BERKSHIRE This Table Includes Numerous Buildings That Are Now in the Enlarged County of Oxfordshire

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 © Vernacular Architecture Group 2021 These files may be copied for personal use, but should not be published or further distributed without written permission from the Vernacular Architecture Group.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 Unauthorised copies released without prior consent on search engines may be out of date and unreliable.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

BERKSHIRE This table includes numerous buildings that are now in the enlarged county of Oxfordshire.

County : Felling date Placename Address VA ref Description / keywords NGR Historic range HE ref & later Other refs Berks 1225 Windsor The Round Tower, 26.60 Oxf Re-used joist SU 970770 Windsor Castle Berks 1226 -51 Windsor 25, The Cloisters, 36.85 Notm Chamber block? Documentary evidence of alterations 1220-40. Remains of a scissor- SU 970770 Windsor Castle CfA 82/2004 braced coupled rafter roof employing open notched lap joints. Berks 1243 – 47 Harwell Winchester’s Manor 12.39 Fl (1) Aisled. Hall. Reversed assembly. Passing braces, straight arcade braces to arcade SU 492888 (Oxf) (Lime Tree House) plate, notched lap-joints, coupled rafters with collars and ashlar pieces. For inserted base cruck see 1294 -1306. Berks 1256 -88 Radley 104 Lower Radley MPHE RAD-B Phase 0 re-used cranked cruck blade 1256 -88. (For phase 1 see 1513 /14). SU 532987 (Oxf) 22.46 Notm Berks 1282 -86 Aston Tirrold Tirrold House, MPHE AST-A Chamber block. Box-framed. Very low ground floor. Large panels, unjowled wall SU 556858 (Oxf) Aston Street (formerly 23.58 posts, straight up-braces rise to notched lap-joints in wall plates. (For later roof & hall The Cottage) bay see 1518/19 & for wing see 1620). Berks 1284 /85 West Hagbourne York Farm 24.55 Oxf Base cruck hall; large wall panels, long straight up-braces. Frame on padstones, SU 512878 (Oxf) (2) arcade plate at top of blade, under tiebeam; crown post and king-strut. West service bay with hipped roof. Upper end east wing half-hipped, applied jetty, crown post, king strut. Berks 1291 Abingdon 15 High Street (former 45.122 Oxf West range, jettied, dragon ties. Roof includes 4 trusses, 3 with octagonal crown posts, SU 497970 (Oxf) Lion Inn) (3) 4-way bracing to collars and collar purlins. (For scissor-braced truss see 1500 /01). Berks 1291 /92 Great Coxwell Great Coxwell Barn 45.123 Oxf (Replaces VA 11.34). Aisled stone barn. Inner & outer wall-plates, sole plates, ashlar SU 269940 (Oxf) (Abbey Grange Barn) pieces. Raked struts to aisle rafters. Parallel straight braces from unjowled arcade (Nat Trust) posts to tiebeams and arcade plates in reversed assembly. Cranked struts from tiebeams to compound rafters with cleats. Upper extended collars support short crown struts up to high short collars, straight braces up to ridge plate. Straight windbraces up to side purlins which pass over cleats. Intermediate trusses include inner principals which are birdsmouthed to arcade plates and which support braces out to short truncated tiebeams. Berks 1299 Steventon Tudor House, 67 The MPHE STE-B Box-framed wing to former hall. Un-jowled posts, dragon ties, tiebeam, scissor-bracing SU 467917 (Oxf) Causeway 41.110 Oxf in gable, crown strut with mortice for collar-plate. (Replacement hall dated 1355/56 (4) (qv). For reconstruction of wing see 1448/49). Berks 1352 -1355 Windsor 8 Canons’ Cloisters, 37.110 Sh On documentary evidence, canons’ lodging of 1352-55 by Ed III. Box framed, jettied. SU 973768 (doc) Windsor Castle Earliest framed collegiate architecture in Britain? First-storey floor boards have a felling date of after 1298. Berks 1294 -1306 Harwell Lime Tree House 14.62 (5) Base cruck, arch-braced