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 © Vernacular Architecture Group 2021 These files may be copied for personal use, but should not be published or further distributed without written permission from the Vernacular Architecture Group.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 Unauthorised copies released without prior consent on search engines may be out of date and unreliable.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 Description / keywords NGR range HE ref Other refs Heref 1115 + St Mary’s Church – 11.34 Fl Re-used timbers: also see 1207-1216. SO 392581 belfry Heref 1167 -91 Adforton Wigmore 34.99 Sh 1st of 11 dated structures: East undercroft ceiling joists. Also see 1213 -43. SO 410713 Heref 1179 +0 Bishop’s Palace 20.46 HBMC Aisled hall: arcade posts, curved arcade braces (also 1500 after). SO 509397 (1) Heref 1195 c. Yarpole St Leonard’s Ch 1st 34.100 Not (2) Lattice of passing braces. Barefaced lap dovetails. Lowest rails morticed. Mortices SO 470649 tower (3) for spurs. Heref 1207-1216 Pembridge St Mary’s church bell 30.120 Sh All re-used timbers; redundant notched lap joints. Also see 1215. SO 392 581 tower Heref 1207-1223 Pembridge St Mary’s church 28.145 Sh Detached bell tower. Notched lap joints on the four main posts, but see 1668/9. SO 392581 tower AML 1/99. Heref 1205 -38 30.120 Sh Re-used timbers. Also see 1575 -1615. SO 387304 (St Mary’s Church) AML 18/98 Heref 1213 -43 Adforton 34.99 Sh 2nd of 11 dated structures: West undercroft ceiling joists. Also see 1311 -47. SO 410713 Heref 1267 Kington Hergest Court 28.159 Oxf (4) In-situ rafter in wing dated 1220 + but re-used timbers of 1267. Also see 1307 etc. SO 281554 Heref 1253 -88 Hereford ‘Cathedral Barn’, 28.143 Sh Canon’s residence? Aisled. Also see 1491/2 SO 511399 Cathedral Close AML 17/96 (5) Heref 1267 -97 Kington St Mary’s Church 38.99 MB Base of spire. Also see 1415 -39. SO 291567 Heref 1307 Kington Hergest Court 28.159 Oxf Undercroft ceiling. No roof details. Also see 1267, 1485 - 1515. SO 281554 Heref 1311 -47 Adforton Wigmore Abbey 34.99 Sh 3rd of 11 structures dated: East undercroft, longitudinal structure. Also see 1316 - SO 410713 51 Heref 1316 -51 Adforton Wigmore Abbey 34.99 Sh Fourth of 11 structures dated: West undercroft, longitudinal structure. Also see SO 410713 1482. Heref 1327-71 Hereford 20 Church Street 28.144 Sh Canon’s house. ‘1st-floor hall’. Crown posts. SO 510399 AML 17/96 Heref 1370 -1400 Peterchurch Wellbrook Manor 51.109 (6) Originally timber-framed, now stone. Open hall has 1 base cruck truss with short SO 350384 i arch-braces to cranked tiebeam. Spere- and closed dais trusses both of aisled form. Arcade plates. Cusped braces. Solar with overlapping date range of 1386 - 1416 i may be contemporary. Heref 1405 Foy Anchor and Can 48.87 2 bay open hall with 2 smoke-blackened cruck trusses, F2 type apexes. Stone SO610286 Cottage HRAC/15/16 gable, walls have large panels with mid-rails, (For cruck-framed added bay see 1534d. For inserted floor and wall frame see 1568-90). Heref 1414 Whitbourne Church of St John the 41.96 Notm Belfry. This timber with others dated to 1471-96 and later. SO 725569 Baptist RDR 100/2009 Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Heref 1413-41 & Bringsty Lower Brockhampton 42.93 DCL Base cruck open hall? Aisled spere truss with arch-braced tiebeam, diagonal struts SO 687560 1398-1434 (NT) to principals. 