HAMPSHIRE Two Buildings on the Isle of Wight Are Included Below the Table for Hampshire
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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 © Vernacular Architecture Group 2021 These files may be copied for personal use, but should not be published or further distributed without written permission from the Vernacular Architecture Group.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 Unauthorised copies released without prior consent on search engines may be out of date and unreliable.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 HAMPSHIRE Two buildings on the Isle of Wight are included below the table for Hampshire. County – Felling date Placename Address VA ref Description / keywords NGR Historic range HE ref and later Other refs Hamps 1244 -1249 Hambledon Manor Farm 30.106 Oxf Bishop’s house. Stone. This date is for floor joists, but they might not be in a primary SU 646151 context. Also see 1473 -78. Hamps 1248 + Bentworth Hall Place 39.135 Oxf Aisled hall. Date from arcade plate in hall range was1248 +, but primary timbers in SU 663399 porch dated 1295 -1327 (qv) Hamps 1249 1250 Wherwell The Old Stables, 27.99 Oxf Guest hall or infirmary. Raised aisle roof 8.23m wide. Mortice & tenoned straight arch- SU 392406 Wherwell Priory (1) braces up to tiebeam and arcade braces; passing braces, notched lap joints, ashlar pieces? (not shown in Fig 1.8 in Roberts), splayed and tabled scarf. Also see 1279. Hamps 1249 /50 Winchester Winchester Cathedral 29.120 Oxf Nave roof. Double wall plates, ashlars, soulaces, coupled rafters, double collars with a SU 483293 (2) crown-strut between them. Subsequently remodelled. Also see 1306 -1318. Hamps 1253 /54 Winchester 40 Chesil Street 41.107 MB / Timber-framed row parallel to street; No 42 dated to 1292/93 (qv). Arch-brace joined to SU 487292 Oxf tiebeam with archaic lap joint. Hamps 1256 Romsey King John’s House 27.99 Oxf Stone: fine mouldings. Coupled rafters, soulaces, ashlar pieces, sole pieces: all joints SU 353213 (3) morticed. One tiebeam orig. had crown-strut up to collar (replaced by later crown post). Hamps 1263 -68 Kingsclere Frobury Farmhouse 46.107 Oxf Upper roof primary phase rafters over formerly aisled 2½ bay hall. (Now supported on SU 512593 later double tiebeams and arcade plates, interpreted as base cruck conversion of 1334 /35 qv). Hamps 1279 1280 Wherwell The Old Stables, 27.99 Oxf Second phase of building of 1249 (qv). SU 392406 Wherwell Priory (4) Hamps 1266 -98 Winchester 75 Hyde Street 47.72 Re-used timbers from a 7-cant roof (possibly from adjacent Hyde Abbey). SU 481300 SOHS/34/15 Hamps 1282 -4 Rockbourne Manor Barn 26.63 Oxf Barn. Raised cruck: type E apex: square-section wind braces. SU 115183 (5) Hamps 1291 /2 Winchester 42 Chesil St 43.102 Oxf Previously dated 1292/93 (VA 27.99). Straight arch-brace up to tiebeam, tenoned SU 487292 1276 -1308 (6) dragon ties, king post carries ridge plate, principals double as braces, raked, lateral braces morticed into king post but halved across principals. New date based on door- head & transverse beam. Single bay hall & in-line 2nd bay? Rear aisle wall plate 1276 - 1308. Hamps 1279 -1311 Fareham 15 High Street 29.117 Oxf Prob. around 1300. Wing. Arch-braced tiebeam. Longitudinal braces from king post to SU 575064 (7) ridge plate. Transverse braces from king-post pass the under-rafters and pass under side purlins to outer (principal) rafters. Parallel of 1292/3 at Chesil St, Winchester (VA 27, 99) Hamps 1296 -1304 Binsted West Court – barn 39.136 Barn. 4 bays, aisled all round. Hipped. Wall plates grooved for vertical planks. Passing SU 765411 braces tenoned into aisle posts, halved across aisle ties, arcade posts and tiebeams. Curved arcade braces, curved arch braces. Roof reconstructed, but probably originally coupled rafter. Tree ring dated buildings © VAG 2021 Hamps 1300 Odiham Monk’s Cottage, High 27.98 Oxf Cross-wing - jettied. Steeply cambered arch-braced tiebeam with floral boss supports SU 740511 Street (8) crown post. Hamps 1301 King’s Manor Farm 30.107 Oxf Hall low end cross-frame dated to 1301. Also see 1504. SU 367314 Somborne Hamps 1300 -15 Bishop’s Old Stables (at the 40.125 Oxf Single-aisled barn, stone (dem: some timbers at Singleton). Tiebeam carried tall king SU 553173 Waltham Palace) (9) post, the latter braced up to the ridge plate, and raked struts directly to principals, clasp purlins. Lap joints. Hamps 1295 -1327 Bentworth Hall Place 39.135 Oxf Date obtained from arcade plate in hall range was 1248 + (qv), but primary timbers in SU 663399 porch dated 1295 -1327 Hamps 1310 /11 Winchester The Pilgrim’s Hall 32.80 Oxf (Succeeds date range of 1285 -95 in VA 15.69). Guestmaster’s hall? Two halls end-to- SU 482291 (10) end plus in-line service bay. Double wall plates over stone walls. 