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Tree-ring dated roofs VAG © 2021 INDEX OF TREE-RING DATED BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND NATIONAL 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 © Vernacular Architecture Group 2021 These files may be copied for personal use, but should not be published or further distributed without written permission from the Vernacular Architecture Group.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 Unauthorised copies released without prior consent on search engines may be out of date and unreliable.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. 1550 -1599 Place Felling date County- Placename Address VA ref; HE ref; Description / keywords NGR holder range historic (other ref) (later) 1550 1536 -63 ? Cumb Heslington Sizergh Castle 31.120 Sh Rural. Stone. Pele tower. This date is for roof. (Also see 1530 -64). SD 499879 1550 1537 -62 Derbs Dronfield 7 -12 Church Street 46.98 Notm Agricultural bldg., now stone. Cruck trusses C, D and E. (For cruck trusses A & B SK 353783 RRS 55/2014 see 1450s to 1460s) 1550 1550 c. Dors Toller Fratrum Little Toller 48.95 Notm Stone main range. Fire-damaged roof – coupled rafters, collars, arch-braces [i.e. SY 578947 Farmhouse RRS 30-2016 wagon roof]. 1550 1527 -72 Ess Abbess Roding Rookwood Hall 24.50 MoL Maltings. No roof details. TL 562111 1550 1549 /50 Hamps Froxfield Trees Cottage 23.48 Oxf Rebuilt service end. (Also see 1359 /60). SU 706261 1550 1550 + Hamps Winchester Winchester College 11.34 Fl Boards from painted chamber. SU 482290 1550 1549 /50 Herts Hemel Hempstead 132 Piccott’s End Rd, 48.113 Oxf This date is for an inserted floor. (For primary phase of guesthouse see 1527). TL 051091 Piccott’s End 1550 c. 1550 c. Oxf Berrick Salome Lower Berrick 36.98 Oxf Box-framed. 3 bays, 2 storeys at W end: (also see 1612 1613). SU 619939 Farmhouse 1550 1548 1550 Oxf Henley-on-Thames Granary Cottage, 39.139 Oxf Part of a group of almost continuous jettied buildings. SU 762825 10 Thameside 1550 1549 1550 Shrop Ash Ashwood 25.31 Oxf Single bay open hall. Cruck, type G apex. (Also see 1620). SJ 586404 1550 1534 -66 Surr Charlwood Highworth Farm, 35.78 Floor inserted into open hall of 1510 -31 (qv). The narrower hall bay converted to a TQ 231426 Stanhill CHHF/10/03 smoke bay. 1550 1547 -53 Surr Hambledon Vann 31.110 Oxf Barn. ‘A Wealden barn’ on end of house of 1542 /3 (qv). SU 983375 1550 1546 Surr Nutfield Leather Bottle 41.89 Hearth passage plan. Jowled posts, curved down bracing. Half-hipped roof with TQ 302516 1549/50 Cottage NULB/03/09 queen struts, clasped purlins, curved wind braces. 1550 ? 1550 ? Surr Worplesdon Frosbury Farmhouse 34.96 Timbers in hall range; cross-wing felling date 1552? (Also see c.1622). SU 969519 FRWO/28/02 1550 1550 c. SusE Brighton Patcham Barn 44.101 Oxf 10-bay aisled extension – arcade posts, arcade plate, arcade braces, tiebeam. Roof TQ 302091 lost. (For 1st phase see 1402 -11, & for phase 3 see 1609 /10). 1551 1536 -66 Dev Dunsford Great Fulford House 49.122 Manorial. 4 ranges round a courtyard. N range roof with single arch-braces, but SX 790917 EXGF/29/17 much altered above collar level. Also lintels of 1426-58 in rear courtyard. (For great hall range see 1577). 1551 1550 /51 Hamps Old Basing Roundhead Cottage, 41.106 Oxf Timber-framed. Walls 4 panels high, curved braces from posts to wall-plates. SU 667532 Milkingpen Lane Hearth-passage plan, 2-bay hall. Tiebeam and collar, queen struts, clasped purlins. 1551 1550 /51 Heref Holme Lacy The Thatch, Bridge 49.124 3 square panel high walls with jowled posts (and inserted floor?) (For cruck truss see SO 552355 Road HRTH/11/17 1450 -80). 1551 1551 Heref Pembridge Oak House, East St 35.88 Sh Box-framed. 2 bays, 2 storeys, jettied: moulded bressumers. SO 393582 (1) 1551 1534 -68 Shrop Stoddesdon Hall Farm 27.104 Oxf Ceiling beam over 1st-floor court room of 1452 -54 (qv). SO 672829 (2) Tree-ring dated roofs VAG © 2021 1551 1548 /49 & Surr Effingham Home Farmhouse 42.91 This wing poss. a ‘church house’. Front wing to hall of c.1397? (qv). Two bays, close TQ 117536 1550 /51 EFHF/22/10 studding. Clasped purlins. (Also see 1558). 