2 tiers of side purlins, curved and cusped wind-braces. Some elements of wing may be contemporary. Heref 1424 Pembridge Fig Tree Hse/ 34.102 IT (7) Two-bay open hall and later wing. Cruck blades with high quality decorative SO 392582 Grosmont Hse, cusping. East St Heref 1425 Pembridge West End Farm, West 34.104 IT (8) Cruck-framed hall with cross-passage and in-line east end, and box-framed two- SO 387581 St bay wing to west with cusped wind braces. Cruck blades in hall have decorative cusping – same team of carpenters as Fig Tree / Grosmont? (1424 qv) Heref 1415 -39 Kington St Mary’s Church 38.99 MB Beams supporting bellframe. For spire see 1267 -97. SO 291567 Heref 1434 Eardisley 1-4 Church Road 37.109 IT Wing: 3 bays, 2 storeys. Jettied gable. Single tier of threaded purlins, wind braces. SO 312493 For hall range see 1513. Heref 1428 -42 Wigmore Chapel Farmhouse 49.124 4 small square panel wall frames. 4-bay hall: jowled posts, cusped arch-braces up SO 394684 HRCF/32/16 to moulded tiebeams, collars, intermediate arch-braced collar trusses. 3 tiers of moulded purlins, cusped curved wind-braces. Ornate wall plates with cresting. For inserted floor and chimney see 1559 -89). Heref 1436 Kington Penrhos Court 30.121 Sh Cruck-framed hall in complex multi-phase structure. Also see 1446-1489, 1540- SO 318562 1543, 1571-1606. Heref 1441 Weobley Marlbrook House, 38.117 DCL 2-bay 2-storey wing with jettied front. (Service wing to earlier (lost) hall range?) SO 402515 Back Lane Cusped braces under front tiebeam, cusped wind braces. Hall range 1494 (qv). Heref 1442 Eardisley The Holme, 37.110 IT 2-bay box-framed hall range: cross passage plan. Arch-braced trusses, but that SO 310495 Church Rd over centre of hall has cranked tiebeam: [crown strut?] from tiebeam to collar: 2 tiers of threaded purlins with pairs of curved wind braces in middle row. Wing with 1st-floor great chamber originally jettied on 2 elevations: decorated bargeboards. Heref 1444 Pembridge The Gatehouse, East 34.102 IT (9) Two-bay hall. Cruck truss with arch-braced collar, cusped braces. Probably SO 391581 St originally with a jettied upper end wing. Heref 1431 -65 Weobley Unicorn House, High 38.117 DCL Box framed, Wealden type, but 2 ‘dwellings’, or one with a commercial function? 2 SO 403515 Street recessed halls, each with its own cross-passage. Arch-braced intermediate roof trusses with cusps above the collars and cusped wind braces. Believed to be same carpenters as 4 Portland St and Tudor Cottage in Broad St. Heref 1447/8 Wigmore Upper Limebrook 35.86 Sh 3-bay hall house with ‘integral’ 2-bay upper end wing (demolished). Arch-braced SO 375666 Farm cruck, with cusped and pierced wind braces. ‘Integral’ 2-bay box-frame wing. Heref 1446-54 Pembridge Brick House West St 34.103 IT (10) Two-bay cruck open hall with undated two-bay box-framed, jettied wing. Cusped SO 387581 blades, decorative cusping. Heref 1451 Pembridge Swan House, 34.103 IT (11) 4 bay box-framed open hall. Louvre. ‘Arcading above the tiebeam’, collar. 3 tiers of SO 389581 West St double-cusped & pierced wind braces: Moulded & crenellated cornice. Double- jettied 3-storey wing. Heref 1455 + Adforton Wigmore Abbey 34.99 Sh 5th of 11 dated structures. Rafters over ’s hall. SO 410713 Heref 1437-73 Eardisley The Forge 37.109 IT 1 service bay, 2-bay hall: solar end replaced. Cross-passage. 