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Table 2: Details of Tree-ring Dated Late 12th/13th Century Aisled Halls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Felling date |
Location |
Type of building |
Cross-wing |
Status |
Roof |
Rafter Bracing |
Orientation |
Hall Bays |
Rooms Beyond Hall |
Size of Open Hall |
Ratio of Aisle to Nave | ||||||||||||||||||||
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No |
Equal/ |
Both ends |
One end |
Total length |
Width between arcade plates |
Total width |
Original Aisle (%) |
Later Aisle(%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1167 |
-1185 |
Fyfield Hall, Essex |
aisled hall |
All in line |
Manor House |
Survives over open hall - collar rafter |
Yes |
E-W |
2 |
Eq |
Yes in line |
38 ft |
16 ft |
35 ft |
48% |
38% | |||||||||||||||
|
1176 |
-1221 |
Knights Templars ft Hall, Temple Balsall, W Midlands |
aisled hall |
All in line |
Manor House |
survives only over bay outside hall - collar rafter |
Yes |
SW-NE |
2 |
Eq |
Probably Yes |
one end bay survives beyond hall |
33 ft |
19 ft |
34 ft |
38% |
34% | ||||||||||||||
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1179 |
Bishops Palace, Hereford |
aisled hall with clerestorey |
possibly at one end |
Palace |
none survives |
Unknown |
N-S |
4 |
Eq |
No |
Yes possibly crosswing |
110 ft |
24 ft |
55 ft |
? |
48% | |||||||||||||||
|
1184 |
-1219 |
Westwick Cottage, Leverstock Green, Hemel Hemstead, Herts |
aisled hall |
one end inline, other un-certain, could have been crosswing |
Probably not a Manor House |
only centre truss survives - prob collar rafter |
Unknown |
E-W |
2 |
Uneq |
? |
Yes in line |
23 ft plus spere bay |
14 ft |
23 ft |
24% |
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1182 |
-1227 |
Newbury Farmhouse, Tonge, Kent |
aisled hall |
surviving end in line |
Probably not a Manor House |
only centre truss survives prob collar rafter |
Unknown |
N-S |
2 |
Eq |
? |
Yes in line |
31 ft |
16 ft |
34 ft |
39% |
35% | ||||||||||||||
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1205 |
Sycamore Frm, Long Crendon, Bucks |
aisled hall - possibly rebuilt 14th century of reused timber |
surviving end in line |
Not manor house |
rebuilt with crown post - prob collar rafter |
unknown |
NE-SW |
2+ |
? |
? |
possibly yes in line |
11 ft for surviv- ing bay |
11 ft 4 in |
? |
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1205 |
-1230 |
Barley Barn, Cressing, Essex |
Barn |
Barn of Knights Templars |
rebuilt with crown post - prob collar rafter |
Probably no |
N-S |
5 + |
Eq |
119 ft total internal length |
24 ft |
40% |
36% | ||||||||||||||||||
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1220 |
-1225 |
Harlowbury Hall, Harlow, Essex |
aisled hall of Bury St Edmunds Abbey |
All in line |
Manor House |
survives over open hall - collar rafter + soulaces |
No |
E-W |
2 |
Eq |
Yes in line |
43 ft |
19 ft |
37 ft |
33% |
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No heartwood/sapwood boundary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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after |
1159 |
Burmington Manor, Warwickshire |
aisled hall with stone walls & one crosswing |
Crosswing |
Manor House |
gone but prob collar rafter |
SE-NW |
2 |
Eq |
Yes |
30 ft |
16 ft |
30.5 ft |
? |
43% | ||||||||||||||||