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 © Vernacular Architecture Group 2021 These files may be copied for personal use, but should not be published or further distributed without written permission from the Vernacular Architecture Group.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 Unauthorised copies released without prior consent on search engines may be out of date and unreliable.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

OXFORDSHIRE Also see for the enlarged (post 1974) county.

County – Felling date Placename Address VA ref HE ref Description / keywords NGR Historic range Other refs and later Oxf 1152 -87 Thame Park House 24.41 Not Former N & S cloister ranges? Coupled rafter: soulaces, collar, ridge. SP 716038 Oxf 1237 /38 & Christ Church 46.110 Oxf Priory House, east cloister. Re-used timbers. (For moulded ceiling at S end of E SP 515059 1245 cloister see 1490; for chapter house roof see 1259 -63) Oxf 1259 – 63 Oxford Christ Church: chapter 34.112 Oxf Coupled rafter trusses with lower and upper collars, the former having soulaces. SP 515059 house (1) Half-lapped joints at apex. Soulace and collar joints are refined entry notched lap CfA 3/2003 joints with angled pegs. (Previously dated 1250 + (VA20.46): also see 1245 & 1490). Oxf 1288 Oxford St Gile’s Church 38.130 Oxf Chancel – replacement roof. Double wall plates: 21 coupled rafter pairs with ashlars, SP 511070 soulaces, collars, all joints mortice and tenon. Oxf 1293 /94 Towersey Grange Oxf (2) Supersedes entry in VA45.125. Barn. Stone. Aisled. Roof replaced in 1950s but 1 SP 742054 Barn, Manor Road end of aisle plate survives & now dated. Arcade posts & tiebeams in reversed assembly, strainer beam, passing & intersecting braces, twin collars, compound rafters. Oxf 1298 /99 Oxford Warden’s Hall, Merton 47.95 Oxf (3) Middle Common Room. ‘The earliest 2-tier queen post roof’ [i.e. raised aisle?] Arch- SP 518061 College braced tiebeams, queen posts with curved braces up to upper plates, arch-braces to upper tiebeams, crown posts with 4-way curved braces, collars, collar plate. Also doc. – timber purchase in 1299. Oxf 1303 1305 Stanton St John Manor Farm - East 29.114 Oxf Gatehouse range. Date is for 1st-floor chamber floor (with an open hearth). Roof SP 577095 range replaced. Also see 1475 etc. Oxf 1312 -13 Church Farm: ‘Tithe 26.64 Oxf Stone. Experimental & ultimately unsuccessful roof ‘…combination of arch-braced SP 628025 Barn’ and base cruck principals’ ... Also see 1494. Oxf 1300 -35 Thame 7 Buttermarket 24.41 Notm Cross-wing with 1st-fl chamber, but no roof details. SP 706058 Oxf 1325 Henley-on- The Old Bell, 20 Bell 40.129 Oxf 3 bays with side passage & primary lateral stack. Applied jetty. Arch-braced SU 760826 Thames Street cambered tiebeam, octagonal crown post with richly-moulded capital, 4 upward braces. Oxf 1328 to Milton 42 -42A High Street 49.142 Oxf Timber-framed and thatched 3-bay hall range. Base cruck blades project outside SU 485923 1329 /30 arcade plates, short crown post with 4-way braces; mortices for a low beam between the blades. Aisled end truss. 2-bay jettied wing (now tiled) has large panel wall frame with straight up-braces and crown post roof with 2-way braces. Oxf 1334 /5+0 Mapledurham The Cottage, Mill 21.47 HBMC Cruck - arch-braced open truss across hall (types V and C). SU 676777 Farm Oxf 1337 -38 Tadmarton Manor Barn, Upper 47.96 Oxf An Abingdon Abbey barn. Stone, 6 bays. Raised cruck. Arch-braced lower collars, SP 392370 Tadmarton apex types F1 & C. 2 tiers side purlins with splayed scarfs across the trusses, ridge piece. Oxf 1341 +0 Gifford The Queen’s Head 20.46 HBMC Aisled , and one blade of a base cruck, spere truss. ‘...lower tie with knee-braces’, SU 616892 (4) arch-braced tiebeams, collars, clasped purlins. (Also see 1454).. Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Oxf 1338 -40 to The Great Barn, 49.141 Oxf Supersedes entry in VA 21. House (moved to present site after 1674 for use as SU 715976 1344 Church Farm (5) barn). Rectorial farm of Abingdon Abbey. Open hall with bay windows in N & S walls. Elaborate spere truss. Raised aisle roof, originally clasped purlins, diminished principals, impressive ogival cusped bracing. Oxf 1347 with Chapel and tower, 46.111 Oxf 11 scissor-braced coupled rafters over west end of chapel. For remainder of roof see SU 742891 1577 /78. Oxf 1330 -1365 Thame Thame Park House 24.41 Notm Unspecified later timbers – see 1167. SP 716038 Oxf 1348 /9 Stanton St John Manor Farm - 29.115 Notm Re-used timbers in a cartshed built in 1801 with a solid thatch roof: entirely rebuilt in SP 577095 1349 /50 cartshed 1996. Oxf 1353 /54 Henley-on- Old Broad Gates, 45 51.144 Oxf East range / wing, 2 bays, jettied, but sooted crown-post. SU 759825 Thames Market Place Oxf 1359 /60 Towersey Towersey Grange 45.125 Oxf Re-used rafters. (For 2-storey hall range see 1519 /20. Also see 1570 & 1721). SP 742055 Oxf 1351 -83 Banbury Hardwick House, 48.83 MB East range roof – ‘two collared principal rafter trusses with two tiers of side purlins.’ SP 459429 Noral Way For north range roof see 1477-1509. Oxf 1382 /83 & Oxford New College – kitchen 45.124 Oxf Kitchen roof. Arch-braced collars, 2 tiers of tenoned purlins & windbraces – ‘almost SP 517064 1383 & hall range certainly by Hugh Herland’. Roof which continues W over buttery & pantry (internal jetty over serving hatches) includes tiebeams, soulaces (not arch-braces). Also see 1387 -88. Oxf 1381 -82 Oxford The New Inn, 26-28 19.43 Oxf (6) Courtyard inn. Jetties, crown post roof. SP 512063 1386-7 Cornmarket Oxf 1387 /88 Oxford New College – kitchen 45.124 Oxf Ex-situ timbers from hall (the roof of which has been replaced twice). Baltic timber in SP 517064 & hall range hall doors felled 1367 -83. (For kitchen roof see 1383). Oxf 1389 to Oxford New College – The 49.143 Oxf Common rafter wagon roofs. SP 516064 1390 Cloisters Oxf 1391 /92 Letcombe Bassett Rectory Farm Barn 50.112 Oxf Barn, ½-hipped, thatched, weather-boarded, formerly wattle and daub. Full cruck, 1 SU 374849 type F1 apex, 2 type C apexes. (4 later box-framed elm trusses not dated). Oxf 1385 /86? Cromwell Lodge, 46.111 Oxf Cruck-framed hall range includes an arch-braced open truss, a closed truss, and has SU 735884 1392 /93 16-17 Stonor 2 type C apexes. Wing (1393) includes joists lodged on axial beam, clasped purlins. 1393 /94 Oxf 1394 1397 Oxford Bell Tower, 37.127 Oxf Timber in cloister door was felled after 1369. Building accounts 12 March -20 Dec SP 517064 New College CfA 56/2006 1397 Oxf 1397 /98 For Manor House see Berkshire Oxf 1401 Burford 124 High Street 37.124 Oxf Truncated 2-bay hall over undercroft: hall has central arch-braced truss: common SP 252122 rafters have ashlars rising from an inner wall plate. Contemporary 4-bay wing has cranked tiebeams and arch-braced cranked collars. A crown strut rises from each collar to a yoke. ‘Crown braces’ rise to ridge plate, which is ‘threaded’. ‘Splayed scarfs’. Oxf 1401, 1402 Swinbrook Manor Farm 24.55 Oxf Stone. Cruck hall: arch-braced open truss: contemporary cross wing with collar SP 279123 trusses [coupled rafter?]. Oxf 1405 +0 Henley-on- 76, Bell Street 23.48 Oxf 2-bay open hall. Buttress shafts, arch-braced collar, 2 tiers of tenoned purlins, SU 761829 Thames chamfered cusped wind-braces. Oxf 1404 /05 Oxford The Old Brewhouse, 50.112 Oxf (Now the College archives – former medieval schoolroom?) Principal roof trusses SP 514060 Christ Church include heavy lower collars; intermediate trusses of thin plank form. Oxf 1409 Osney Oseney Abbey - (7) Monastic. Stone. Double wall-plates. Wall-posts on corbels, arch-braced tiebeams, SP 504058 queen-posts (raised aisle), arcade plates, upper tiebeams, crown-struts, collars, reduced principals, clasped purlins. Oxf 1409 Oxford 1 Mill St, Osney Abbey 49.134 MW Augustinian. Stone. Raised aisle trusses include wall posts on corbels, arch-braces, SP 504058 cambered tiebeams, collar, crown struts, upper collar, wind-braced side purlins. Oxf 1412 /13 Mapledurham Whittles Farm 35.99 Oxf 3-bay wing. Box-framed. Clasped purlins. (The wing is older than the cruck-framed SU 671784 hall range of 1471 /2 qv). Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Oxf 1413 /14 18 Crocker End 45.96 Oxf (Radiocarbon). Cruck hall range only 3.66m wide. (For wing see 1440 /41, also see SU 709868 1607-39) Oxf 1416 & 1418 Upper Heyford Manor Farm Barn, 48.118 Oxf 9 bays, 2 porches. 8 raised cruck trusses, arch-braced lower collars, upper collars, SP 494258 Church Walk type C apexes, square-set ridge plate, 2 tiers trenched side purlins, curved wind braces. [Grade 1 LB & Sched Mon]. Oxf 1422 Oxford Corpus Christi 30.103 Oxf Farmhouse. Stone. Two upper chambers of equal status have arch-braced trusses SP536027 1423 /4 Farmhouse, Littlemore with threaded purlins and wind-braces. Oxf 1424 Sutton Lower Farm, 32.78 Oxf Re-used soot-blackened purlins and rafters. SP 420062 Duck End Oxf 1425 Nuthatch Cottage 48.116 Oxf Cruck range. SU 668835 Oxf 1428 1429 St Helen’s Church 47.94 Oxf Tower. Timber-framed belfry adjoins W end. SU 623942 Oxf 1431 /2 Burford 82 & 84 High Street 37.125 Oxf Rebuilt roof in No 84 includes a principal thickened for a threaded purlin to pass SP 251122 through. [Parallels cited]. 2 rear wings have re-used timber felled 1433 -65, 1473. Timbers in front range of No 82 were felled 1529 -49 (qv). Oxf 1435 /8+0 17-19 The Street 20.46 Oxf Western truss has both a king strut and queen struts (inf M Airs) SU 614893 Oxf 1436 /37 Oxford Lincoln College 30.103 Oxf Buttery. Date for buttery ceiling confirms hall range then under construction. No roof SP 515063 details. Oxf 1436 /37 Swinbrook Pebble Court 23.49 Oxf Arch-braced open cruck truss with type C apex SP 279120 Oxf 1438 Henley-on- The Bear, 40.129 Oxf Inn. Remnant of open hall or small detached kitchen? Smaller E bay might have SU 760829 Thames 77-81 Bell Street been a smoke bay. Also see 1589/90. Oxf 1438 /9 Henley-on- Baltic Hse & Cott., 39.139 Oxf 2-bay hall house with smoke-blackened crown post roof: collars lap-jointed to SU 762825 Thames 60 Friday St common rafters. Also see 1537 /8. Oxf 1424 - 56 Chipping Norton 8 Market St. 47.70 MB Principal, collar, studs. SP 313227 Oxf 1436 -44 Henley-on- 93-5 Bell Street 48.116 Oxf Main 4-bay range includes hall or solar with arch-braced tiebeam, principals, SU 760829 Thames moulded purlins, wind-braces. In 2 N bays, moulded ceiling beams, knee braces, cusped windbraces. (Also repairs of 1567 in No. 93) (For rear range of 1758 /59 see VA39.138) Oxf 1440 /41 Nettlebed 18 Crocker End 45.96 Oxf Wing (added to hall range 1413 /14 qv). Also see 1607-39). SU 709868 Oxf 1442 Kidlington 39 Mill St. 49.134 MW Stone 2½ storey W range. ‘... double arched collars [?], arch braces, double SP 496143 purlins...’ Oxf 1443 /4 (NT) 40.128 Oxf Manorial. South (kitchen) range. Numerous other phases now dated, inc 1476-1508. SP 681364 Oxf 1444 Dorchester Dorchster Abbey 38.129 Oxf Guest House. Stone and box-framed, 2 storeys. Clasped purlins, steeply inclined SU 578942 1444 /5 wind braces. Timbers used in repairs dated 1543 /4. Oxf 1445 /46 Mapledurham Mill Farm Cottage 44.105 Oxf Inserted tiebeam. (For replacement rafter see 1778). SU 676777 Oxf 1443 -46 Mapledurham St Margaret’s Church 43.102 Oxf Nave roof: confirms 1445/6 felling date in VA24. (For Bardolf aisle see 1472). SU670767 Oxf 1430 1446 Wardington Wardington Manor 37.127 Oxf Core of SW wing of stone H-plan house, altered 1739 -50 (qv). SP 493461 Oxf 1447 /48 Pishill with Stonor 11 Stonor 46.111 Oxf Date is from jetty joists. Arch-braced open truss, clasped purlins. SU 736885 Oxf 1448 Mapledurham The Old Manor House 48.117 Oxf Supersedes VA18.55. First-floor hall range. Also see 1554. SU 502941 Oxf 1448 /49 Oxford New College – kitchen 45.124 Oxf Documentary date for order for timber in pantry ceiling (fdr 1446 -59). (For kitchen SP 517064 & hall range roof see 1383; also see 1533, 1625 & 1724 /25). Oxf 1448 – 1449 Great Haseley Crown House, Thame 46.109 Oxf Central range + 2 wings. Close studding to ground floor (now limestone), large SP 643017 /50 Road panels with curved upward braces to upper floor. Main range 7 bay roof has diminished principals, collars, clasped purlins. The in-line purlins are butted with double tenons. Oxf 1450 + Oxford Christ Church Priory 20.46 Oxf Painted post in stair frame. SP 515059 House Oxf 1450 c. Oxford Christ Church 43.103 Door made from Baltic timber. (Alterations used German timber felled after 1700d). SP 515060 Cathedral Oxf 1445 1450 Rotherfield Greys Greys Court (NT) 35.99 Oxf Wing. Box-framed, close studded, jettied. Cambered tiebeam & collar, queen struts. SU 725833 1450/1 Also see 1559 ... Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Oxf 1453 /4+0 Crowmarsh Gifford The Queen’s Head 20.46 Oxf Inserted floor. SU 616892 Oxf c. 1453-4 Abingdon St Ethelwold’s, 30 42.108 Oxf Rear range. W gable has tiebeam, collar, curved struts. Smoke louvre. Also see SU 497968 East St Helen St 1518-31. Oxf 1454 Henley-on- 13 Gravel Hill 39.139 Oxf 2-bay 2-storey wing. Tiebeam & collar trusses with crown struts, clasped purlins. SU 758825 Thames One ‘fan truss’ (straight central strut + 2 curved struts). Added to earlier ‘double hall’ house – [renters?] Oxf 1453 -55 Binfield House MPHE BIF-A East barn (18thC) built with re-used cruck timbers – cruck blades, spur, slip tenons, SU 739793 22.46 arch-braced collar, packing pieces, splayed tongue- and-grooved scarf joints, wind braces. Oxf 1454 /55 Abingdon ‘The long gallery’ 44.104 Oxf Stone & timber-framed. 2 storeys, 10 bays. Solid tread newel stair. Arch-braces on SP 450970 Abingdon Abbey carved corbels, tiebeams, diminished principals, collars, crown struts, clasped side precinct purlins. Secret bridled scarf joints. Curved scissor-bracing over ‘gallery’. Face-lapped scarf joints in wall-plate. Oxf 1454 /5 Mapledurham Pithouse, Trench MPHE MDM-B ½-hipped thatched roof. Framed walls, mullioned window. 3 bays include 2-bay open SU 687774 Green 24.54 Oxf hall. Open truss T3 has tiebeam, collar, type C apex. Truss T2 tiebeam extends across blades to support wall plates, cruck-studs on V-housings, collar, saddle. Single tier trenched side purlins + ridge plate, windbraces. End trusses type V. Smoke louvre. Oxf 1447 -68 Chalgrove Manor (NT) 39.108 Notm Manor house: north (service) wing has arch-braced collar open truss. Also see 1443 SU 630968 /4, 1476 -1508, 1488, 1505 c., 1573/4 ... Oxf 1457 /58 Mapledurham Three Chimneys, MPHE MDM-C Originally ½-hipped, thatched. Full-height wall panels. 2-bay open hall + chamber SU 693764 Jackson’s Lane 23.49 Oxf bay. In cruck truss T2, tiebeam extends to wall plates, arch-braced collar, packing pieces, single tier side purlins, ridge purlin, type E apex. Smoke louvre. Oxf 1459 Burford The Gabled House, 37.126 Oxf 3 roof trusses inside 4-bay front range. The dated truss is an upper cruck with 2 SP 252120 162 The Hill cranked blades, 2 collars and a type A apex. An undated upper cruck truss has a type C apex. Oxf 1444 -1476 Chipping Norton Chequers P.H., 47.70 MB East – west range roof principals with curved feet, collar. (For N-S range see 1613 - SP 314273 Goddards Lane 18). Oxf 1445 -77 Chipping Norton 1, Spring Street 48.83 MB Tiebeam and collar roof. SP 313272 Oxf 1461 /62 & The Six Bells, 46.112 Oxf 2-bay open hall. Cruck-framed, with type C and W apexes. Features include an SU 600935 1464 The Green intermediate arch-braced collar truss with principals diminished above the collar. Oxf 1464 /65 – Berrick Salome Russetts, Chapel 46.109 Oxf Box-framed kitchen block (roof reconstructed). (For 2-bay wing see 1549 -72). SU 626933 1466 /67 (formerly Benson) Lane, Oxf 1467 /68 d Checkendon Foundry House 47.95 3-bay cruck-framed house with 2-bay hall. Instead of a central truss, a flying collar. SU 663830 Purlins span entire length of house. Oxf 1468 /69 – Henley-on- 25 Market Place 46.110 Oxf 5-bay rear wing includes open scissor-braced truss with ‘raking queen posts clasping SU 759826 1470 /71 Thames the purlins’ and a raised collar. Truss C has clasped purlins. Oxf 1469 /70 & Pishill with Stonor 9 – 10 Stonor 46.111 Oxf 3 bays, jettied. Tiebeams, principals, tenoned purlins. SU 736885 1470 /71 Oxf 1471 /72 Henley-on- The Old Bell House, 9 49.141 Oxf Rear wing contains smoke-blackened 2-bay aisled ‘hall’ with tiebeams, queen struts, SU 760829 Thames Northfield End collars, clasped purlins, thin wind braces. Oxf 1472 Mapledurham St Margaret’s Church 43.102 Oxf Lead-covered shallow-pitched roof over nave S (Bardolf) aisle. Jowled wall posts on SU670767 corbels support roll-moulded tiebeams & purlins with mason’s mitres. (For nave roof