Cockington Court, Cockington Lane, Cockington, near Torquay, Devon - Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge
Eight floor timbers from the first floor floor-frame of the building were sampled. Only one was dated, a major floor beam from room FF06 in the central range. The parent tree for this beam was found to have been felled in summer AD 1599. This does not correspond to any of the known phases of work, and is therefore of interest in potentially identifying another construction phase right at the end of the sixteenth-century, although care must be taken in interpreting dates based on a single timber. A major remodelling did take place about a century later, but there is no evidence to suggest that this timber was reused at this time.
- Report Number:
- 120/2011
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 15
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
