Bessie Surtees House, Sandhill, Newcastle Upon Tyne: Dendrochronological Analysis of Oak Timbers
Author(s): Ian Tyers
A tree-ring dating programme was commissioned on timbers from Bessie Surtees House. This building is a twentieth-century amalgamation of two merchants’ houses with a complex history of extension and addition. The results identified that timbers from various levels within the buildings were datable by tree-ring dating techniques, with both buildings containing timbers from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This dating programme was commissioned on this complex building to inform management and interpretation of this guardianship property, and to comply with planning permission relating to recent modifications. This report archives the dendrochronological results.
- Report Number:
- 26/2010
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 43
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