tiebeam, crown post, collar purlin, splayed and tabled scarf. SU 492888 (Oxf) (Winchester’s Manor) For primary aisled hall see 1243 -47. Tree ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Berks 1294 -1308 Peasemore Peasemore House 40.122 Oxf Earliest roof has crown post with straight braces and close-set rafter pairs. (Later SU 460770 queen strut roof with clasped purlins failed to date). Berks 1289 -1321 Harwell Tibberton Cottage, 49.129 Notm 1 surviving bay of a 2-bay cruck open hall. Half-hipped truss, 1 elbowed blade, 1 SU 491888 (Oxf) OxCal Wellshead Lane MPHE HAR-E curved blade, ‘double collar’. Tiebeam halved across blades, collars & straight braces are tenoned. (Formerly Baker’s Cottage: succeeds 1282+, VA 14.62) Berks 1313/ 14 to South Moreton Manor House, Paper 50.113 Oxf East wing with primary first floor with splayed scarf in axial beam. Crown-post roof with SU 562882 (Oxf) 1314 /15 Mill Lane soulaces. (For base cruck hall range see 1397 /98, & for alterations to E wing see 1631). Berks 1317 /18 Sutton Courtenay Manor Cottage, High MPHE SUC-A Half-hipped, thatched. Large wall panels (no midrails) with long straight braces, open SU 503941 (Oxf) Street 23.49 Oxf cruck truss with elbowed blades, arch-braced collar, saddle (type C apex): tenoned (6) side purlins, ridge plate, lapped windbraces. Contemporary 3-bay wing with straight wall braces, may have had front wall jetty, great chamber: collar purlins jointed into sides of crown posts, dragon ties. Trait de Jupiter scarfs. Fire-damaged in 1990. Berks 1319 -1320 Slough Upton Court 19.46 Notm Hall - aisled and hammer-beam. Arch-braces to tiebeam, crown posts. SU 980791 (7) Berks 1323 /24 Harwell Middle Farm 23.48 Oxf S range: crown post, dragon ties. Also see 1367-71 for replacement open hall. SU 492893 (Oxf) (Bayllols Manor) (8) Berks 1305 -57 Harwell Pomander House, MPHE HAR-D Cruck truss T2 has (secondary?) tiebeam, arch-braced collar, king strut to saddle, SU 493895 (Oxf) radiocarbon Townsend (9) single tier of side purlins, ridge plate, curved windbraces. T1 is an ‘open plank end truss’. Berks 1331 to 1333 - Sutton Courtenay The Manor House, 48.117 Oxf For MP & JP John Brounz? Roof over N service wing with 3 bays of chambers above SU 502941 (Oxf) 34 Church Street (10) includes arch-braced collars, clasped purlins, tenoned curved wind-braces. (C. Currie proposed that this wing was contemporary with the (undated) base cruck open hall). Berks 1335 /36 East Hendred Hendred House - 33.83 Oxf Box-framed. Unjettied. 4-bay chamber on 1st floor. Dragon ties. Central truss: crown- SU 460885 (Oxf) South wing (11) strut with short braces up to the collar: clasped purlins and a ridge-plate. One gable has crown-strut with curved braces down to tiebeam. This date is for a first-floor side girt. Altered 1375 /1407 (qv). Berks 1323 -49 Long Wittenham 33 High St MPHE LOW-C Only W bay remains of 2-bay open hall house. W truss ½-hipped? Cruck truss T2 has SU 548938 (Oxf) cranked collar, saddle apex (type C) pegged for a ridge plate. Berks 1337 + Windsor Windsor Castle 28.138 Sh Great Kitchen. ‘Lower wall plate’, but roof rebuilt – see 1489, 1577 ... SU 971770 Berks 1338 -40 St. Helen Without Calcott’s Barn, 48.117 Oxf 5 bay stone barn (for Abingdon Abbey or a tenant). 4 raised cruck trusses with arch- SU 484980 (Oxf) Farringdon Rd., braced collars, upper collars. Side purlins: upper tier trenched, lower on backs of Shippon blades. Type C apexes. Bridled scarf, edge-halved scarf. 