3-bay cruck hall SO 310495 range. Open cruck truss has arch-braced collar. Passing wind braces lapped into backs of 3 tiers of purlins. Heref 1441 -65 Kingswood Pound Farmhouse 48.88 4-bay hall-house with 5 cruck trusses. Arch-braced collars, raking struts, cusping. 2 SO 289541 HRPF/37/16 tiers of trenched side purlins, type B apexes. Inserted chimney 1563 d. [This entry succeeds VA 33.80] Heref 1440-1476 King’s Pyon Black Hall Barn 31.115 UoW (Destroyed – fire) Cruck collar, spur SO 438504 AML 53/99 Heref 1459 Whitbourne Kennets 39.132 IT 2 bays, 2 storeys, probably upper end wing of lost house. Tiebeam & collar, queen SO 724570 posts [i.e. queen struts?]. Heref 1445-81 Pembridge Old Wheelwrights, 34.103 IT (12) 2-bay box-framed open hall with in-line end bays. Arch-braced [collar?] truss SO 392581 East St across hall. Collar, wind braces. Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Heref 1450 -80 Holme Lacy The Thatch, Bridge 49.124 2 bays at E end have cruck truss with type B apex, evidence of smoke louvre. (For SO 552355 Road HRTH/11/17 wall frame see 1550 /51) Heref 1446-1489 Kington Penrhos Court 30.121 Sh Partition wall (?) within wing to earlier hall (1436 qv) in complex multi-phase SO 318562 structure. Also see 1540-1543, 1571-1606. Heref 1467 /68 Weobley The Throne, Hereford 43.79 MB Eastern 2 bays with clasped purlin roof in 4-bay wing of 2 phases. Also see 1477- SO 404516 Rd 80, 1560 and 1572-5. Heref 1457 -87 Michaelchurch Pikes Farm 38.121 Oxf Also 1462 -92. Single storey stone 3-bay hall house / longhouse with cross SO 290381 Escley passage. This date and 1462 -92 obtained from E end door frames. For hall house 2nd phase see 1546 c. Also see 1561 and 1590 /91. Heref 1460-83 Pembridge The Greyhound, East 34.102 IT (13) 2-storey box-framed, jettied wing: ‘Queen posts’ [i.e. struts?]. This is the wing to SO 391581 St. King’s House of 1514 (qv). Heref 1461 -83 Weobley The Shop and 38.117 DCL In triangular market place. Box framed 4 bay jettied range of 4 shops [renters ?] SO 403515 Cottage, Broad St. Heref 1472 Whitbourne Ring of Bells & 39.131 IT Cruck-framed 3-bay hall house: cross passage. Yoke. SO 724569 Virginia Cottage Heref 1454-92 Hereford Booth Hall 28.144 Sh Also 1470-1515 1490. SO 511400 Heref 1477 /80 Weobley The Throne, Hereford 43.79 MB 2 bay jettied range. Cambered tiebeams, queen struts, collars, 2 tiers trenched SO 404516 Rd purlins, straight wind braces. Also see 1467-8, 1560 and 1572-5. Heref 1480 The Abbot’s Lodge 40.114 Notm E range and N range with open roof having tiebeam, collar, elaborate foils and SO 711377 cusps on raked struts. Also see 1519. Heref 1482 Adforton Wigmore Abbey 34.99 Sh 7th of 11 dated structures. Abbot’s parlour, trusses. SO 410713 Heref 1464 -1500 Adforton Wigmore Abbey 34.99 Sh 6th of 11 dated structural features. Undercroft, wall timbers. SO 410713 Heref 1485 Adforton Wigmore Abbey 34.99 Sh 8th of 11 dated structural features. Partition between abbot’s hall and parlour. SO 410713 Heref 1476-95 Pembridge The Garth, West St 34.103 IT (14) 2-bay 2-storey box-framed wing on end of undated cruck framed open hall range. SO 388581 Heref 1470-1501 Weston Weston Court 31.116 UoW Barn. Cruck, crown-strut over tiebeam. SO 