54a and 58 (Mitre Public House) High Street, Chipping Barnet, London Borough of Barnet: Tree-ring Analysis of Oak Timbers
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge
The primary phase of the crown-post roofed 54a High Street has been demonstrated to contain timbers dating to the mid-fourteenth century, most likely derived from trees felled in the AD 1330s-40s, making this a rare early survival in north London. The carriageway of the Mitre Public House (Old Mitre Inn) at 58 High Street uses timbers derived from trees felled in the late AD 1530s, with at least one in the spring of AD 1538, making construction most likely in this year, or within a year or two afterwards. A single timber from the roof of the main Old Mitre Inn building has a felling date slightly later in the sixteenth century, suggesting the possibility of another phase of development, although this is still before the previously accepted date of AD 1633 for the property.
- Report Number:
- 42/2025
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 42
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