1 timber (1251 -83) re-used. Berks 1350 /51 Steventon 39 The Causeway MPHE STE-E Cruck-framed range. Truss T8 includes cruck spurs, arch-braced collar, saddle. SU 469918 (Oxf) radiocarbon Trenched side purlins, windbraces, ridge plate. (For box-framed wing see 1364 /65 and for kitchen range see 1518 /19). Berks 1351 1352 Windsor Windsor Castle: 34.109 Oxf Primary phase timbers accord with documentary dates. Also see {1298 after 1400 pre}, SU 968770 Canon’s Cloister 1439/40 and 1476 -1508. Berks 1352 /53 Windsor 6 & 7 Canons’ Cloister 43.97 Oxf Primary phase of hall range. Roof originally had ‘inset principals connected with SU 968770 Windsor Castle saddles carrying a square-set ridge, trenched purlins, trestle-sawn windbraces. (Also see 1479 /80). Berks 1315 -47 1337 Steventon Priory Cottages 35.100 Oxf SW range. Large panels, lodged joists, dragon ties. Jowled crown posts with down- SU 465474 (Oxf) -69 braces: in open truss, 4 up-braces over cranked tiebeam. (Also see 1443/4, and 1461 /2 for (S) hall range.) Berks 1352 -1355 Windsor 8 Canons’ Cloisters, 37.110 Sh On documentary evidence, canons’ lodging of 1352-55 by Ed III. Box framed, jettied. SU 973768 (doc) Windsor Castle Earliest framed collegiate architecture in Britain? First-storey floor boards have a felling date of after 1298. Berks 1354 /55 Windsor Windsor Castle 26.60 Oxf Samples from Edward III lodgings. SU 970770 Berks 1355 +0 Windsor Windsor Castle 21.47 Oxf Various samples in the Round Tower. Also see 1578. SU 970770 Tree ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Berks 1355 / 56 Steventon Tudor House, 67 The MPHE STE-B Hall range. Full cruck or two-tier cruck? Arch-braced collar tenoned into top of blades, SU 467917 (Oxf) Causeway 20.44 Notm cusped upper principals to saddle. T1 has inner principals on dropped tiebeam. (For wing see 1299 & for phase 3 see 1448 /49). Berks 1352 -62 Long Wittenham Terret Close, High MPHE LOW-A ½-hipped roof, thatched. 4 bays, 5 cruck trusses. T2 & T4 have type C apexes. Rebuilt SU 545937 (Oxf) Street 20.44 Notm T3 across 2-bay open hall has arch-braced open cruck truss. Berks 1364 /65 Steventon 39 The Causeway MPHE STE-E (W of cruck range), a box-framed wing with large wall panels, up-braces, dragon ties, SU 469918 (Oxf) 41.109 Oxf scissor-bracing, crown post, ogee bracing, clasped purlins, diminished principals, splayed scarfs. ‘Coeval pine spine beam’ (1356 /57) with through-splayed and tabled scarfs and lodged joists. (Continuing use of early techniques). (Also see 1350 /51 for cruck range & 1518/19 for kitchen range. Berks 1365-66 Steventon 83 The Causeway 39.108 Notm Felling dates of 1314 (VA12.39) and 1305 (VA13.49) are both superseded here. 1 SU 467917 (Oxf) MPHE STE-C truss with (stock-piled?) timber felled 1317-46. All the rest attributed to 1365 /66d. 3 trusses include a truncated cruck & a full cruck with arch-braced collar, spandrel struts, saddle with short king post, lodged side purlins. Berks 1364 -70 Windsor Windsor Castle 26.60 Beams in North Staircase. SU 970770 Berks 1367 /71 Harwell Middle Farm 23.48 Oxf Hall arch-braced base cruck, crown posts: contemporary N range – crown posts. Also SU 492893 (Oxf) (Bayllolls Manor) (12) see 1323/4 Berks 1375 -1407 East Hendred Hendred House 33.83 Oxf Corner post in S wing in what otherwise dated to 1335 /6 (qv). Also see 1522 /3. SU 460885 (Oxf) Berks 1397 /98 South Moreton Manor House, Paper 50.113 Oxf Hall range walls of large rectangular panels with curved down-braces. Base cruck truss SU 562882 (Oxf) Mill Lane (13) on padstones, arcade plates with applied mouldings. Linenfold panel door to hall dated to 1383-99 – Baltic boards. (For E wing see 1314 /15 and 1631). Berks 1385 -1412 Abingdon St Helen’s Church 23.53 Notm Guild chapel ceiling SU 497968 (Oxf) Berks 1399 /1400 Harwell Abbey Timbers, MPHE HAR-C 3-bay cruck range with 2 bay open hall. Large panel wall frames. Cruck truss T2 has SU 490887 (Oxon) Broadway Hill elbowed blades, arch-braces to cranked collar, type C apex. T3 has tenoned collar, saddle, short braced king post (type F3). Single tier of side purlins, ridge plate. Berks 1400 + Harwell Middle Farm Barn 15.69 Fl Cruck. Fire damaged in 1969. SU 492893 (Oxf) Berks 1418 /20 East Hendred Godfrey’s Farm, 2 MPHE EAH-C 2-bay open hall. Arch-braced collar open cruck truss (elm blades), saddle, single tier SU 460885 (Oxf) St Mary’s Road 33.84 Oxf trenched side purlins, wind braces, ridge plates. 