Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

INDEX OF TREE-RING DATED BUILDINGS IN WALES 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 © Vernacular Architecture Group 2021 These files may be copied for personal use, but should not be published or further distributed without written permission from the Vernacular Architecture Group.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 Unauthorised copies released without prior consent on search engines may be out of date and unreliable. Enquiries may be made to [email protected] 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 Placename Address VA ref; lab Description / keywords NGR historic date range (other ref) (later) Coflein Rad 1431 & Knighton Llansay 27.108 Oxf Timber-framed. Parlour, 2-bay hall, cow house. Arch-braced collar truss SO 296718 (Powys) 1432 /33 with cusped apex, quatrefoil, trefoils. (Also a repair phase of 1606). Rad 1436 Beguildy Bryndraenog 27.107 Oxf Square panel wall framing. 3-bay hall with 2 cruck trusses. Each truss has SO 204785 (Powys) an arch-braced high collar & a saddle separated by 6 trefoil panels. 2 tiers of tenoned side purlins + ridge purlin, curved & cusped wind braces. Intermediate arch-braced collar trusses. Dais partition with brattished beam. (There is also a repair phase of 1615d). Rad 1435 /36 & Presteigne Tan House 30.113 Box-framed 3-bay solar wing with ‘multi-cusped trusses’. SO 316645 (Powys) 1436 Rad 1449 /50 Newchurch Great House 27.108 Oxf Timber-framed. 2 bay hall open cruck truss has arch-braced collar with SO 216506 (Powys) (1) numerous pegs, cusped V-struts at apex. Lower end hall truss tenon- jointed tiebeam & collars, upper end hall truss lap-jointed tiebeam & collars. 3 tiers of trenched side purlins + ridge-purlin. (Also see 1661). Rad 1462 & Presteigne White Hall 30.113 Box-framed 2-bay hall with louvre & 3-bay upper end wing with cusping. SO 314643 (Powys) 1463 Rad 1471 /72 Norton Old Impton 29.129 Oxf Downhill-sited stone-built medieval core of what is now a complex house. SO 292670 (Powys) (2) (For main additions see 1542 /43). Rad 1486 /87 & Evenjobb Old Burfa 29.128 Oxf Cruck-framed hall. (For solar wing see 1502). SO 279613 (Powys) 1487 /88 (3) Rad 1475 -1505 Nantmel Cefn-ceido 29.128 Oxf Stone & timber-framed. Hall range & S wing. In 2-bay hall open truss the SN 982682 (Powys) (4) cruck-blades are shaped & combined with curved collar to form a semi- circular arch. King post on collar. Closed cruck truss with type 2 apex has post & panel partition, tiebeam & collar halved across blades, packing pieces. 2 tiers of trenched side purlins + ridge purlin. Rad 1491 /92 Gladestry Lower Hengoed 30.113 Cruck-framed hall house. ‘Arch-braced & quatrefoiled’ central hall truss. SO 266533 (Powys) Rad 1500 /01 & Evenjobb Old Burfa 29.128 Oxf Solar wing. Close-studded with mid-rail, jettied. Knee braces to cranked SO 279613 (Powys) 1502 (5) tiebeam, queen struts, collar, principals, single tier of trenched side purlins + ridge purlin. (For hall see 1488, & for later alterations see 1643 /44). Rad 1522 Llananno Bwlch 27.108 Oxf Stone. 3 unit house with 2-bay hall. Open cruck truss has arch-braced SO 085747 (Powys) (6) collar. Rad 1515 -36 Gladestry Llanhaylow Old 38.137 Oxf (Demolished). Single-bay hall & inner room. This date is for primary cruck SO 208535 (Powys) House phase – 3 pairs of crucks with tiebeams. (Also see 1545 -75). Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Rad 1530 /31 & Discoed Upper House 29.128 Oxf Close-studded solar wing. SO 276647 (Powys) 1536 Rad 1542 /43 Norton Old Impton 29.129 (7) Close-studded & jettied parlour wing to rear & front porch added to earlier SO 292670 (Powys) range of 1471 /72 (qv). Rad 1555 & Cwmdeuddwr Nannerth-ganol 27.108 Oxf Stone. Upper end cruck-framed single bay hall, post & panel partition with SN 132429 (Powys) 1555 /56 harr-hung door. Lower end lost. (For inserted floor see 1633). Rad 1555 /56 Nantmel Middle Nant-serth 30.113 3-unit cruck-framed hall house with arch-braced central truss. SN 969699 (Powys) Rad 1545 -75 Gladestry Llanhaylow Old 38.137 Oxf (Demolished). Secondary cruck phase. (For 1st phase see 1515 -36). SO 208535 (Powys) House Rad 1565 + Beguildy Bryndraenog 11.34 Sh Post of a cruck hall. SO 204783 (Powys) Rad 1580 -1610 Llanfaredd Neuadd-fach 49.135 MW The 2 dated cruck trusses may have defined a long-house byre. For hall SO 079528 (Powys) end see 1747 /48 Rad 1633 Cwmdeuddwr Nannerth-ganol 27.108 Floor inserted into open hall. (For hall see 1555 /56). SN 132429 (Powys) Rad 1643 /44 Evenjobb Old Burfa 29.128 Oxf Stair projection & enlargement of hall; longitudinal & transverse beams. SO 279613 (Powys) (8) (For hall see 1488, & for solar wing see 1502). Rad 1661 (?) Newchurch Great House 27.108 Oxf Walls rebuilt in stone & chimney inserted in 1661. (For timber-framed open SO 216506 (Powys) (9) hall phase see 1449 /50). [Unclear from cited source whether or not this is a tree-ring date]. Rad 1747 /48 Llanfaredd Neuadd-fach 49.135 MW Replacement A-frame roof at hall end of former longhouse, employing re- SO 079528 (Powys) used purlins felled 1739. Fireplace lintel 1738-68. (For cruck trusses see 1580 -1610).

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1 VAG spring 1996 conference programme (1996), 16-17. 2 VAG spring 1996 conference programme (1996), 21. 3 VAG spring 1996 conference programme (1996), 22. 4 VAG spring 1996 conference programme (1996), 3. 5 VAG spring 1996 conference programme (1996), 22. 6 VAG spring 1996 conference programme (1996), 7. 7 VAG spring 1996 conference programme (1996), 21. 8 VAG spring 1996 conference programme (1996), 22. 9 VAG spring 1996 conference programme (1996), 16-17.