3 bays to S with 2 hammerbeam trusses & raised aisle trusses at each end. 3 bays to N with aisled trusses and base-cruck across hall having arcade plates with trait-de-Jupiter scarfs trapped between blade and the arch-braced cranked tiebeam. Entire range had crown posts with braces up to a single central plate passing under scissor braces (rather than collars). Hamps 1311 /12 Bentley 1 Somerset’s Cottages 39.135 Oxf 3 trusses survive from a 4-bay cruck dwelling. 2 bay hall open truss has truncated SU 783439 crucks, arch-braced collar and a king post supporting a ridge beam. Truss at low end of hall has type C apex. For parallel see 1335 /6 – Dogmersfield. Hamps 1291 -1333 Twyford Marwell Hall 25.25 Sh 3-bay hall. Base cruck: arch-braced cambered tiebeam. Curved braces from blades to SU 508217 (Zoological Park) AML 8/94 arcade plates. Upper roof has arch-braced collars to coupled rafters. Hamps 1306 -1318 Winchester Winchester Cathedral 29.120 Oxf South transept roof. Sole plates, ashlars, coupled rafters, queen struts, soulaces, lower SU 483293 (11) collars and crown-struts to upper collars. Hamps 1314 /15 Binsted West Court 39.136 Oxf Base cruck hall range with crown post. Low end truss with arcade posts. Early high end SU 765410 solar wing. Arcade braces. Also see barn of 1296 -1304. Hamps 1321 /2 Michelmersh Manor Farm – south 33.92 Oxf Prior’s retreat / country house. Stone chamber block. 1st-floor solar has barrel vault. SU 353265 range Stock-piled timber? Hamps 1317 -36 Odiham 6, Farnham Road 36.97 Oxf 2-bay wing. Dragon ties. Long braces of almost square section. Lodged joists. Front SU 745512 bay reconstructed 1409 -31 (qv). Hamps 1325 /6 Warnford Riversdown 32.80 Oxf Two-bay base cruck hall. Coupled rafters: curved braces rise from cornices over the SU 603248 1327 arcade plates up to a high collar. (High?) end truss with arcade posts. Hamps 1328 /9 ? Burghclere Burghclere Manor 28.176 Oxf Rectory. Mass walls. Hall with in-line service wing and 4-bay solar wing. Date is for 2- SU 468579 bay hall: tiebeam, crown post with 4 upward braces. End trusses are ‘raised aisle’ Hamps 1333 East Meon Tudor House 34.114 Oxf Central truss of open hall. Cranked tiebeam, above which cusped arch-braces rise to SU 678222 (12) steeply cranked collar. Principals and purlins are secondary. Hamps 1318 -50 Mottisfont, Dairy Cottage (Nat 34.114 Oxf Timber-framed: large wall panels with slightly curved and straight braces. East range, 2 SU 324268 Trust) bays, jettied. Originally with arch-braces to cranked tiebeam and crown post. Later range of 1499 /1500 (qv). Hamps 1316 -52? Winchester 42 High Street 31.123 Sh Urban. 3-storeys jettied. Colonnaded walk-way. Original roof replaced in 1643 -75 (qv). SU 481294 Hamps 1333 1335 Alton 64, High Street: 27.97 Oxf Solar wing to missing hall? Coupled rafters with collars, notched lap joints: splayed and SU 716393 middle range. (13) tabled scarf joints. Hamps 1334 /35 Kingsclere Frobury Farmhouse 46.107 Oxf 2½ bay open hall rebuilt with double tiebeams clasping arcade plates, so probably a SU 512593 base cruck. Crown post with up- and down-braces. Spere truss of aisled form plus closed aisled truss at each end with passing brace halvings. Arcade plate has edge- halved and bridled scarf, claimed as earliest example of its kind Radiocarbon date from crown-post down-brace cal 1313-74. (For primary rafters of former aisled hall see 1263 -68). Hamps 1334 1334 West Tytherley Church Farm House 38.128 Hall and 2 bay 2 storey wing with applied jetty. Hipped. Dragon ties. Coupled rafter SU 276298 /35 trusses. However, central truss and hip truss have truncated inner principals, tenoned into collars, clasped side purlins. Curved wind braces. (Wing with crown post roof did not date. For hall reconstruction see 1776 -1808). Tree ring dated buildings © VAG 2021 Hamps 1335 /36 Dogmersfield Lords and Ladies 38.127 Oxf 2 bay open hall. Cruck: arch braces to collars: high end truss is type F1. Low end truss SU 786529 has king post tenoned into tiebeam and halved across collar. Straight wind braces. Hamps 1339 /40 Winchester 35 High Street 27.99 Oxf Wealden. Crown post with 2-way braces AND clasped side purlins, diminished SU 483297 principals. Hamps 1335 -64 Hartley Wespall Church of St Mary the 41.105 Oxf Timber-framed nave.