5-light hall window survives. Box- framed bay (with chamber over low floor?) has large wall panels, mid-rail. Truss T.1 includes tiebeam, queen struts, collar, small saddle. Berks 1420 /21 Harwell Church Farm, Church MPHE HAR-B 4-bay cruck-framed open hall house. 2 type F1 apexes. Truss T1 has spurs with SU 492890 (Oxf) Lane Notm (14) notched lap joints, collar, saddle, short king post, single tier trenched side purlins, ridge plate. Tiebeam is a replacement. (Supersedes 1420-44 in VA20.44). Berks Harwell Dell Cottage, Church MPHE HAR-A 1425 ± 45 radiocarbon date currently considered unreliable. Gabled, thatched. SU 492890 (Oxf) Lane Cruck-framed. Phase 1 - 2 bay hall + chamber bay. (For phase 3 see 1521 -46). Berks 1426 /27 East Hendred Hickman’s Cottages 45.122 Oxf 2 cruck trusses. S cruck truss has collar tenoned into E blade but lapped across W. SU 457888 (Oxf) (15) Saddle apex (type C) supporting ridge plate. Intermediate sooted truss in hall has rare curved scissor braces. Trenched purlins have secret splayed scarf joints. Berks 1428 1429 Abingdon 26-26a, East St 26.64 Front range: hall and two side wings, rear range & gallery. Also painted ceiling panels SU 497969 (Oxf) Helen’s Street of after 1423. Berks 1430 Brimpton Shalford Farm 32.75 Oxf This date for SW range: box framed. 4-bay roof with arch-braced collars, clasped SU 569649 purlins. Also see 1580/81, 1582, 1745. Berks 1420 -44 Harwell Church Farm, Church 20.44 Notm Hall range cruck, apex C. Also C14 dated1430±16. SU 493891 (Oxf) Lane (16) Berks 1435 & 1436 Newbury 4-6, Argyle St 48.84 Smoke-blackened timbers in roof of Bartholomew Cottage. SU 469665 RGBM/36/16 Tree ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Berks 1439/40 Windsor Windsor Castle 34.109 Oxf Canons’ Cloister. Two timbers in the cellar of the E cloister. Also see 1351 1352, and SU 968770 1476 -1508. Berks 1443 /44 Steventon Priory Cottages (NT) 33.84 Oxf 4 ranges round a courtyard. This date identifies the NW block as the solar SU 465474 (Oxf) (17) repaired1444-5. Large panel wall frames with curved down-braces. Cranked tiebeam and collar, queen struts, clasped purlins. The north linking range dated to 1462/3 (qv). Also see 1315 -47 and {1461 /2 1462 /3}. Berks 1434 -54 Tilehurst Pincents Manor 35.96 Oxf Barn. Half-hipped, thatched. 5 cruck-framed bays. Arch-braced collar and upper collar. SU 649719 Two tiers of side purlins and wind braces. (Dismantled following fire). Berks 1444 & 1445 Eton 47 -9 High Street 49.135 MB Two ½-Wealden units. Each hall flanked by shop with jettied chamber above. Curved SU 966774 /46 DM up-braces. Down-braces, tiebeams, queen-struts, collars, clasped purlins (mainly re- used). Mortices for smoke louvres. Berks 1448/49 Hungerford 85-86 High Street 41.86 2-bay cruck-framed house with single bay hall; saddle, ridge plate. SU 337682 HUHS/24/09 Berks 1448 /49 Steventon Tudor House, 67 The MPHE STE-B Phase 3: cambered tiebeam, clasped purlins, ridge purlin trapped by small yoke SU 467917 (Oxf) Causeway 41.110 Oxf (reconstruction of 1299 wing (qv); for phase 2 see 1355 /56). (18) Berks 1448 /49 Wantage 57 Grove Street 37.127 Oxf N cruck truss ‘with a half-hip with a type V apex’, middle truss type W. SU 922989 (Oxf) 1449 Berks 1457 1457 Great Coxwell Court House 38.129 Oxf Monastic grange. Stone. Also see 1465 -97. SU 269939 (Oxf) /58 Berks 1462 /63 Steventon Priory Cottages (NT) 33.84 Oxf Located E of the NW block of 1443 /4 (qv), this linking range included a partition with SU 465474 (Oxf) (19) very large panels and long curved down-braces. Crown-strut and