Lane 22.46 queen struts, cambered collar, clasped purlins. Butted joists form solid first floor. (For phase 1 hall range see 1398 /99 & for phase 3 east wing see 1579 /80). Warks 1423 -46 Nether Whitacre Church End Farm MPHE NWH-A Re- used timbers from cruck-framed building. Halved joints with skew pegging. For SP233930 radiocarbon possible reconstruction see VA40, 96-102. Warks 1422 -1460 Coventry St Mary’s Guildhall 28.146 Sh Hall range. No roof details given. SP 337790 AML 12/95. Warks / 1442 -44 Sutton Coldfield The Smithy, 70 MPHE SUT-A Open cruck truss T2 had arch-braced collar, retains cruck spurs, packing pieces, SP 118953 WMid Birmingham Rd saddle: single tier side purlins, ridge plate Warks 1444 /45 Alcester 3 Butter St 35.77 (9) Large panel wall frames. Tiebeam and collar, queen struts, yoke, king strut. Single bay SP 090575 ALBH/22/03 hall, louvre. Tenoned purlins, ridge purlin. Warks 1449 Sawbridge Red Roofs 26.49 Notm Arch-braced post-and-rafter central truss. SP 504655 Farmhouse Warks 1446 /47 Tanworth in Old Bell Cottages 31.98 Oxf (10) Wealden. Clasped purlins, reduced principals. (Also see 1560/61). SP 114706 1448 /49 Arden Warks 1451 Henley in Arden Heritage Centre 33.87 Oxf Hall range. Two-bay hall with primary upper floor in one bay. Clasped purlins. (Also SP 150658 see 1345, 1433 and 1465 -71). Warks 1444 -57 Stoneleigh Skep Cottage, 3, MPHE STO-B 1½ storeys, thatched, gabled. 1-bay open hall + chamber bay. Truss T2 has ogee- SP 329728 Birmingham Rd curved cruck blades, tiebeam extends to wall plates, collar extends to carry side purlins, packing pieces, saddle, ridge plate. Warks 1450 -56 Oxhill The Old Post Office MPHE OXH-A Stone walls, 4 bays, 2-bay open hall with cross entry. Open truss T2 has arch-braced SP 315459 20.45 Notm collar, king strut rises to composite saddle & braced to ridge plate. Truss T3 closed, tenoned tiebeam, halved collars, lap-dovetail spurs, packing pieces, deep saddle (type C apex). Warks 1454 Coventry 119-123 Upper Spon 30.104 Oxf Box-framed. Tiebeam & collar, queen struts, clasped purlins. Internal jetties. SP 325790 1454 /55 St Warks 1456 c. Coleshill 95 High St 43.92 Notm 2-bay wing. Arch-braced collar open truss. Ogee moulding on extended jowl continues SP 200891 RDRS 112/2011 up lower arch-brace, secured to principals by chase tenon and slip tenon. V-struts (11) above collar. Side purlins threaded across junction between arch-brace and collar. Cusped wind braces. Gable truss close-studded below collar, V-struts above, purlins clasped. Warks 1458 /59 Baddesley 33.86 Oxf (12) Brome’s chamber block. Moated. Manorial. Jettied: internal partitions had large panels, SP 200715 Clinton (Nat Trust) long curved braces. Arch-braced tiebeam, queen struts, collar, king strut, clasped purlins and ridge purlin. (Also see 1526 etc.) Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Warks 1456 -61 Erdington Lad in the Lane, MPHE ERD-A Box-framed wing added to hall range of 1400 (qv). Close-studded gable truss. Truss SP 112907 (WMid) Bromfield Lane 38.124 Oxf T5 has knee-braced cambered tiebeam, reduced principals, raked struts (threaded at gable?), collar, clasped purlins. Also see 1591 -1621. Warks 1462 /63+0 Stratford upon Anne Hathaway’s 22.46 Cruck. (Also see 1475 & VA18,51). SP182549 Avon Cottage Warks 1453 -1476 Minworth Greaves Farm 32.90 Sh 4 equal bays: primary upper floor in bays 1, 3 and 4. Cart-way in bay 2. ‘king post SP 166926 (WMid) trusses rare in west mids’ Warks 1465 -71 Henley in Arden Heritage Centre 33.87 Oxf South end porch extension. Also