365564 Heref 1463 40 Broad St 28.159 Oxf North range. Purlin 1463 but tiebeam 1466 -1505. Tiebeam & collar, queen strut. SO 495593 1466 -1505 Also see 1499/1500. Heref 1487 Ledbury The Master’s House Notm (Not 4 bay open hall, arch-braced tiebeam, queen struts up to collars, 2 tiers of side SO 710376 in VA?) purlins + ridge piece, wind braces. Possible stair tower. Storeyed upper end wing & service wing with buttery & pantry, & corridor to lost kitchen. Inf. Duncan James. Heref 1490 + Kings Pyon Kings Pyon Barn 24.47 Sh (Prob. before c.1550) aisled. SO 439507 AML 24/93 Heref 1491 /2 Hereford ‘Cathedral Barn’, 28.143 Sh (15) Canon’s residence? Replacement roof. Tiebeams [& collars], queen struts. Also SO 511399 Cathedral Close AML 17/96 see 1253 -1288. Heref 1488-98 Pembridge Westfields & Timber 35.89 Sh Box-framed. 3 bays 2 storeys. Jetty. 4-bay addition to W of 1681 /2 (qv). SO 388581 Cottage, West St Heref 1486-1502 Pembridge 3-4 Duppa Cottages, 35.88 Sh Almshouses. Box-framed. End jetties. SO 390581 Bridge St Heref 1484-1503 Pembridge Church House, Market 35.89 Sh Church house? Box-framed. 3 bays 2 storeys. Jettied on front and back. SO 390580 Square Heref 1494 Weobley Marlbrook House, 38.117 DCL Single-bay open hall with arch-braced collar trusses. Older wing with timbers felled SO 402515 Back Lane 1441 (qv). Heref 1485 -1515 Kington Hergest Court 28.159 Oxf Undercroft pentice. Also see 1267, 1619-21. SO 281554 Heref 1499/1500 Leominster 40 Broad St 28.159 Oxf East (galleried) range. Walls – storey-high close studding to grn fl, small square SO 495593 (16) framing to 1st fl. Arch-braced tiebeam & collar, queen struts, double trenched side purlins and ridge purlin. One truss has no collar but raked struts directly up to principals. Also see 1463. Heref 1502 /3 Aylton Court Farm Barn 38.120 Oxf 6-bay barn with 5 pairs of cruck blades. SO 296377 RDR 1/2007 Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Heref 1504 Hereford 46.98 Notm ‘St John’s Walk’. Covered passage with 12 trusses of cambered tiebeams, king SO 510397 posts, principals. Single tier of trenched side purlins & a ridge piece, all moulded. Curved ‘brackets’ from posts to ridge piece. Heref 1509 /10 Eardisley Upper House 47.73 3-bay open hall house. 3 tiers of close studding between rails. Internal jetty at solar SO 310497 HRUH/12/15 end. Hipped roof, crown struts. Curved wind braces. Heref 1510 Whitbourne Colbridge Cottage 39.132 IT Ceiled hall house. Box framed, originally ½-hipped at one end. Large square SO 723570 panels. 3 bays, 1½ storeys. 3 struts between tiebeams and collars. Heref 1513 Eardisley 1-4 Church Rd 37.109 IT Replacement hall range next to wing of 1434 (qv). Spere truss. Cross passage in SO 312493 service bay, and a further (kitchen?) bay. Double arch-braced truss with 2 tiers of trenched purlins & ridge purlin. Heref 1513 Eardisley The Tram Inn 37.109 IT Market place. Box-framed 2-bay hall with axial service bay. Inserted chimney backs SO 310496 onto cross-passage. Hall roof has central double arch-braced truss: 2 tiers of trenched purlins with ‘curiously shaped’ wind braces to lower tier. Heref 1514 Pembridge King’s House, East St 35.88 Sh Box-framed. Jettied on front and back. Close studded gables. Tiebeams & collars, SO 391581 (17) struts. Service wing of 1460 -83 (See The Greyhound, above). Heref 