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Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG), 2000. (updated 2024) https://doi.org/10.5284/1116910. How to cite using this DOI
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Full Record - Norton St Philip, Farleigh Hungerford Castle
| Location | Norton St Philip, Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Somerset |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | ST 801 577 |
| Description | This chapel was once the parish church, but later became the chapel of Farleigh Hungerford Castle. The walls are stone, and thought to have been built in the 14th century. The present roof consists of five bays with moulded ties and collars and two purlins, and sits on wall plates which were thought to incorporate the remains of an earlier roof, although this study was unable to support that. The roof is known to have fallen into disrepair in the 18th century and one truss and its associated purlins are clearly replacements. One timber in this renewed section shows a ring-width pattern suggesting that its parent tree had been pollarded. Dating commissioned by English Heritage. M. Bridge, 'Tree-ring analysis of timbers from St Leonard's Chapel, Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Norton St Philip, Somerset', CfA Report forthcoming. |
| Type of Building | chapel |
| Type of Structure | tiebeam roof |
| DATES | |
| Type of date | Tree-ring (ring width) date. |
| Felling Date Range | 1600 - 1621 |
| Period | Post Medieval |
| Century | 17 |
| Date | 1600-1621 |
| Secondary date(s) | 1765-1795 |
| Notes | 2nd date for renewed roof |
| IDENTIFIERS | |
| VA Volume No. | 33 |
| VA Page No. | 76 |
| List sequence id | 1400 |
| Laboratory | Dr M C Bridge Dendrochronology Dates |
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