see 1345, 1451 . SP 150658 Warks 1464 -75 Trinity Cottage MPHE ASH-A Contemporary cruck & box frame. Single bay cruck hall? Truss T4, tiebeams & collars SP 310703 halved across blades, packing pieces, yoke (type A apex), side purlins, ridge purlin. T2 & T3 have arch-braced cambered tiebeams, raked queen struts to collar, halved apex, tenoned wind braces, ridge purlin. Warks 1470 /71 Wolston Bretford, Oakdene 43.99 Oxf 1 bay remains of a 2-bay jettied wing. For hall range see 1420. SP 429772 Warks 1470 -78 The Thatched MPHE HIW-A 3 bays including floored chamber bay and open hall. Large rectangular panels, mid- SP 302688 Cottage, Wootton rail. Truss T2 has cruck blades, tiebeam and cruck spurs in bare-faced dovetail halvings, packing pieces lapped across extended collar. Single tier trenched side purlins, ridge plate. (Supersedes 1474 -1500 in VA 20.45). Warks 1474 / 75 Cottage / MPHE BIN-A 2 bays, 3 cruck trusses. Truss 3 has cambered tiebeam, collar, spurs, packing pieces, SP 144540 Kinetoncote 18.53 Notm wind braces, skew pegging. Type A apex. (Also see VA 19.46). (13) Warks 1475 Coventry Whitefriars 33.88 Oxf E cloister range. Original roof replaced in stages by the present structure. Roof bays 1- SP 340786 4 - Tiebeam, 3 struts to lower collar, 2 struts to upper collar. Lower purlins tenoned, upper clasped, diminished principals, curved wind braces. Roof bays 5-10 dated 1491/2 to 1493/4. Also see 1547 1547/8. Warks 1471 -81 Hampton in Walford Hall Farm 47.81 Notm Hall range belonging to T-plan house. (For re-used timber see 1300 – 05; for added SP 186803 Arden wing see 1657). Warks 1478 /79 Knowle Cuttle Pool Farm 24.41 Notm Open hall & 2-storey in-line service range. SP 200753 Warks 1480 -82 Stoneleigh Phoenix Cottage, MPHE STO-F Solar bay, hall, entry & service/kitchen. Large panel wall frames with mid-rails. Sinuous SP 329728 1 Birmingham Road 24.41 Notm cruck blades. Tiebeam, cruck spurs halved across studs, collar halved across blades & (14) packing pieces, saddle, type C apex. Single tier of side purlins, windbraces, ridge plate. Warks 1480 -92 Stretton under Old Forge MPHE SUF-A Cruck blades, tiebeam, cruck spurs supporting wall plates, ½-dovetail lapped collar, SP450813 Fosse 20.45 Notm packing pieces, saddle (type C apex), single tier side purlins, curved windbraces. Warks 1474 -1500 Hill Wootton Thatch Cottage 20.45 Notm Cruck, apex C SP 303687 Warks 1491 + Wilmcote Palmer’s Farm 31.97 Oxf Date is for inserted floor (in hall range of 1579 1579/80 qv). SP 164581 Warks 1502 Stratford-upon- Pedagogue’s House - Notm Part of Guildhall complex. Storey-high close studding. Tiebeam and collar, queen SP 200547 Avon (Grammar Sch) RDR 68/2006 struts, clasped purlins, curved wind braces. Also see 1417/18. Warks 1496 -1519 Stoneleigh 22 -25 Birmingham MPHE STO-D 3 bays. Large rectangular panels, mid-rails. 4 closed cruck trusses. Truss T2 includes SP 329727 Rd curved blades, tiebeam, collar, yoke & blades clasp scarfed ridge plate. 3 trusses have cruck spurs, saddle apexes. Warks 1508 -09 Polesworth 64 High Street MPHE POL-A 2-bay house, much rebuilt. Truss T1 cruck blades on stylobates & tenoned into studs, SK 264025 lower & upper tiebeams, packing pieces, type C saddle apex. Ridge plate in 1 bay, ridge purlin in the other. Warks 1495 -1530 Stoneleigh 21, 23, 25 20.45 Notm 3-bay house with central open hall. Cruck, apexes F1, H. SP 329728 Birmingham Rd (15) Warks 1513 /14 Knowle Dial House, Warwick 47.92 MB DM Medieval bay with 2 smoke-blackened trusses having principals joined by yokes, SP 196750 Road formerly a ridge purlin. (For other elements see 1651). Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Warks 1512 /13 Wilmcote Mary Arden’s Hse 31.97 Oxf House. Box-framed. Hall range has arch-braced tiebeams, raked struts to collars. SP 163581 1513 /14 (former Glebe Farm) Tenoned and clasped side purlins, curved windbraces. Slightly later wing had stone ground floor, framed upper floor: rectangular wall panels, straight down- braces: tiebeams, collars, queen struts, clasped purlins, curved wind braces. Warks 1503 -1528 Warwick Master’s House, 28.130 Notm Hospital / master’s house. Oldest part storey-high close- studding (girding beams but SP 277654 Saltisford (16) AML 30/96 no mid-rails. Tiebeam and collar, queen struts, single tier of side purlins, ridge-piece. Close-studded gable. Lodged floor joists. Warks 1526 Baddesley Baddesley Clinton 33.86 Oxf Sir Edward Ferrers’ south wing, originally at upper end of hall. Tiebeams, collars, SP 200715 Clinton (NT) (17) queen struts, clasped purlins, reduced principals. Also see 1535 /6. Warks 1520 -36 Studley Gorcott Hall 40.132 UoW Upper (south) wing – close studding. Tiebeam and collar trusses with 3 struts, single SP 088682 tier of tenoned side purlins. Also see {1530 1531} Warks 1530 Bidford-on-Avon 16 Welford Road, 51.122 1½ bay hall (original ceiling, plausibly with smoke bay). Raking queen struts, clasped SP 108511 Wisson Hill BIWH/45/19 purlins, curved wind-braces. Mostly elm; wing not sampled. Warks 1530 1531 Studley Gorcott Hall 40.132 UoW Hall: tiebeam & collar, 3 struts 2 tiers of tenoned purlins. Porch and stair turret SP 088682 contemporary with hall. Also see 1520 -36. Warks 1535 -36 c. Baddesley Baddesley Clinton 33.86 Oxf (18) 1st north (gatehouse) range roof. Tiebeams & collars, queen struts, clasped purlins, SP 200715 Clinton (NT) reduced principals. Reconstructed in or after 1574 (qv). Warks 1537 Stoneleigh Motslow Cottage MPHE STO-E 4 bays, all open. Large panel wall frames with mid-rails, Posts with splayed heads, SP 329724 braces up to tiebeam, raked struts directly to principals. Warks 1525 -55 Wilmcote Kirkside, 17 Church 48.115 Oxf Stone. Parlour? Dates are for floor beams. (Remainder of house in 2 -6 Old School SP 164579 Road Lane did not date). Warks 1530 -55 Middleton Middleton Hall 37.115 Notm NE range of courtyard house. 2 storeys, jettied. Storey-high close studding with SP 192980 RDR 13/2006 straight down-braces, close studding with mid-rails and curved up-braces. Roof replaced with timber felled 1711-36. (Also see 1709 & 1718). Warks 1547 Coventry Whitefriars 33.88 Oxf E cloister range. Original roof replaced in stages by the present structure from 1475 on SP 340786 1547 /48 (qv). Subsequent alterations in 1547/8. Warks 1548 /49 & Southam Stoneythorpe Hall 43.86 Manorial. Main range stone, 2 storeys plus attic & 2-storey porch. Tiebeams, SP 404620 1547c. CVSH/27/11 principals, collars, 2 tiers of side purlins. Fireplace bressumer 1548d. Rear wing (c.1547) – tiebeam, collar, principals, 2 tiers of side purlins. (For stables see 1757-87). Warks 1543 -68 38.112 Notm Lord Leicester’s Stables. Stables, part stone, part box-framed with small panels, SP 280723 1553 -78 RDR 21/2006 decorative bracing. Roof as first built had tiebeams, double collars, principals, lower tier of tenoned purlins, upper tier of clasped purlins. For the rebuilt roof see 1659 -84. Warks 1560 /61 Tanworth in Old Bell Cottages 31.98 Oxf Smoke bay and hood (inserted into Wealden of 1446 /47 1448 /49 qv). SP 114706 Arden Warks 1563 -64 Kingsbury Kingsbury Hall 38.112 Notm Courtyard house. S range has tiebeam & collar roof, short queen struts, 2 tiers of SP 214963 (19) tenoned purlins. Straight and curved wind braces. Common rafter pairs bridled at apex, and with collars. Common rafter feet tenoned into wall plates which have double- tenoned scarf joints. Warks 1547 -72 Coventry Cromwell Cottage, 39.125 Notm Stone range (double pile). Roof not primary. 