curved braces up to collar, clasped purlins. Also see 1570 /71. Berks 1461 /62 Steventon Priory Cottages (NT) 35.100 Oxf S (hall) range: 2 bays. Short screens bay with gallery. False hammer beam central SU 465474 (Oxf) 1462 /63 (20) truss with traceried spandrels, moulded posts, raking curved struts above the collar. Also tiebeam & collar trusses. Two tiers of tenoned purlins with 4-centred wind braces. Also see 1315 -47 1337 -69, 1443/4. Not now considered to be the manor or priory house. Berks 1462 /63 Steventon Priory Cottages (NT) 33.84 Oxf Located E of the NW block of 1443 /4 (qv), this linking range included a partition with SU 465474 (Oxf) (21) very large panels and long curved down-braces. Crown-strut and curved braces up to collar, clasped purlins. Also see 1570 /71. Berks 1463 /67 Steventon 71, The Causeway MPHE STE-D Box-framed, walls have large panels, mid-rails, upward braces. 4 bays inc. open hall in SU 467917 (Oxf) 41.87 (22) bay 3. Truss T2 includes jowled posts, short arch-braces to cambered tiebeam, queen ABCA/10/09 struts, collar, un-reduced principals. Clasped purlins, windbraces. Berks 1443 -75 Warfield Hayley Green Farm 33.82 Oxf Barn. Box-framed. Long curved braces in wall frame. Half-hipped roof. Arch-braces to SU 886714 1454-78 tiebeam, collars, queen struts, clasped purlins. [Oxford Archaeol] Berks 1468 Windsor Windsor Castle 26.60 Edward IV repairs – to kitchen roof. SU 970770 Berks 1472 /73 East Hendred Wisteria House & The 30.101 Oxf Close-studding and rectangular panels. Open truss in hall is a jointed cruck with an SU 460888 (Oxf) Stores (23) arch-braced collar (posts with extended jowls). Double side purlins, tenoned, with four- centred wind braces. Jettied wings have front gables with crown struts and raking struts: tiebeams, collars, queen struts, clasped purlins have secret-bridled scarf joints. Berks 1466 -82 Abingdon 3 Stert Street 34.96 Two-room plan with cross-passage. Continuous jetty. SU 498970 (Oxf) ABSS/27/02 Berks 1474 /75 to Newbury 17 & 18 West Mills 45.100 3-bay hall house: rear half of centre bay open. Front once jettied. Roof hipped at E SU 468670 1476 RGWM/11/13 end. Large panel wall frame with curved up braces. Jowled posts, tiebeams, queen struts, single tier of in-line tenoned purlins, curved windbraces. Berks 1467 -93 Maidenhead Maidenhead Bridge 34.109 Oxf Timber piles salvaged from medieval bridge. 18thC repairs used timbers with felling SU 901813 dates of 1684-1714 and 1751-75. Tree ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Berks 1479 Windsor 23 & 23A Denton’s 47.87 MB DM a. Song School; 2-storey house with wings, close studded, jettied. Hall roof is arch- SU 968770 Commons braced [to collars?], with tenoned purlins. b. In No. 23A a transverse ceiling beam has fdr of 1471-1503. In 1483 there was an endowment for 2 priests. Berks 1479 /80 Windsor Windsor Castle 43.97 Oxf Stair turret in No. 6 Canons’ Cloister. (Also see 1352 /3). SU 968770 Berks 1465 -97 Great Coxwell Court House 38.129 Oxf Hall in monastic grange of {1457, 1457 /8} was ceiled over. SU 269939 (Oxf) Berks 1483 -88 Windsor Windsor Castle 29.119 Oxf 8 Canon’s Cloister, Lower Ward. First floor joists. Also see 1351 1352. SU 968770 Berks 1489 Windsor Windsor Castle 28.138 Sh Kitchen roof. Box framed. Arch-brace, tiebeams, interrupted tiebeams, king post, SU 971770 louvre posts ... Also see 1577 ... Berks 1476 -1508 Windsor Windsor Castle 34.109 Oxf Canons’ Cloister. Ridge beam from a low-pitched roof, re-used as a prop in a cellar. SU 968770 Also see 1351, 1352, and 1439/40. Berks 1495 /96 to Newbury 102-103 Northbrook St 45.100 Timber-framed open hall house. N bay open (hall). Louvre position. Tiebeams, SU470672 1497 RGNB/23/13 principals. Berks 1496 /97 1498 Beenham The White Cottage 45.99 3-bay open hall house. Hipped roof. Curved up-braces