see 1443 -46). Oxf 1471 /2 Mapledurham Whittles Farmhouse 24.54 Oxf 2-bay cruck open hall with arch-braced open truss. Box-frame wing of 1412 /13 pre- SU 671784 dates hall (qv). Oxf 1473 Burford Calendars, 37.125 Oxf Courtyard plan. Front range has stone ground floor, close-studded first floor, jetties. SP 252122 25 Sheep Street Also see 1487. Oxf 1473 1474 Oxford Magdalen College 51.145 Oxf Also doc. 1470s. Hall floor frames and partitions – joists, studs, head beam. (For SP521061 secondary partition see 1583). Oxf 1475 + Oxford Magdalen College 20.47 Oxf (Also 1428 +). Replacement roof over kitchen: tiebeam & collar, queen struts. SP 521061 Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Oxf 1475 Stanton St John Manor Farm 29.114 Oxf Cross range: roof. raised cruck central truss with arch-braces to cambered collar SP 577095 Also see 1303, 1305, 1635/6, 1638 etc. Oxf 1475 /6 36.98 Oxf Felling date of a single timber in stable range. SP 248291 (NT) Oxf 1475 Oxford Magdalen College 31.95 Oxf Primary phase of West cloister range. Also see 1482-84. SP 521062 1476/7 Oxf 1476 /77 & Oxford Magdalen College 46.110 Oxf Old Picture Store. Tiebeam, arch-brace, principals. SP 520062 1477 /78 Oxf 1473 -74 c. Oxford Magdalen College 49.143 Oxf A - Muniment tower (1474). B- 1st-floor hall in State Rooms (1476). C- roof (1476 /77 SP 520062 to 1476 -78 – 77/78) has principals, upper and lower collars, 2 tiers threaded purlins, ridge purlin, slightly curved wind braces. (For alterations see 1481-82) Oxf 1481 -82 Oxford Magdalen College 49.143 Oxf Within 5 years of completion of State Rooms a partition was strengthened to carry SP 520062 second floors, concealing phase 1 roof, and in 1485 the southern room walls were panelled (For primary phase of State Rooms see (1476 -78); also see 1762 and 1820+). Oxf 1482-84 Oxford Magdalen College 31.95 Oxf Alterations to President’s Lodgings in west cloister range. Also see1475 & 1824 /25 . SP 521062 Oxf 1486 Oxford The Bodleian Library 30.101 Oxf Duke Humfrey’s Library roof (1457 1458) raised wholesale, with new, longer arch- SP 515064 braces. New intermediate trusses introduced at the same time. Also see 1597/8, 1598. Oxf 1487 Burford Calendars, 25 Sheep 37.125 Oxf Stone kitchen range at rear of plot includes a ceiling beam felled 1487. Also see SP 252122 Street 1473. Oxf 1488 Chalgrove Chalgrove Manor 39.108 Notm Hall range. Deep arch-braces pass stub ties up to single collar. Tenoned purlins. See SU 630968 (8) 1447 -68 for earlier wing, and 1505 c. Oxf 1490 Oxford Christ Church 46.110 Oxf At south end of east cloister, a moulded ceiling. Other dates obtained include timber SP 515059 (9) used in N end reconstruction 1513 -45. (For Priory House south wing see 1631 /32. For re-used timbers in east cloister1245, and for chapter house roof see 1259 -63) Oxf 1476 -1508 Rotherfield Greys Greys Court (NT) 40.128 Oxf Ceiling beam and joists in SW wing. Also see 1443 /4, 1573 /4 ... SP 681364 Oxf 1477-1509 Banbury Hardwick House, 48.83 MB North range roof has ‘collared principal rafters’ with 2 tiers of side purlins. For east SP 459429 Noral Way range roof see 1351 -83. Oxf 1494 Great Haseley Church Farm 26.64 Barn. Arcade inserted into barn of 1313 (qv). SP 628025 Oxf 1499 1500 Yelford Yelford Manor 33.85 Oxf 3-bay hall with cross-passage plus two 3-bay wings. Both wings are close-studded, SP 359048 and jettied at the front. Hall open trusses have moulded arch-braced collars; closed trusses have tiebeams and collars but no struts: two tiers of tenoned side purlins, wind braces. Oxf 1501 Charlbury Church of St Mary the 44.104 Oxf Moulded wall plates & rafter over vestry. (For chancel roof see 1527 -43). SP 355194 Virgin Oxf 1495 -1508 Oxford 126 High Street 11.34 Fl No roof details. SP 515064 Oxf 1498 -1508 Oxford Corpus Christi College 13.49 Fl Hall, now kitchen: no roof details. SP 515062 Oxf 1505 c. Chalgrove Chalgrove Manor 39.108 Notm South wing roof. Presumably the dated truss is the replacement roof, with raked SU 630968 struts rising directly from tiebeam to principals, no collar. Also see 1447 -68 and 1488. Oxf 1489 – 1521 Pishill with Stonor Stonor Park – 46.111 Oxf OxCal date for ceiling frame in tower. (For nave roof see 1347 & 1577 /78). SU 742891 chapel tower Oxf 1506 /07 Oxford Christ Church 49.142 Oxf N transept roof has 2 moulded tiebeams, a ridge beam, secondary principals & SP 515059 Cathedral purlins, & common rafters Oxf 1508 Oxford Bartlemas Farm 42.108 Oxf Complex multi-phase stone building. Date is for middle range. Clasped purlins. SP 533054 House Oxf 1507 -8 & Oxford St Mary’s Church, 43.103 Oxf The Old Law Library. Heavily moulded timbers in ceiling. (Single sample from screen SP 516063 1461 -93 Radcliffe Square 1522-43d, and from staircase 1758d. Oxf 1496 -1521 Cokethorpe St Mary’s Church 28.125 Notm No carpentry description. SP 374063 Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Oxf 1514-20 Chipping Norton Guidlhall, Middle Row 47.70 MB Dated timbers include principals. SP 314272 Oxf 1518 /19 to Towersey Towersey Grange 45.125 Oxf 2-bay 2-storey hall range. (For re-used rafters see 1359/60. Also see 1570 & 1721). SP 742055 1519 /20 Oxf 1517 -28 White Cottage, 26 MPHE DID-A Phase 2 single bay cruck-framed wing. Truss T3 blades almost straight, cambered SU 520903 Manor Rd. tiebeam halved but collar tenoned, yoke, packing pieces, trenched side purlins, curved wind braces, ridge plate. Oxf 1518 -31 Abingdon St Ethelwold’s, 30 42.108 Oxf In middle range, cellar ceiling joists might not be primary. Also see 1453-4. SU 497968 