1519 Ledbury The Abbot’s Lodge 40.114 Notm S end of E range roof has arch-braces to tiebeam and collar roof with foils and SO 711377 cusps on raked struts. Also see 1480. Heref 1509-30 Eardisley Lower House, 37.109 IT Box-framed 2 bay 2 storey wing. Gabled, originally jettied. SO 311493 Church Rd Heref 1502-38 Pembridge Market Hall 34.103 IT Tiebeams. SO 390581 Heref 1504-40 Pembridge 2 Bridge St 35.88 Sh (18) Box-framed 3-bays, poss. with wings at both ends. Jetty, close studding. Curved SO 390581 braces in walls. 1st fl. chamber with arch-braced collar. Heref 1523 Pembridge Glan Arrow Cottages, 36.82 Sh 4 bays, 2 storeys. Jettied. 2-bay floored hall with open chamber above. Box- SO 390583 Bridge St framed. Arch-braced truss springing from stub tiebeams. Heref 1525 c. Leominster Forbury Chapel, 34.106 Notm Stone, 13thC. Hammer-beams over knee braces carry paired / double principals, SO 497529 Church St CfA 18/2003 the inner scissored near apex. Two tiers of purlins with arched wind-braces. [20thC ceiling hides roof]. Heref 1521 -37 Michaelchurch Tyn-y-gwynt 38.120 Oxf Hall house / longhouse: stone walls: single storey. Smoke blackening. 4 pairs of SO 296377 Escley cruck frames. Later chimney inserted into cross passage. Heref 1530 Eardisley 5-8 Castle Close 37.109 IT Barn. 7-bay box-framed. Two tiers trenched purlins & straight wind braces. SO 312492 Heref 1530/1+0 Colwall The Ale House 23.45 Sh A church house on edge of churchyard. This date is for a corner post. (Sole plate SO 739423 1445+, timber in external wall(?) 1492+ - re-used?). Heref 1534 Foy Anchor and Can 48.87 Cruck-framed bay added to open hall of 1405 d (qv). (For inserted floor and wall SO610286 Cottage HRAC/15/16 frame also see 1568-90). Heref 1535 /6 Michaelchurch King’s Arms 38.121 Oxf Hall house / long house. Stone. Single storey. Smoke blackened cruck truss. SO 314367 Escley Heref 1538 Pembridge Old Post Office, 34.103 IT (19) The box-framed wing with end jetty was dated but 2-bay cruck hall failed to date. SO 392582 East St Heref 1540 White House 31.116 UoW Date is for west wing no useful roof details. Also see 1602. SO 349357 Heref 1540-1543 Kington Penrhos Court 30.121 Sh First floor of wing in complex multi-phase structure. Also see 14361540-1543, SO 318562 1571-1606. Heref 1542 1543 Bromyard Lower Brockhampton 33.79 UoW Gatehouse. Timber-framed. Close studded: straight down-braces. Jettied. Dragon SO 687560 Gatehouse (NT) beams. Knee-brace to tiebeam & collar truss, raking struts, clasped purlins, curved wind-braces. Heref 1546 c. Michaelchurch Pikes Farm 38.121 Oxf ‘2nd phase of…’ 1546 c. includes chimney lintel and cruck. Also see 1561 and SO 290381 Escley 1590 /91. Heref 1528-64 Pembridge Old Steppes Stores, 35.88 Sh (20) Rectory? 2-bay 2-storey box-framed jettied upper-end wing, oriel window, SO 390581 East St principals, purlins, collars. Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Heref 1546 Pembridge Westleigh, West St 36.83 IT Box-framed. 2-bay 2-storey jettied wing. Roof has been ‘re-aligned’. SO 389581 Heref 1550 /51 Holme Lacy The Thatch, Bridge 49.124 3 square panel high walls with jowled posts (and inserted floor?) (For cruck truss SO 552355 Road HRTH/11/17 see 1450 -80). Heref 1551 Pembridge Oak House, East St 35.88 Sh (21) Box-framed. 