in walls. Internal jetty. Jowled SU 597694 RGWC/29/12 posts, tiebeams, queen struts, clasped purlins, curved windbraces. (For barn see 1540). Berks 1500 /01 Abingdon 15 High Street (former 45.122 Oxf Scissor-braced truss inserted into west range (a crown post roof of 1291 qv). SU 497970 (Oxf) Lion Inn) (24) Berks 1504 /05 Harwell Hollywell Cottage, MPHE HAR-F This felling date is for ½-hipped phase 2 cruck-built W extension: cruck blades, SU 491889 (Oxf) Wellshead Lane tiebeam, collar. Berks 1489 -1521 Newbury Coopers Arms, 47.71 Tiebeam and collar roof truss but date may be from reset timber SU 469668 Bartholomew Street RGCA/37/15 Berks 1497-1517 East Hendred Hillside, Church St 33.83 Oxf For central portion see 1553 1556 (Old Forge). This date and others were for re-used SU 458885 (Oxf) timbers in northern portion of 3 – attributed to 17thC. Box-framed. End-jetty. Berks 1508 Abingdon Lay cemetery ditch. 28.160 Oxf Bridge in moat. Bridge trestles. SU 499972 (Oxf) Berks 1504 -15 Harwell Princes Manor 38.129 Oxf Barn. Re-used timbers in 17th-century barn of 6 wide bays + 4 narrow bays, all aisled. SU 494891 (Oxf) Berks 1513 /14 Radley 104 Lower Radley MPHE RAD-B 2-bay open hall + chamber bay. 3 cruck trusses with saddle apexes. Trenched side SU 532987 (Oxf) purlins, ridge plate. (For re-used cruck blade see 1256 -88). Berks 1517 /18 West Hanney The Old Dower House 36.99 Oxf Box-framed, close-studded. 4-bay house, with smoke bay in one of them, and a 1st- SU 406928 (Oxf) 1518 floor gallery with external access. Tiebeams and collars. 2 tiers of side purlins with curved plank wind braces. Berks 1517 – 1518 Aston Tirrold Tirrold House, MPHE AST-A Roof of chamber block replaced, hipped at one end – tiebeams, queen struts, clasped SU 556858 (Oxf) /19 Aston Street (formerly 23.58 purlins, windbrace mortices. Box-framed hall bay with jowled posts. (For chamber The Cottage) block see 1282 -84 & for wing see 1620). Berks 1518/19 Steventon 39 The Causeway MPHE STE-E Kitchen range extension to west wing of 39 The Causeway (see 1364 /65) (For cruck SU 469918 (Oxf) 41.109 Oxf range see 1350 /51). Berks 1522 /23 East Hendred Hendred House 33.83 Oxf Garderobe to S wing which was first built 1335 /6 (qv). Also see 1575 -1607. SU 460885 (Oxf) Berks 1522 /23 Radley The Thatched Cottage MPHE RAD-A 1½ storeys, thatched. Cruck blades in T2 are re-used but other timbers provided felling SU 534989 (Oxf) 46-48 Lower Radley 22.45 date. T2 tiebeam, collar, yoke, king post, ridge plate. T3, tiebeam, collar, type D apex. Windbraces removed. Berks 1522 /23 Windsor Windsor Castle 48.108 Oxf First-floor framed in 4, Canon’s Cloister, Lower Ward (Also re-used joists of 1434 /35). SU 969770 Berks 1511 -36 Windsor Windsor Castle 36.85 Notm Accounts Office, Dean’s Cloister. Asymmetric shallow-pitched roof. SU 969770 CfA 2/2005 Berks 1515 -50 c. Didcot 26 Manor Rd 20.44 Notm West Wing. Cruck, ‘king post’, collar, apex L1. SU 521904 (Oxf) Berks 1521 -46 Harwell Dell Cottage, Church MPHE HAR-A Hall floored over, axial beam , front & rear large rectangular panel walls. (For phase 1 SU 492890 (Oxf) Lane cruck-framed hall & chamber see 1425 ± 45). (Succeeds 1523-58 in VA 22.45). Tree ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Berks 1533 /34 East Hendred Hendred House 32.77 Oxf North wing. Service range of 3 unequal bays, one end-jetty. Clasped purlins, ogival SU 460885 (Oxf) 1535/36 (25) wind-braces. Berks 1540 Beenham The White Cottage 45.99 Cruck-framed barn with half-hipped roof. (For cottage see 1489). SU 597694 Barn RGWC/29/12 Berks 1534 -57 Hungerford 2 Bridge St 43.80 Date is for purlins. SU 337687 HUBS/01/11 Berks 1549 -60 East Hagbourne Kingsholme MPHE DID-B 5 bays – bay 2 an open hall of late date? Large panel wall frame. Cruck truss with SU 528883 (Oxf) upper and lower tiebeams, lapped dovetail joints, single tier of side purlins, evidence for smoke louvre. Berks 1553 1556 East Hendred Old Forge Cottage, MPHE EH-A Timber-framed. 