81-2 Barton Street and 1-3 Mason’s Court, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire: Historic Building Investigation
Author(s): Rebecca Lane, Johanna Roethe
The buildings at 81-2 Barton Street and 1-3 Mason’s Court comprise an early 14th-century cruck-framed hall to the rear and a front range which probably dates from between 1450 and 1500. The hall is the earliest, upstanding domestic building in Tewkesbury and the town’s only cruck building. It is notable for its unusual construction which combines closed cruck frames with open box-frames with compound rafters. This report details the history and development of the building, based on fabric analysis and documentary research. It also discusses the findings of a previous investigation by Stanley Jones and the results of dendrochronological dating.
- Report Number:
- 15/2024
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 168
- Keywords:
- Medieval Standing Building Architectural Investigation Houses
