9 West Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire: Tree-ring Analysis of Oak and Elm Timbers
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge, Cathy Tyers
Three roofs were sampled, the primary phase in the front range, parallel to the street, the west short rear range of the house, and another roof over the long rear range at the west end of the property. Ten oak timbers from the roofs of the front and west short rear range of the house were cross-matched forming two sub-groups. Two site master chronologies were formed, each having similar felling dates, supporting the idea that the two roofs were constructed at the same time. Two precise felling dates were found, summer AD 1726, and winter AD 1728/9, and two further timbers with very degraded outer rings appear to have similar felling dates, with a further six having felling date ranges that incorporate these dates. It seems likely that construction of the roofs took place in AD 1729 or within a year or two after this date. The roof at the far west end of the property remains undated.
- Report Number:
- 165/2020
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 25
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