2 cruck trusses remain, with truncated type W apexes. Truss T1 has SU 458885 (Oxf) Church St. 33.83 Oxf tenoned collar, above which the blades are ‘notched’ to receive purlins. (Previously dated to 1544 in VA 20.44). For north portion see 1497-1517 Hillside. Berks 1559 Moulsford Pye Corner MPHE MOU-A Large wall panels with midrails and curved braces. 2 bays remain (of 3). Cruck trusses SU 591837 (Oxf) 22.45 T1 and T2 have tiebeams, 2 collars, cruck spurs tenoned into posts. Type W1 apexes (truncated blades support king posts). (Box-framed range not dated). Berks 1559 -60 Barkham The Bailiff’s Cottage 31.91 Oxf A ceiling joist was dated but re-use is suspected. SU 781670 Berks 1549 -72 East Hagbourne Kingsholme, Didcot 20.44 Notm Truncated cruck, apex W SU 528883 (Oxf) Berks 1548 -80 Steventon Folly House, 53 The MPHE STE-A (Phase 1 did not date). Fdr is for phase 3 two-bay wing with post & tiebeam trusses. SU 469918 (Oxf) Causeway 20.44 Notm Berks 1569 /70 Greenham Greenham Mill 33.81 Oxf Head-race framing of water mill. There were also repairs of 1589 /90. [Oxford SU 478673 1570 Archaeol]. Berks 1570 /71 Steventon Priory Cottges (NT) 33.84 Oxf Alterations to NW block of 1443 /4 (qv) including an oriel window. SU 465474 (Oxf) Berks 1569/70 Steventon Fir Tree House, 41.109 Oxf (Open) hall range: no roof details. Wing timbers felled 1572/3 (qv). SU 473920 (Oxf) 1571/72 Milton Lane Berks 1572/73 Steventon Fir Tree House, 41.109 Oxf Early addition of wing to hall range of (1572) 1571/72. SU 473920 (Oxf) Milton Lane Berks 1577 Windsor Windsor Castle 28.138 Sh Kitchen roof repairs. Hammer beams, king posts, purlins ... Also dated repairs of SU 971770 1719+. Also see 1489. Berks 1578 +0 Windsor Windsor Castle 21.47 26.60 Repairs in South Range. Repairs in South Range SU 970770 Berks 1579 Reading 69 London Street 32.75 Oxf Timbers from a collapsed timber-framed building. SU 718730 Berks 1580 Newbury Shaw House 35.96 Oxf Fully floored H-plan brick house with stone dressings and tiled roof. SU 476684 1579 /1580 Berks 1580/81 Brimpton Shalford Farm 32.75 Oxf North range: roof hipped at west end. Also see 1430, 1582, 1745. SU 569649 Berks 1582 Brimpton Shalford Farm 32.75 Oxf Re-used timbers in south range. Also see 1430, 1580/81, 1745. SU 569649 Berks 1587 Winkfield Kilbees Farm 31.91 Oxf North barn. Roof entirely of re-used timbers. SU 922719 Berks 1575 -1607 East Hendred Hendred House 33.83 Oxf SW Library wing. Also see 1335 /6 and 1522 /3. SU 460885 (Oxf) Berks 1579 -1611 Abingdon 52 Stert Street, The 41.108 Oxf Primary roof not dated (elm). This date for double jettied eastern extension. SU 496972 (Oxf) Knowl Berks 1599 Bradfield Cripps Farmhouse 32.74 Oxf Timber-framed central bays, originally considered 17thC. SU 590702 (NT) Berks 1599/1600 Holyport Lynden Barn 41.86 3-bay barn, jowled posts, straight braces, queen strut roof largely replaced TQ 895777 HOLB/17/09 Berks 1616/17 1617 Abingdon Unicorn House 28 42.108 Oxf Inn. 2 storeys, timber-framed, 6 bays. Dropped tiebeams, sling braces, cranked inner SU 497962 (Oxf) East St Helen St principals linked to interrupted ties. Berks 1620 c. Aston Tirrold Tirrold House, MPHE AST-A Inscribed date. Floor inserted into bay III & 2-bay range added. Smoke-hood. (For SU 556858 (Oxf) Aston Street (formerly 23.58 chamber block see 1282 -84 & for hall bay see 1518/19). The Cottage) Tree ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Berks 1623 Newbury 102 -3 Bartholomew 51.116 Timber-framed, small rectangular panels, gunstock jowls on posts. Gabled roof, queen SU 469668 Street RGBC/02/19 struts, clasped purlins. Berks 1623 + Windsor Windsor Castle 26.60 ‘…later repairs…’ SU 970770 Berks 1625 Newbury