2 bays, 2 storeys, jettied: moulded bressumers. SO 393582 Heref 1552 Allensmore Church House 37.120 Oxf 2 bays, 1½ storeys, box-framed, 3 panel high walls. Queen struts, 2 tiers of purlins. SO 504835 Heref 1560 Weobley The Throne, Hereford 43.79 MB 3 bays with close-studded walls; tiebeam, 3 struts to collar, raking struts from collar SO 404516 Rd to principals. Also see 1467-8, 1477-80 and 1572-5. Heref 1561 Michaelchurch Pikes Farm 38.121 Oxf Parlour range of house with door frames dated 1462 -92 (qv). Also see 1590 /91. SO 290381 Escley Heref 1563 Kingswood Pound Farmhouse 48.88 Chimney inserted into cruck-framed house of 1441 -65 (qv). [This entry succeeds SO 289541 HRPF/37/16 VA 33.80] Heref 1560-80 Eardisley Bridge House 37.108 Sh Market place. Undated re-used timbers from cruck building in an 18thC stone wing. SO 311494 The date is for the box-framed wing, jettied on 3 sides and with decorative panelling. Broach stops on ceiling beams. Heref 1549-1593 Preston Wynne Court Cottage 30.121 Sh Fragments of open hall with base cruck truss, but the date-range is for ‘re-used SO 558469 elements at the north end’. Heref 1572-5 Weobley The Throne, Hereford 43.79 MB Storeyed porch with ‘chevron bracing’, broach stops. Also see 1467-8, 1477-80 SO 404516 Rd and 1560. Heref 1559 -89 Wigmore Chapel Farmhouse 49.124 Floor and chimney inserted into earlier hall. (For 4-bay hall see 1428 -42). SO 394684 HRCF/32/16 Heref 1562-93 Pembridge Old Stores, Market 34.103 IT (22) Replacement floor in 15thC wing. Also see 1666 -76. SO 390580 Place Heref 1568 -90 Foy Anchor and Can 48.87 Inserted floor and wall frame (in cruck-framed open hall of 1405d). SO610286 Cottage HRAC/15/16 Heref 1581 /82 Eardisley Old Granary 48.87 3-bay main range with small square panel walls, jowled posts. Tiebeam and collar, SO 310497 Upper Court HROG/25/16 queen struts. V-struts, 3 tiers trenched purlins. (Re-used timbers felled 1409-33 and 1431-61). For wing see 1697/8. Heref 1582 Tenbury Wells Bleathwood Manor 40.119 DCL Tiebeam & collar, queen struts. Originally only 2 bays. Fire-damaged. SO 560696 Farm RDR 77/2008 Heref 1584 Moccas New House Farm 45.110 Notm Wing of 2 bays, 2 storeys + attic. Tiebeam, principals, collars. (For barn see 1631 - SO 356402 56. Heref 1571-1606 Kington Penrhos Court 30.121 Sh This date obtained from Elizabethan wing is broadly coeval with date- range of SO 318562 AML 31/98 1580 – 1609 for floor inserted into open hall. Complex multi-phase structure: also see 1436, 1446-89, 1540-1543. Heref 1590 /91 Michaelchurch Pikes Farm 38.121 Oxf Later window frames. Also see 1457 -87, 1546 c., 1561. SO 290381 Escley Heref 1591/2 Pembridge Court House Farm, 35.88 Sh 2-bays, 2 storeys, box-framed, probably wing to lost hall. Jettied gable end. Now SO 390579 Bearwood Lane forms part of range of barns. Heref 1575 -1615 Abbey Dore Dore Abbey 30.120 Sh Re-used timbers. Also see1205 -38, 1622 -49. SO 387304 (St Mary’s Church) Heref 1593 1595 Bredwardine Old House Farm, 44.94 Notm 2½ bays, 2½ storeys, end stacks. Plank & muntin screen. 3 roof trusses have SO 329436 Pentre Lane tiebeams, principals, collars. Truss 2 has triple struts. 