outlaw
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Hi, This is my first post on here, I found the site by searching for information about dating proprerties from features in the build.
I work for myself in the building trade and normally deal with period properties but not as far back as this one seems to come from.
It belongs to my lovely mother-in-law and is, sited in the north East of Buckinghamshire, most of it is stone built (Thornborough stone) and all in all of sound repair.
It is built on an east west alignment with the north and south faces being stone, it used to have a thatch until about 60 years ago when the prevous owner had it replaced with Marley tiles
On the south side there is an inglenook fireplace which causes the side to bow out and there is also an inglenook on the west end, this also supplies a flue for the floor above by way of an old cast iron grate.
The east and west ends have been altered, there isnt much left of the stone on the east end as it has been extended about 200 years ago with timber frame and brick infill. The west end has only 40% stone left and the rest is built in old red clay bricks. All the window headers are the original oak headers and the purlins and rafters are also oak. Some of the main timbers have notches in them at the joints and we were told these are reused ships timber, which means we cant get an accurate date from ring data.
If I did a detailed plan and posted some pics is there anyone out there that might have some idea of its age?
We want to return it to its former glory and need some idea of the original way it was built, for example, the south inglenook has been dismantled on the top floor and it is all a bit unstable.
I look forward to your replies and hope I can help some of you peeps as well from time to time.
Tony
I work for myself in the building trade and normally deal with period properties but not as far back as this one seems to come from.
It belongs to my lovely mother-in-law and is, sited in the north East of Buckinghamshire, most of it is stone built (Thornborough stone) and all in all of sound repair.
It is built on an east west alignment with the north and south faces being stone, it used to have a thatch until about 60 years ago when the prevous owner had it replaced with Marley tiles
On the south side there is an inglenook fireplace which causes the side to bow out and there is also an inglenook on the west end, this also supplies a flue for the floor above by way of an old cast iron grate.
The east and west ends have been altered, there isnt much left of the stone on the east end as it has been extended about 200 years ago with timber frame and brick infill. The west end has only 40% stone left and the rest is built in old red clay bricks. All the window headers are the original oak headers and the purlins and rafters are also oak. Some of the main timbers have notches in them at the joints and we were told these are reused ships timber, which means we cant get an accurate date from ring data.
If I did a detailed plan and posted some pics is there anyone out there that might have some idea of its age?
We want to return it to its former glory and need some idea of the original way it was built, for example, the south inglenook has been dismantled on the top floor and it is all a bit unstable.
I look forward to your replies and hope I can help some of you peeps as well from time to time.
Tony