Cloth Hall (Newbury 40.118 DCL Timber-framed, with 6 bays, 2 storeys. SU 472671 Museum) Berks 1628 Winkfield St Mary’s Church 38.106 Notm ‘Flat’ roof on brick tower of 1629. Adapted 1780 -1805 (qv). SU 904724 Berks 1631 South Moreton Manor House, Paper 50.113 Oxf Reconstruction of N bay of E wing. (For east wing crown-post roof & primary first floor, SU 562882 (Oxf) Mill Lane see 1314 /15, for base cruck hall range see 1397 /98). Berks 1632 /33 Newbury Weavers Cottages, 1 49.121 No. 1 – a 2½ bay central chimney house with jowled posts, small square panel wall SU 468670 & 2 West Mills RGWC/24/17 framing with down-braces & a tiebeam, collar and queen-strut roof. No. 2, plausibly industrial, has unjowled posts, a queen-strut roof with diminished principals, clasped purlins & straight wind-braces. Berks 1642 /43 to Brightwalton Lavender Cottage, 43.80 3 bays, 1½ storeys. Hipped, gabled. Large panels. Jowled posts, tiebeams, queen SU 431783 1654 /55 Pudding Lane RGLC/13/11 struts. Berks 1660 & 1661 Hurst High Chimneys 44.85 Central hall + N & S wings. Gabled. N wing has tiebeams, queen struts, 2 tiers of SU 784718 RGHC/03/12 tenoned side purlins, tenoned rafters. Berks 1661, 1662 Ashdown Ashdown House (NT) 31.93 Oxf Unconventional roof: ‘two layers of beams supported on stout posts and spacers ..’ SU 282821 (Oxf) dragon ties. Berks 1649 -81 West Hendred Twilly Springs House, 51.106 ‘Primary structure’. For replacement roof see 1806 /07. SU 450885 (Oxf) Manor Lane RRS 97/2019 Berks 1723 /24 Windsor 23 Thomas St. 47.71 Rebuilt jettied front of building now largely pine. SU967770 SLTS/03/15 Berks 1730 -34 Tilehurst Belleisle Farm, 27.78 Notm Trentham’s Barn. Single-aisle: truncated principals, lower purlins trenched, upper SU 658761 Crown Green, purlins trenched into ends of collars. Also re-used timbers of 1536 -10+15 Purley on Thames Berks 1743 -44 Newbury Old Waggon & Horses 51.116 Brick, gabled rear range. Principals with curved feet, queen struts, staggered tenoned SU 471671 26 Market Place RGWH/16/19 purlins. Berks 1745 Brimpton Shalford Farm 32.75 Oxf SE range. Also see 1430, 1580/81,1582. SU 569649 Berks 1743 c. to Hungerford 2 Charnham Street 49.121 2-bay brick house of 1½ storeys with central chimney. Tiebeams, principals, raked SU 340689 1748/49 RGCH/05/17 queen struts, staggered tenoned purlins. Berks 1766 /7 1767 Lambourn Ashdown Park (NT) 31.94 Oxf Ashdown South Lodge. Lodge. Stone. Hipped roofs, dormers, end stacks. The lodge is SU 282821 illustrated in a Kip engraving of 1716! Berks 1780 -1805 Winkfield St Mary’s Church 38.106 Notm Pitched roof built on older flat tower roof (see 1628). SU 904724 RDR 66/2006 Berks 1794 /95 Hampstead Norreys – 30.98 Oxf ‘Skeleton Barn’ – an open-sided thatched corn rick (collapsed). Posts, tiebeams, SU 509764 1795 /96 Oakhouse Farm queen strut roof structure with clasped purlins. Also see 1811 /12. Berks 1796 /7 1798 Upper Basildon Kiln Farmhouse 43.97 Oxf T-plan brick farmhouse. Queen-strut roof trusses. TL 849225 /9 Berks 1803 /04 & Stanford Dingley Manor Barn 1 45.100 Barn, gabled. 5 bays, central gabled midstrey. Jowled posts, tiebeams, queen struts. SU 576716 1804 RGMF/14/13 In-line tenoned purlins, straight & curved windbraces. (Re-used timbers include 1 with fdr of 1616/17). Berks 1806 /07 West Hendred Twilly Springs House, 51.106 Oak in replacement roof 1807d. Elm in replacement roof cal 1801-8. Tiebeam, SU 450885 (Oxf) cal 1801-8 Manor Lane RRS 97/2019 principals, collar, queen posts, queen struts. (See 1649 -81 for ‘primary structure’). Berks 1811 /12 Hampstead Norreys, 30.98 Oxf Extension of the ‘Skeleton Barn’ of 1794 /5 (qv). SU 509764 Oakhouse Farm

Dr Dan Miles and David Clark are thanked for information and assistance in the compilation of this county table.

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