Cruck Database
Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG), 2003. (updated 2021) https://doi.org/10.5284/1085003. How to cite using this DOI
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- ADS Collection: 368
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1085003
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Overview
The Cruck Database contains the following fields, most of which are searchable. For definitions of the codes, use the links to Lists of codes on the Query page.
| Name of field | Description | Searchable? |
| Name/location | House name, address, parish and other reference details for building (plus occasional comments) | Yes |
| Site number | An additional key field when two cruck buildings have identical names and have not been otherwise distinguished | No |
| Grid reference | Alphanumeric grid reference of building | Yes |
| Country | Currently England or Wales | Yes |
| Post 1974 County | County in which building is located (but not including later unitary authorities) | Yes |
| Pre 1974 county | Pre 1974 county in which building is located | Yes |
| Function | Function of building. Including: domestic, agricultural, ecclesiastical | Yes |
| Condition | Condition of building when recorded. Including: standing, destroyed, moved | No |
| Number of cruck trusses | Total number of crucks found within structure (from 1 to 13) | Yes |
| Type of cruck | Including: True crucks, jointed crucks, base crucks | Yes |
| Type of apex | The different types of apex are illustrated and explained in pages 95-97 of Alcock 1981 | Yes |
| Form of cruck blade | Including: Elbowed, straight, smooth single curve | Yes |
| Non-cruck roof trusses | The form of other roofs in the same structure | Yes |
| Base-cruck joint | Form of blade/tiebeam joint for base-cruck and short-principal roofs. | Yes |
| Materials of original structure | Including: Brick, timber-framed, stone | Yes |
| Materials of structure when recorded | Including: Brick, timber-framed, stone | Yes |
| Published information source | Published bibliographic references | No |
| Personal information source | Unpublished sources | No |
| Date of structure | Tree-ring date (as given in the VAG Dendrochronology Database). This field is not searchable, but records with dates can be selected. Note: The dates given are the central dates of the felling date range. | No |
| VA volume number/page number | Volume and page number from in Vernacular Architecture for the date | No |
| Year Added | Note: This field was only added in 2007 and items already included were recorded as added in 2004 | No |