2 gables share single tiebeam. Tiebeam & SP 275774 1552 -77 Cromwell Lane, Tile RDR 92/2007 collar trusses, queen struts, raked struts: single tier of trenched purlins, wind braces. Hill (Also see 1575 1572 -97). Warks 1543 -68 (EH) 38.112 Notm Lord Leicester’s Stables. Almost all the principal rafters are re-used. They belong to a SP 280723 1553 -78 roof which had lower tenoned purlins and upper clasped purlins. For the rebuilt roof see 1659 -84. Warks 1568 /69 Wilmcote Palmer’s Farm 31.97 Oxf Wing. Front elevation. Storey-high close-studding to ground floor, herringbone bracing SP 164581 above. Tiebeam & collar, 3 struts. Rear elevation plainer, with large panels, king strut, trenched purlins. (Also see 1579 /80). Warks 1574 -78 Baddesley Baddesley Clinton 33.86 Oxf (20) The north range roof of 1535 -36 (qv) was rebuilt with two tiers of trenched purlins with SP 200715 Clinton (NT) tenoned wind braces. (Also see 1577-78). Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Warks 1575 Coventry Cromwell Cottage, 39.125 Notm Box-framed range: felling date ranges include {1575, 1550 -75, 1572 -97}. Tiebeam & SP 275774 1572 -97 Cromwell Lane, collar trusses with queen struts: raking struts in another truss. Two tiers of trenched Tile Hill purlins: straight wind braces. Dates for the stone range include 1547 -72, 1552 -77 (qv). Warks 1577 -78 Baddesley Baddesley Clinton 33.86 Oxf (Storeyed) new hall range (north half of east range). Jettied. Extended tiebeams, SP 200715 Clinton (NT) (21) threaded purlins, cranked wind braces. Also see 1630-31, 1641 /2 etc. Warks 1579 /80 Water Orton The Chestnuts, MPHE WOR-A 2-storey east wing replaces in-line service bay. Doorway with shallow ogee head. SP 176913 Church Lane 38.124 Oxf Tiebeam, raking queen struts, collar, clasped purlins. (For cruck hall range see 1398/99 & for west range see 1415-53). Warks 1579 Wilmcote Palmer’s Farm 31.97 Oxf Open hall range: front elevation is close-studded with mid-rails and short straight SP 164581 1579 /80 braces, but rear elevation is square-framed. Tiebeam & collar trusses, trenched purlins. Also see 1491 +. Warks 1579 /80 Wilmcote Palmer’s Farm 31.97 Oxf Kitchen. Tiebeams, principals, trenched purlins. SP 164581 1580 /81 Warks 1582 Polesworth Polesworth Abbey 38.113 Notm Stone annex. Tiebeam & collar, close studding, tenoned purlins. The storeyed porch SK 262025 Gatehouse ( 22) roof employed clasped purlins. Warks 1575 Coventry Cromwell Cottage, 39.125 Notm A box framed range: felling date ranges include {1575, 1550 -75, 1572 -97}. Tiebeam, SP 275774 1572 -97 Cromwell Lane, principals, queen struts, high collar: also raking struts in another truss. Two tiers of Tile Hill trenched purlins: straight wind braces. (Dates for the stone range include 1547 -72 1552 -77 qv). Warks 1588 /89 Ufton 1-2 Ufton Fields 43.99 Notm Inserted floor in S. Bay. (For first phase see 1406 /07). SP 377618 (23) Warks 1591 Middleton Middleton Hall 37.115 Notm Barn. Box-framed, square panels, short straight braces. Tiebeams, lower and upper SP 192980 RDR 13/2006 collars, principals. Warks 1591 -1621 Erdington The Lad in the Lane, MPHE ERD-A Hall