1551 1550 /51 Surr Elstead Upper Hankley 46.93 Section of beam removed during renovations. SU 891437 Cottage GUUH/36/14 Westbrook Hill 1551 1551 c. Surr Nutfield 40-44 High Street 41.89 Originally with continuous jetty, curved down braces. Queen struts, clasped purlins, TQ 307505 NUOB/07/09 curved wind braces. 1551 1549 c. & Surr Wrecclesham Yew Tree Cottage, 68 48.91 2 timber-framed bays with jowled posts: ½-hipped roof has tiebeams, principals, SU 825449 1550 /51 The Street GUYT/01/16 queen struts, straight wind braces. 1551 1550 /51 Sus W Rudgwick Hoglands Cottage 33.100 Oxf Alterations to end aisle and at low end of hall after fire (in house of 1369 /70 qv). TQ 073291 1551 1543 -68 Warks Kenilworth Castle 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). 1551 1538 -63 Worcs Abberley Town Farmhouse, 47.83 Notm Timber-framed and jettied range. Three tiebeam and principal rafter trusses, one SO 754677 The Village with 2 collars – struts above and below; single tier of trenched purlins. (For main range see 1489 -1514). 1551 1551 YksWR Bradfield Manor Farm, 27.82 Notm Cruck. Also a pair of cruck blades with yoke which dated to 1540. SK 214996 (YksS) Upper Midhope 1551 1551 + YksWR Stannington Pond Farmhouse 11.23 Sh Cruck, rebuilt with re-used timbers after fire (VA23,29). SK 306886 (YksS) 1552 1552 Bucks Chenies Chenies Manor 35.96 Oxf Timbers felled 1547, 1549/50, 1550, 1551 and 1552 were employed in construction TQ 015983 of South range. Floors have joists in tall rectangular profile. 1552 1551 /52 Ches Goostrey Toad Hall, Blackden 31.91 Oxf Re-used cruck in a framed building with a complex development. SJ 789707 1552 1534 -70 Cumb Heslington Sizergh Castle (NT) 31.120 Sh Castle / Country house. Stone. Numerous dates obtained. Lower end tower NW roof SD 498878 tiebeam 1534 -70. 1552 1551 /52 Derbs Bradfield Hoyles Farm, 24.43 Notm 3-bay cruck barn: apex type A. SK 237903 Blindside Lane 1552 1546 -57 c. Dev Uplowman Middle Coombe 50.104 Notm 2 storeys, 3-room cross-passage plan, 4 bays. Open truss – side-pegged jointed ST 000170 farmhouse crucks. 2 tiers trenched purlins + ridge purlin. 1552 1551 /52 Hamps Boarhunt Manor Farm 38.126 Oxf West barn. Single aisle, 4 bays. ‘Queen post’ [strut ?] roof with 2 tiers of in-line SU 604084 purlins, the lower tenoned, the upper clasped. 1552 1552 Heref Allensmore Church House 37.120 Oxf 2 bays, 1½ storeys, box-framed, 3 panel high walls. Queen struts, 2 tiers of purlins. SO 504835 1552 1534 -69 Lincs Lincoln Cathedral 21.37 Notm Roof of central tower. SK 977718 1552 1552 Oxf Oxford Oxford Castle 26.65 51.146 St George’s Tower. Inserted floor in what is now Oxford prison. (For floor repairs see SP 509063 Oxf 1790 -1822). 1552 1551/52 Surr Westcott Crooked Acre 42.91 3½ bays + wing. ½-hipped. Timber-framed. Tiebeam, queen struts, clasped purlins, TQ 149485 WCCA/14/10 curved wind-braces. 1552 1551 /52 Sus W Steyning Jarvis, Jarvis Lane 38.125 Oxf Main range date: wing timbers have earlier felling date of 1534 -47 (qv). TQ 179111 1552 1552 YksWR Bradfield Hoyles Farm, 25.42 Notm Barn 1, 250m SW of farmhouse. Gritstone. 3 full cruck trusses with collars. Single SK 237903 (YksS) Blindside Lane tier side purlins + ridge purlin (LB descn). (For barn 2 see 1612 -13). 1552 1539-64 YksWR York Bishopsthorpe 41.102 Notm Coupled rafter roof with collars over SW range. (Also see 1495-1510). SE 597478 (YksN) Palace, RDR 57/2008 Bishopsthorpe 1553 1552/3 Bucks Twyford St Mary’s House, 43.81 Former vicarage. Roof hipped. Arch-braced collars in 3-bay open hall. Queen struts SP 665266 Church St TYSM/07/11 in N truss. 1553 1534-1572 Ches Risley Old Abbey 30.115 Sh Moated. Second phase re-used timbers from demolished farmhouse. (Also see SJ 662935 Farmhouse (3) 1268+ and 1615 -35). Tree-ring dated roofs VAG © 2021 1553 1552 -54 Cumb Brougham Hornby Hall 24.45 Notm Expanded head king post truss with cambered ties, raked struts and angled braces NY 569299 to ridge beam. 1553 1553 Dur Stanhope Unthank Hall 33.106 Notm Moated. West range has tiebeam & collar trusses – ‘somewhat curved ...’ (Also see NY 991391 1592). 1553 1553 Lancs Golborne Lightshaw Hall 28.143 Sh No roof details. SJ 616996 (GrMan) 1553 1547 /58 Oxf Mapledurham Three Chimneys, 23.49 Oxf Crucks half-hipped gables, type V: internal apexes type D SU 694764 Jackson’s Lane 1553 1553 Shrop Ludlow Reader’s House 37.129 Oxf Stone. This date is for 1st reconstruction. (For the porch and re-roofing see 1614 SO 512746 1614 /15).