TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF OAK TIMBERS FROM THE "BREWHOUSE" AND "REFECTORY" AT NOSTELL PRIORY, NEAR WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE
Author(s): Ian Tyers
Tree-ring analysis was undertaken on samples from 42 structural timbers from two buildings forming part of the Home Farm complex at Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire. The results contribute significantly to the interpretation of the buildings. The 'Brewhouse', thought to be a single-phase structure, dates from early AD 1481. However the building has a series of intermediate roof trusses inserted circa AD 1536/7 which may mark a major remodelling of the structure. The 'Refectory', interpreted as parts of two buildings, is instead shown to be a single phase structure dating from AD 1509/10. Some inserted timbers in the 'Refectory' are also just pre-Dissolution in date, one at least of which is clearly re-used in its present position. Both buildings include later modifications or repairs from the mid-eighteenth century.
- Report Number:
- 20/1998
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 32
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