East St Helen St Oxf 1525 Burford The Tolsey, 37.125 Oxf Market building. Stone columns. Roof of tiebeam and collar trusses: 2 tiers of purlins, SP 251122 High Street wind braces (some curved, some straight). Oxf 1525 /26 Oxford Christ Church – 45.123 Oxf Posts, rail, sill beam. SP 514060 porter’s lodge Oxf 1528 c. Oxford Great Hall, Christ 47.95 Oxf Hammerbeam roof designed for Cardinal Wolsey by Humphrey Coke & Robert SP 514054 Church Carow. Wall posts on corbels, arch-braces to hanmmerbeams, short hammer posts, Baltic oak pendants, long shallow braces form 4-centred arches under tiebeams. Arch-braced arcade plates. (Repairs 1694/95d, post-fire rebuilding timbers 1716d & 1750d). Oxf 1530 /1 Henley-on- The Old White Hart, 40.130 MB Courtyard inn with lodging ranges. Brick and box-framed. Jetty beams, timber SU 761827 1531 Thames 19-23 Hart St gallery. (Possibly older crown post roof in front range failed to date). Oxf 1533 Oxford New College – kitchen 45.124 Oxf Ceiling timber in bay 3 of buttery. (For kitchen roof see 1383, for pantry ceiling see SP 517064 & hall range 1448-49, also see 1625 & 1724 /25). Oxf 1527 -43 Charlbury Church of St Mary the 44.104 Oxf Rafters in arch-braced chancel roof. (For vestry see 1501). SP 355194 Virgin Oxf 1537 /38 Henley-on- Baltic House and 39.139 Oxf 2-storey wing added to 2-bay hall house of 1438 /9 (qv). SU 762825 Thames Cottage, 60 Friday St Oxf 1537 /38 Benson 35-36 Observatory 46.108 Oxf (Formerly 16 Brook St). Timber-framed, 7 bays. Trusses T1 & T2 are ‘closed collar SU 622917 1538 /39 Close trusses’. T3 & T4 have king struts. Oxf 1529 -49 Burford 82 & 84 High Street 37.125 Oxf Unspecified timbers in front range of No 82 were felled 1529 -49. Also see 1431 /2. SP 251122 Oxf 1529 -56 Standlake The Old Bakery, 39.138 Oxf Purlin re-used as a tiebeam. SP 396038 Church Mill Oxf 1548 Burford 166-8 The Hill 45.122 Oxf 5 tiebeam trusses with 2 tiers of trenched purlins, straight windbraces. SP 250120 Oxf 1550 c. Berrick Salome Lower Berrick 36.98 Oxf Box-framed. 3 bays, 2 storeys at W end: also see 1612 1613. SU 619939 Farmhouse Oxf 1548 1550 Henley-on- Granary Cottage, 39.139 Oxf Part of a group of almost continuous jettied buildings. SU 762825 Thames 10 Thameside Oxf 1552 Oxford 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). Oxf 1547 /58 Mapledurham Three Chimneys, 23.49 Oxf Crucks half-hipped gables, type V: internal apexes type D SU 694764 Jackson’s Lane Oxf 1554 Mapledurham The Old Manor House 48.117 Oxf Supersedes VA18.55. Felling date of wall plate in N wing, but most timbers re-used. SU 502941 (For 1st-floor hall range see 1448). Oxf 1554 Manor House, 27.95 Oxf West wing roof with double side purlins. Also see 1554 /55 and 1566. SP 363096 Manor Farm Oxf 1554 /5 Witney Manor House, 27.95 Oxf Floor and screen inserted into open hall. Also see 1554. SP 363096 (10) Oxf 1555 1556 Brightwell-cum- The Red Lion PH & 34.111 Oxf Box-framed. 5-bays, of which central 3 are primary. 2-storey. Evidence for smoke SU 581907 Sotwell Thatch End hood at one end of middle bay: lower bay originally open. Tapering principals with clasped purlins, the ridge piece supported on yokes. Oxf 1554 /55 – Chalgrove Pyke Barn Cottage, 46.109 Oxf 2 bays. Small square panel wall frames. Tiebeams, collar, smoke-blackened SU 639967 1555 /56 122 High Street common rafters. Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Oxf 1557 Mapledurham Stirrups 25.29 Oxf Close studding to ground floor, large panels above: short queen struts, clasped SU 673781 purlins. Oxf 1559 Rotherfield Greys Greys Court (NT) 35.99 Oxf ‘The Keep’ is a wing in the service courtyard. (Also see 1445 1450 1450/1, 1573 SU 725833 /74). Oxf 1544 -76 Fringford Fringford Mill House MPHE FRI-A Blades of 1 cruck truss have been truncated: cruck spurs, trenched collar. SP 613287 Oxf 1559 /60 The Thatched Cottage 26.65 2 bays, timber-framed, thatched. Fully floored? Clasped purlins, curved wind braces. SU 785637 Oxf 1549 -72 Berrick Salome Russetts, Chapel 46.109 Oxf 2-bay wing. Jowled posts, tiebeams, principals, queen struts, short king struts, SU 626933 (formerly Benson) Lane, Roke clasped purlins. (For box-framed kitchen block see 1466 /67). Oxf 1565 + Oxford 89 St Aldates 20.47 Oxf But this a 17thC building. SP 513058 Oxf 1565 + Oxford The Bodleian Library 30.101 Oxf Painted panels - unprovenanced. (Also see1578 +). SP 515064 Oxf 1566 Witney Cogges Manor Farm 27.95 Oxf 1½ storey ‘dairy’ with cheese room or granary on upper floor. Upper cruck truss with SP 363096 (11) cambered tiebeam, 2 tiers of purlins, curved wind braces. Also see 1554. Oxf 1566 /7 Rotherfield Greys Lower Hernes 39.138 Oxf ‘Hall’ floored from outset. 3 bays + wing. Box framed. Tiebeam & collar? queen SU 741827 1567 struts, clasped purlins. Oxf 1566 /7 Harpsden Court 40.127 Oxf Manorial. F-plan + kitchen wing of 1721 /2 +stair tower of {1550 1571 /2} (qv). Multi- SU 764809 1567 /8 gabled main range roof of tiebeam, queen struts with stub collars which clasp purlins, and each pair of common rafters has an upper collar. Oxf 1570 Towersey Towersey Grange 45.125 Oxf Timbers in roof of brick wing. (For re-used rafters see 1359/60 & for 2-storeyed hall SP 742055 range see 1519 /20. Also see 1721). Oxf 1570 /71 Burford Titcombs, 38.129 Oxf 2 bay stone barn. Upper cruck truss with collar: 2 tiers of trenched purlins. (In a SP 251122 10 Sheep Street ‘linking structure’, an upper cruck truss with same felling date. Oxf 1550 Harpsden Harpsden Court 40.127 Oxf Staircase tower to large house of {1566 /7 1567 /8} (qv). SU 764809 1571 /2 