partitioned (also floor inserted into 1 bay?). For hall see 1400, & for N wing see SP 112907 Bromfield Lane 38.124 Oxf 1456 -61). Warks 1612 /13 Stratford upon Hall’s Croft 30.103 Oxf Unit I. Box-framed. Jettied. Square panels above close studding. SP 200545 Avon (24) Warks 1613 /14 Stratford upon Hall’s Croft 30.103 Oxf Unit 2. Box-framed. Jettied. Square panels above close studding. Unusual jetties (no SP 200545 Avon (25) dragon beams). Also see 1653 -78 Warks 1621 /22 & Stratford upon Falcon Inn, Chapel 49.140 Oxf Chapel Street range. Close-studded. Originally double-jettied. Also ‘later work’ of 1660 SP 200547 1622 Avon Street /61. Warks 1614 & 1625 Alcester War Memorial Town 51.132 Notm Doc. date c.1618, but 1 tiebeam inscribed 1641 & tree-ring dates for roof are 1614 & SP 090575 Hall 1625. Many alterations and redundant mortices. (For first-floor frame see 1712-37). Warks 1627 Astley Astley Castle 28.130 Notm North Wing. Dendro coincides with 1627 datestone found on site. Lower walls stone, SP 311894 upper jettied close studded but now encased behind 19thC brickwork. Fire in 1978. Warks 1630 -31 Baddesley Baddesley Clinton 33.86 Oxf (26) Great parlour roof. Double arch-braced common rafter collars. Also see 1641 /2 etc. SP 200715 Clinton (NT) Warks 1630 /31 Stratford upon Hall’s Croft 30.103 Oxf (27) Kitchen / service range. Box-framed. Square framing 3 panels high. Short straight SP 200545 1631 Avon braces to tiebeam & collar, queen struts, principals, trenched purlins, ridge purlin. Warks 1638 /39 Wellesbourne Granary, Chapel St 27.96 Oxf (28) Granary with stud and panel walls. SP 279551 Warks 1641 /42 Baddesley Baddesley Clinton 33.86 Oxf (29) Reconstruction of roof over west half of south range. Tiebeams: raked struts to clasped SP 200715 Clinton (Nat Trust) side purlins, i.e. no collars. Also see 1702 etc ... Warks 1646 Middleton Middleton Hall 37.115 Notm De Freville building (east range). Box framed, square panels. SP 192980 Warks 1651 Knowle Dial House, Warwick 47.92 MB DM Wing and linking bay include a decorated gable with close studding, jettied upper SP 196750 Road storey and frieze windows flanking projecting upper oriels. Gabled east extension employed stockpiled timber felled 1649. (For medieval bay see 1513 /14). . Warks 1639 Nethersted 35.101 Oxf Moated. Manorial. T-plan. Storeyed porch. Ground-floor close studded, first floor SP 106637 1652 /53 square panels. Felling date for timber in rear section of main range 1652 /3. Also see 1706. Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Warks 1657 Hampton in Walford Hall Farm 47.81 Notm Latest of a number of felling dates for wing added to T-plan house. (For hall range SP 186803 Arden see1471-81; for re-used timber see 1300 –05). Warks 1653 -78 Stratford upon Hall’s Croft unit IV 30.103 Oxf Main staircase. Unusual jetties (no dragon beams). Also see 1613 /14. SP 200545 Avon Warks 1668 /69 Over Whitacre? Pegg’s Barn (moved 33.87 Oxf Timber-framed. Walls have small panels. Tiebeam & collar, queen struts, trenched SP 218914 to Shustoke) purlins. Warks 1655 -87 Weston-on-Avon Low Thatch MPHE WOA-A 1½ storey dwelling but arguably built as barn. Thatched, gabled. Truss T1 has nearly SP 157519 radiocarbn straight cruck blades, ½-lapped tiebeam, dovetail lapped collar, yoke (apex type A). Warks 1659 -84 Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle 38.112 Notm Lord Leicester’s Stables. Stone to ground floor, box-framed upper floor. The rebuilt roof SP 280723 RDR 21/2006 has jowled posts; short straight braces up to tiebeams, upper