2 tiers of side purlins. Heref 1595 Hereford 14 Church Street 28.144 Sh Jettied. SO 510399 Heref 1602 Vowchurch White House 31.116 UoW Third phase of house first built c. 1540 (qv). SO 349357 Heref 1604 + Hereford 102 East Street 28.144 Sh Floorboards. SO 510400 Heref 1603/4 Dinmore Dinmore Manor 31.92 Oxf Queen struts: ‘queen post’ [?]: side purlins. SO 486502 1604/5 Heref 1613/4 Tupsley Lower House Farm 28.145 Sh Timber-framed. SO 535404 Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Heref 1617 Ledbury The Market House 40.113 Notm Open ground floor with moulded posts. Upper floor jettied all round, dragon beams. SO 711377 RDR 53-2008 Walls - square panels, herringbone framing. Gables – tiebeam & collar, struts, V- struts. Internal trusses – tiebeam, raked struts to principals and from principals to collar, 2 tiers of tenoned side purlins. Heref 1617/18 Hereford 42 Widemarsh St 28.144 Sh Replacement roof. SO 510402 AML 17/96 Heref 1619 -21 Kington Hergest Court 28.159 Oxf Undercroft pentice. Also see 1267. SO 281554 Heref 1615-35 Much Dewchurch The Mynde 31.115 UoW Date range is for North Wing: first-floor structure 1619. SO 470295 AML 53/99. Heref 1619 c. to Wigmore Chapel Farm barn 49.124 3-bay barn with outshot (former dwelling). Walls 4 small panels high. Gabled roof SO 394684 1632 c. HRCF/32/16 with queen-strut trusses [tiebeam and collar?] Heref 1622 -49 Abbey Dore Dore Abbey 30.120 Sh John Abel restoration of 1633. (Also see1205 -38, 1575 -1615). SO 387304 (St Mary’s Church) Heref 1631 -56 Moccas New House Farm 45.110 Notm Barn: tiebeam, collar. For house see 1584. SO 356402 Barn Heref 1656 Adforton Wigmore Abbey 34.99 Sh 9th of 11 structural features dated: Later partition in undercroft. SO 410713 Heref 1662/3 Croft Croft Castle 34.100 Sh North range roof: Open trusses with high collars and queen struts. West range and SO 449654 1663 south range roofs 1663. West range cellars 1667. Service range gable after 1571. The samples indicate a rapid building programme. Heref 1668/9 Pembridge St Mary’s Church 28.145 Sh Detached bell tower: major reconstruction. First built of timber felled 1207-1223 SO 392581 AML 1/99 (qv). Other timbers dated to 1560 -1571.. Heref 1666-76 Pembridge Old Stores, 35.89 Sh Storey posts in 17th-century extension added on 2 sides to a jettied wing. Re-used SO 390580 Market Place timbers dated to 1474 -1500. Also see 1562 -93. Heref 1681 /2 Pembridge Westfields & Timber 35.89 Sh Box-framed. 4 bays 1 storey mainly non-domestic. Added to box-framed jettied SO 388581 Cottage, West St range of 1488-98 (qv). Heref 1683 Adforton Wigmore Abbey 34.99 Sh 10th of 11 structural features dated Abbot’s Hall. SO 410713 Heref 1697/8 Eardisley Old Granary 48.87 2-bay wing. End trusses of tiebeam and collar type, queen struts, curved V-struts, 2 SO 310497 Upper Court HROG/25/16 tiers of trenched side purlins. For main range see 1581 /2. Heref 1692 -1722 Peterchurch Wellbrook Manor 51.109 (23) ‘Ceiling in hall’ [i.e. inserted floor?]. For primary base cruck phase see 1370 -1400. SO 350384 i Heref 1729 Adforton Wigmore Abbey 34.99 Sh 11th of 11 structural features dated. Inserted partition. SO 410713 Heref 1746 /7 Kingswood Pound Farm 48.88 Barn, gabled. Small square panel wall frames, straight down-braces. Tiebeam (and SO 289541 HRPF/37/16 collar?), raking queen struts, 2 tiers staggered trenched purlins, straight windbraces.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Duncan James for several helpful corrections and amendments.

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