Oxf 1572 /73 Stanton Harcourt The Manor House 46.112 Oxf Head of a screen which links main range to a rear wing. SP 416066 Oxf 1573 /4 Rotherfield Greys Greys Court (NT) 35.99 Oxf Front range of house. (Also see 1445 1450 1450/1, 1559). Western middle range. SU 725833 1573 /4 40.128 (Also see 1443 /4 &c). Oxf 1574 +0 Warborough Western House 20.47 Oxf Clasped purlins with interrupted collars [inf. D Miles]. SU 597938 Oxf 1573 /4 - Rotherfield Greys Greys Court (NT) 40.128 Oxf Front (east) range. Also see 1443 /4 &c. SP 681364 1575 /6 Oxf 1573 – 1577 Pishill with Stonor Chapel and tower, 46.111 Oxf Centre and east of chapel roof includes crown posts. Other dates include 1504 /05 SU 742891 /78 Stonor Park for repairs and 1517 for an inserted tiebeam. (For W end of roof see 1347, and for tower ceiling see 1489 -1521). Oxf 1560 -95 Bicester Tusmore Granary, 23.53 Notm Box-framed, 3-storey, jettied. SP 565307 Tusmore Park Oxf 1578 + Oxford The Bodleian Library 30.101 Oxf Painted panels in Duke Humfrey’s Library. Also see 1565 after. SP 515064 Oxf 1578 Rotherfield Greys Greys Court (NT) 35.99 Oxf ‘Cromwellian stables’ originally a lodging range. Brick with stone dressings. SU 725833 Tiebeams, diminished principals, straight wind braces. Oxf 1583 Oxford Magdalen College 51.145 Oxf Secondary partition. (For hall floor frames and partitions see 1473 1474). SP521061 Oxf 1584 /5 Rotherfield Greys Greys Court (NT) 35.99 Oxf Well with donkey wheel. Repaired with timber felled 1707. SU 725833 1586/7 Oxf 1583 to Piddington Chilling Place Farm, 45.125 Oxf Barn. 5 bays, timber-framed, central porch. Short straight braces up from main posts SP 646161 1588 Brill to wall plates & tiebeams. Queen struts & princess struts, some of them raked. Oxf 1587 1588 Rotherfield Greys Greys Court (NT) 35.99 Oxf ‘The Keep’, southern tower extension. SU 725833 Oxf 1588, 1589 Bicester Home Farm, 9 Kings 51.144 Oxf Rubble limestone, 4 bays, 2 storeys, gabled. Queen struts, upper and lower collars SP 581224 End both clasp purlins, wind braces. Oxf 1589 /90 Henley-on- The Bear, 40.129 Oxf Inn. Side extension of hall or detached kitchen of 1438 (qv). SU 760829 Thames 77-81 Bell Street Oxf 1589 /90 Henley-on- 14A Friday Street 51.144 Oxf 1½bays remain. Ovolo-moulded mullioned windows. Jettied, close studded, clasped SU 762825 1590 Thames purlin roof. Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Oxf 1597/8, Oxford The Bodleian Library 30.101 Oxf Replacement tiebeams. (Also see 1457 1458). SP 515064 1598 Oxf 1569 -1601 Henley-on- Tudor House, 39.139 Oxf Cross-wing? 1½ storeys, jettied front and rear, gabled. Arch-braced tiebeam & collar, SU 761825 Thames 49 Duke Street crown strut, clasped purlins, curved wind braces. Oxf 1595/6 - Sydenham Cooper’s Yard 42.90 Barn. Gabled. Rectangular panels, mid-rails. Jowled posts. Curved braces. SP 729017 1600 Musgrave Farm SYCY/12/10 Tiebeams, principals, raking struts. Oxf 1599 ? & Wheatley The Manor House 46.112 Oxf Crosswing (with a 1601 plaster date plaque on N gable). For reconstruction of main SP 594058 1600 ? range see 1624). Oxf 1601 1602 Henley on Thames The King’s Arms, 32- 31.94 Oxf Stables. Upper floor domestic but unheated? SU 759826 36 Market Place Oxf 1602 Cottesmore Farm 28.165 Oxf Small barn. Tiebeam & collar. Raking struts clasp lower purlins: queen struts clasp SU 635922 upper purlins. Bridled scarf joints on the purlins. Oxf 1607 /8 Mapledurham 1-2 Hodmore Farm 37.126 Oxf Box framed. (Also a re-used timber felled 1474 /5). SU 684781 Cottages Oxf 1607 -8 Mapledurham New Farm 26.65 Third Barn. Re-used square-panel frame. (Now at Chiltern Open Air Museum). SU 679757 Oxf 1608 Mapledurham St Margaret’s Church 38.130 Oxf Brick and flint tower, dated from tiebeams re-used as ceiling beams in tower SU 670767 – tower heightening of {1862 1863} (qv). For nave roof see 1445 /6. Oxf 1607 1609 Oxford Merton College 38.130 Oxf Fellow’s Quadrangle. Recorded as built Sept 1608 – September 1610. No tiebeams, SP 517060 RDR 80/2006. but 2 collars, with a wide king strut, and 2 raking struts. 2 tiers of purlins. (Also see 1694). Oxf 1607 /08 - Chalgrove 2 Mill Lane, The Lamb 46.109 Oxf 3 bays, lobby entry. Tiebeam, princess struts, clasped purlins. SU 631972 1610 Oxf 1608 /9 Chastleton Chastleton House 36.98 Oxf 3-storey courtyard house. Roof of long gallery in N range: arch-braced collar trusses SP 248291 1609 /10 (NT) with substantial through-tenons to the collars. Most other roofs reconstructed after 1789 (qv). Oxf 1611 Chastleton Chastleton House 36.98 Oxf Felling date of timber in brewhouse range, of house containing timber felled {1608 /9 SP 248291 1609/10} (qv). Oxf 1611 Henley-on- Countess Gardens, 40.129 Oxf Re-used rafters in 18thC house. SU 760829 Thames 88 Bell St Oxf 1610 Mapledurham Chazey Court 35.95 Oxf a. Brick barn. Tiebeam & collar: but struts rise to principals. 2 tiers of tenoned purlins. SU 692752 1610/11 Wind braces down to lower purlins, up to ridge. Repairs employed timber felled 1801. 1610 1611 b. 7-bay 1½ storey upper cruck range added to house of 1609/10 1611; trenched purlins & ridge piece, wind braces. (Also see 1614 1614/15). Oxf 1609 /13+0 Mapledurham Rose Farm House 20.47 Oxf Hipped roof, clasped purlins, ridge piece. SU 685766 Oxf 1610 /11 Oxford Wadham College 41.108 Oxf Chapel roof. Coupled rafters with collars, soulaces plus upper collars and king struts. SP 516065 (12) Oxf 1612 1613 Berrick Salome Lower Berrick 36.98 Oxf Box-framed. 