and lower collars, crown- struts, raked struts. Side purlins now mainly lodged or trenched. For earlier form see 1543 -68 [1551]. Warks 1678 /79 Wilmcote Pear Tree Cottage 33.88 Oxf (30) Two bays, originally timber-framed. The date is for an axial beam that could have been SP 164580 inserted. Warks 1696 /97 t0 Southam 1 Abbey Lane 46.95 2½ bay chimney house. Square panel and close studded walls, curved down-braces SP 417616 1698 /99 CVAL/42/14 and straight braces. Tiebeam and collar roof trusses with 2 tiers of trenched purlins. Warks 1702 Baddesley Baddesley Clinton 33.86 Oxf (31) New roof over S portion of E range (Brome’s chamber block). Threaded purlins, SP 200715 Clinton (NT) clasped ridge piece. Also see 1789 /90. Warks 1690 -1715 Kenilworth Castle 38.112 Notm Lord Leicester’s Stables. These are the felling dates for timber used in further SP 280723 modifications to the rebuilt roof. Warks 1706 Morton Bagot Nethersted 35.101 Oxf Right-hand secondary rear wing of house of {1639 1652/3} (qv). Also see 1786 1787. SP 106637 Warks 1708 /09 Middleton Middleton Hall 37.115 Notm Entry hall roof hipped. Tiebeams, king posts, raked struts to principals, 2 tiers of side SP 192980 RDR 13/2006 purlins, ridge-piece. Also see 1718. Warks 1710 -18 Middleton Middleton Hall - Notm South range. Tiebeams, king posts, raked struts to principals. Also see 1709. SP 192980 RDR 13/2006 Warks 1718 /19 Alcester Red Horse stables, 35.76 Upper cruck ... blades meet on heavy king posts which carry ridge beam. SP 090575 Henley St ALRH/21/03 Warks 1704 -36 Clifford 19 Clifford 48.115 Oxf Phase 4 tiebeam and collar roof with ‘back purlins, ridge piece and queen struts’. SP 197522 Chambers Chambers Warks 1712 -37 Alcester War Memorial Town 51.132 Notm First-floor frame contains timber felled 1608-33, 1636-61 and 1712-37. (Wall-posts SP 090575 Hall dated to 1641-66. For roof see 1625). Warks 1727-31 Birmingham Fox and Grapes PH, 50.111 Oxf Timber felled 1720-47 in a building known to date from 1727-31; demolished to make SP 075868 (WMid) Freeman Street way for HS2. Warks 1735 /36 Stratford upon Old Barn, 27.79 Notm King posts. Roman numeral carpenter’s marks. SP 182549 Avon Shottery Warks 1740 -60 Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle - Notm Re-roofing of stone gatehouse: double tiebeam, king-strut, straight braces up to SP 280721 RDR 8/2007 principals, 2 tiers of side purlins, iron straps. Warks 1744 -74 Avon Dassett Church Cottage 34.97 Stone. 1½ storeys. Principals: collar: purlins. SP 409499 AVON/32/02 Warks 1757 -87 Southam Stoneythorpe Hall 43.86 Stables. Stone, 4 bays, gabled. Tiebeams, queen struts, collar, raking struts from collar SP 404620 CVSH/27/11 to principal. 2 tiers of in-line tenoned purlins. (For house see 1548/9). Warks 1773 -75 Walmley Langley Heath 39.125 Notm Barn. Queen strut trusses, single tier of trenched purlins with straight wind braces. SP 140939 (WMid) Farm, Fox Hollies Road Warks 1784 Tanworth in Hill Farm, 25.36 Notm Windmill, worked until 1874: date is from post. (Now at Avoncroft Museum, Worcs.) SP 131695 Arden Danzey Green Warks 1786 -87 Morton Bagot Nethersted 35.101 Oxf Left-hand secondary rear wing of house (of 1639 1648/9 1651. Also see 1706. King SP 106637 post roof. Warks 1789 /90 Baddesley Baddesley Clinton 33.86 Oxf (32) Roof of NE corner block. King post roof truss. SP 200715 Clinton (NT)

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Acknowledgements to Dr Nat Alcock for information on Burmington Manor.

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