2-bay extension to building of 1550 c. (qv). Chamber open truss has SU 619939 Farmhouse knee braces on timber corbels, thin arch braces to collar, V-struts. Oxf 1613 Oxford The Bodleian Library 50.112 Oxf Staircase tower in SW corner of Old Schools Quadrangle. (Also an upper newel post SU 515064 of 1697d connected with reconstruction). Oxf 1614 Mapledurham Chazey Court 35.95 Oxf Brick stable range of farmhouse (of 1609 /10 1611). The stable roof has 1 tiebeam SU 692752 1614 /15 truss and 1 open truss with extended jowled posts. Alterations with timber felled c.1737. Oxf 1616 Mapledurham The Almshouses 37.126 Oxf 6 single-bay units with queen-strut roofs. SU 670768 Oxf 1613 -18 Chipping Norton Chequers P.H., 47.70 MB N-S range roof – purlin. (For E-W range roof see 1444-76. A ceiling beam in rear bar SP 314273 Goddards Lane dated 1772 -1804). Oxf 1618 Oxford Jesus College 39.137 Oxf Hall. Hammer-beam roof ... ‘a throwback to the medieval period ...’ as also at SP 515064 Wadham (1610-13) and Oriel (1637-42). Hall ceiled in 1741. Oxf 1619 Mapledurham The Bothy 34.111 Oxf Stone and brick. 1½ storeys. Re-used principal rafters failed to date. SU 670768 Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Oxf 1619 Rotherfield Greys Greys Court (NT) 40.128 Oxf South porch. Also see 1443 /4 &c. SP 681364 Oxf 1607 -39 Nettlebed 18 Crocker End 45.96 Oxf Floor inserted (into wing 1440 /41 qv). (Also see 1413 /14 for hall). SU 709868 Oxf 1623 /24 & Wheatley The Manor House 46.112 Oxf Main range, originally same date as wing, was rebuilt in 1624. (For wing see 1600) SP 594058 1624 Oxf 1623 /4 Mapledurham The Old Estate Yard 36.99 Oxf Box-framed (now brick), originally with lath-and-plaster external walls. 1½ storeys, SU 670767 1624 /5 orig. 4-bay roof with central tiebeam truss & 2 intermediate arch-braced collar trusses. Purlins clasped at gables but double tenons at internal trusses. Oxf 1625 Oxford New College – kitchen 45.124 Oxf Timber in inserted buttery ceiling at N end of bay 2. (For kitchen roof see 1383, for SP 517064 & hall range pantry ceiling see 1448-49, also see 1533 & 1724 /25). Oxf 1625 1626 Mapledurham The Watermill 41.108 Oxf Another phase of rebuilding of the water-mill. SU 669767 Oxf 1624 /27+0 Nuffield Upper House Farm 20.47 No roof details. SU 664865 House Oxf 1627 i Oxford Lincoln College 50.89 Swan Panelled, canted roof in chapel made late use of lap joints and half-dovetails. 1629- SP 514063 Chapel 029 31 (doc. - Pevsner). Also see 1626-29 in VA48.117. Oxf 1628 Witney Manor House, 27.95 Oxf Addition of first floor and attic into hall range. Also see 1554. SP 363096 Cogges Manor Farm (13) Oxf 1622 -35 Kelmscott 51.131 Notm North barn. Limestone rubble, 3 bays. Tiebeams, collars, principals, raking struts, 2 SU 251989 tiers of side purlins. Oxf 1629 /30 Oxford Magdalen College 40.128 Oxf Great Tower. Ex-situ timbers belonging to a repair phase. SP 521061 Oxf 1630 Wheatley Rectory Farmhouse 38.131 Oxf Stone. 2½ storey, with stair tower on one side. Main range roof of arch-braced SU 922989 principal trusses. 2 tiers of tenoned purlins support tenoned common rafters. Oxf 1631 & 1631 Oxford Christ Church, Priory 46.110 Oxf Joists, beams and principal rafter in Priory House south wing. A principal rafter in S SP 515059 /32 House (14) range roof 1636. (For re-used timbers in east cloister see1245 and for south end of east cloister see 1490. For chapter house roof see 1259 -63). Oxf 1630, 1631, Oxford St John’s College, 50.113 Oxf Floor joists at N end of Laudian Library 1631d. Staircase C3 at W end of Old Library SP 513066 1632 Canterbury Quad. 1630, 1631 … 1632. Oxf 1621 -53 Dorchester The Abbey 35.99 Oxf Re-used wind braces in a 19thC nave roof. SU 579942 Oxf 1634 /5 to Oxford 84 St Aldates 44.105 Oxf Timber-framed rear wing – 2 storeys, 5 bays. Dismantled in 2012 for reconstruction. SP 513058 1637 (S wall framed storey-by-storey?) Oxf 1637 Oxford Oriel College 25.29 Oxf Real Tennis Court. Oak posts, pine re-roofing: phase 2 dated to 1771-91. SP 515061 Oxf 1635 /6 Stanton St John Manor Farm 29.114 Oxf West range roof. Tiebeam & collar trusses with queen struts and clasped purlins. SP 577095 1638 Also see 1475. Oxf 1646 1647 Stanton St John Manor Farm 29.115 Oxf Stables. Stone. ‘Straight inner principals’ SP 577095 Oxf 1647 /8 Stanton St John Manor Farm 29.115 Oxf Barn. Stone. Tiebeams, queen struts, interrupted collars at ‘princess struts’. Two SP 577095 tiers of clasped purlins. Oxf 1650 Burford 2 & 4, Priory Lane 37.126 Oxf Ceiling beam. SP 252123 Oxf 1673 /4 Oxford 21 St Giles: 38.130 Oxf Black Hall – a. Barn adjacent to Black Hall (1674 qv). Queen strut roof. b. Stone SP 512067 St John’s College walls. 3 storeys + attic. Date is for open well staircase. Oxf 1666-75 cal Chipping Norton ‘Bitter & Twisted’, 1, 51.105 Stone, 4 bays, 2½ storeys. 2 tiers trenched purlins. SP 313271 1671-84 cal Middle Row RRS 98/2019 Oxf 1676 & 1677 Oxford Corpus Christi College 45.123 Oxf 3 joists in choir stalls floor frame felled 1676. Stud in screen frame felled 1677. Also SP 516060 Chapel a re-used moulded timber felled 1512 /13. Oxf 1678 Newington Newington House 18.54 Basement lintel. SU 609966 Oxf 1677 & 1680 Chipping Norton Manor House, West 48.83 MB Tiebeam and collar roof (?). SP 312269 Street Oxf 1694 Oxford Merton College 38.130 Oxf Fellow’s Quadrangle. In S range a newel in cellar stair: inserted into building of 1607 SP 517060 1609 (qv). Oxf 1707 /8 Mapledurham Pack Horse Inn 39.137 Oxf Inn. Box-framed. 3 bays, 1½ storeys. Left bay retains large panel wall framing. SU 691782 Oxf 1711 /12 Oxford Old Clarendon 37.126 Oxf By Nicholas Hawksmoor for . Queen-post trusses. SP 515064 Building, Broad St CfA 67/2006 Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Oxf 1714 Mapledurham Mill House 42.108 Oxf Water mill. 5 bays. Dates from cellar ceiling, stair strings, principals. SU 670778 1714/15 Oxf 1715 Mapledurham Bottom Farm Cottage 39.137 Oxf Brick. 2 bays, 2 storeys, end stacks. Tiebeam & collar trusses, queen struts. SU 671777 1715 /16 Oxf 1720 /21 & Towersey Towersey Grange 45.125 Oxf Timbers in roof of stone wing. (For re-used rafters see 1359/60 & for 2-storeyed hall SP 742055 1721 range see 1519 /20. Also see 1570). Oxf 1721 /2 Harpsden Harpsden Court 40.127 Oxf Kitchen wing to house of {1566 /7 1567 /8} (qv) has clasped purlin roof. SU 764809 1722 Oxf 1722 /3 Mapledurham Park Farm Barn 26.65 Brick barn with single aisle: lower purlins tenoned, upper clasped with the collar. SU 676763 Curved inner principals. Mechanically cut timbers. Oxf 1724 /25 Oxford New College – kitchen 45.124 Oxf New staircase to attic rooms. (For kitchen roof see 1383, for pantry ceiling see 1448- SP 517064 & hall range 49, also see 1533 & 1625). Oxf 1726 Mapledurham The White House 36.99 Oxf 3-bay house, formerly a P.H. Roof employs re-used crucks. The date is from an oak SU 671771 tiebeam. Oxf 1726 – Chipping Norton 9 West Street 48.83 MB Front range 2½ storeys: principals, purlin. Rear range roof purlins. SP 313269 1728/29 Oxf 1736/37 & Bix and Assenden Bromsden Farm 48.116 Oxf South barn. 3 bays, single-aisled? Jowled posts. Tiebeams, queen struts, princess SU 716843 1737/38 struts, reduced principals, 2 tiers clasped purlins. Rear aisle wall plates are of English cherry. Oxf 1735 /36 to Oxford The Library, Christ 51.145 Oxf Also doc. – 1738. King-post and queen strut roof. SP 515060 1738 Church Oxf 1739 Mapledurham New Farm 18.54 Low Barn. Tiebeams, collars, queen struts, purlins: also ‘interrupted collars with SU 679757 princess struts’ Oxf 1740 + Mapledurham New Farm 20.47 Oxf Second barn. Aisled: tiebeam & collar roof with ‘curved inner principles, clasping SU 679757 purlins’. Oxf 1739 -40 Mapledurham New Farm House 31.94 Oxf Secondary rafters. (Also see 1758/9 in VA 26). SU 679757 1740 Oxf 1740 /1 Oxford Radcliffe Camera 38.130 Oxf James Gibbs. Begun 1737. Agreement to complete the dome signed 1742. Only 7 SP 515063 1741 RDR 97/2007 months to frame and erect dome. Oxf 1742 /3 Mapledurham Rose Farm 28.165 Oxf Main Barn (collapsed). SU 685766 Oxf 1742 /3+0 Mapledurham Mill Farm 21.47 Oxf The Barn. 3-bay box-framed barn with single aisle. SU 676777 Oxf 1739 -50 Wardington Wardington Manor 37.127 Oxf Alterations to SW wing of stone H-plan house with a core employing timbers felled SP 493461 {1430 1446} (qv). Oxf 1745 Mapledurham Rose Farm Cottage 30.101 Oxf End tiebeams morticed [i.e. tenoned?] into sides of wall-plates. SU 685766 1745/6 Oxf 1745 /6 Mapledurham The Watermill 26.64 Brick south wing of watermill. SU 669767 Oxf 1755 /6 - Rotherfield Greys Greys Court (NT) 40.128 Oxf Extension on N side of front (E) range. (Also see 1443 /4 &c.) SP 681364 1758 Oxf 1758 /9 Henley-on- 95 Bell Street 39.138 Oxf Urban. Date is for rear range. For front range now see 1436 -44.. SU 760829 Thames Oxf 1758 /9 Mapledurham New Farm House 26.65 Cross wing: hipped roof. SU 679757 Oxf 1756 /7 – Rotherfield Greys Greys Court (NT) 40.128 Oxf NW wing. (Also see 1443 /4 &c.) SP 681364 1758 /9 Oxf 1761 /2 Mapledurham The Old Vicarage 32.79 Oxf Re-used lintel. SU 670767 Oxf 1762 Oxford Magdalen College 49.143 Oxf Common rafters and a purlin used in refurbishment of phase 1 roof over State SP 520062 Rooms (For primary phase of State Rooms see (1476 -78 and 1481 -82); also see 1820 +). Oxf 1764 /5 Mapledurham The Watermill 26.64 Jettied wing added to watermill (also later alterations, and see 1745 /6). SU 669767 Oxf 1748 -1788 Newington Newington House 18.54 Boards in ground floor. Also see 1678. SU 609966 Tree-ring dated buildings © VAG 2021

Oxf 1775 Mapledurham Bottom Farm 34.111 Oxf Granary. Two bays. Half-hipped roof. Queen strut roof. Corner posts have gunstock SU 672776 jowls. Oxf 1778 Mapledurham Mill Farm Cottage 44.105 Oxf Replacement rafter. (For inserted tiebeam see 1445 /46). SU 676777 Oxf 1789 Chastleton Chastleton House 36.98 Oxf 3-storey courtyard house of {1608 /9 1609 /10} (qv) but most roofs reconstructed with SP 248291 (NT) timber felled 1789. Oxf 1804 /05 i Mapledurham Well Cottage, Tinkers 50.89 Swan Beech mantel beam. SU 689781 Green 026 Oxf 1805 /06+0 Mapledurham The Barns, 20.47 Oxf Tiebeam and collar roof: curved inner principals, clasped purlins SU 695762 Blagrave Farm Oxf 1790 -1822 Oxford Oxford Castle 26.65 51.146 Floor repairs in St George’s Tower. (For inserted floor see 1552). SP 509063 Oxf Oxf 1809 /10 Mapledurham Step Cottage 29.114 Oxf c.1810 rebuild following fire. SU 676773 Oxf 1820 + Oxford Magdalen College 49.143 Oxf In Old Picture Store, replacement floor boards (1788 -1820) probably relate to work SP 520062 in 1820s by Joseph Parkinson. (For primary phase of State Rooms see 1476 -78 and 1481 -82). Oxf 1834 1833 Headington Bayswater Mill 44.105 Oxf Reconstruction timbers. SP 562080 -35 Oxf 1848 Oxford The Barns, Poplar 47.95 Oxf N-S range of thatched barn with ‘queen post trusses’. ‘S extension’ 1846-47 & 1847- SP 515058 Walk 48d Oxf 1856 Mapledurham The Watermill 40.127 Oxf Sluice gate repair SU 669767 Oxf 1862 1863 Mapledurham St Margaret’s Church 38.130 Oxf Tower heightened. Bell frame. Also see 1608. SU 670767

Acknowledgements to Dr Dan Miles and David Clark for information and assistance.

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