Steinmetzer, M. F R. (2010). Archaeological building recording and monitoring at Wortham Manor, Lifton, Devon. Exeter Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1007456. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological building recording and monitoring at Wortham Manor, Lifton, Devon
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Abstract:		 Wortham Manor (Fig. 1) lies north of the village of Lifton and is listed Grade I. It was considered possible that archaeological features and/or artefacts might be exposed during the works. The groundworks for the central heating involved the excavation of two trenches (Fig. 2). Trench 1 was located immediately to the east of the manor house, and was approximately 50m long, 0.3m wide and 0.5m deep. Trench 2 was located behind an existing barn, approximately 20m north of the house, and was 4.5m long, 3m wide and 0.5m deep. Both trenches revealed heavily disturbed soil profiles resulting from landscaping, with 0.3m of mid brown yellow silty clay with frequent inclusions of shale directly overlying natural shale. The wooden flooring in the northeastern first floor bedroom (Fig. 3) was pulled up to install central heating and electrical wiring. This permitted a closer inspection of the floor joists. This revealed that although they were in a fairly bad condition all the original joists were still in place and that the main beam was also original. The joists consisted of adzed oak timbers with suffit tenons to connect them to the cross-beam. Each timber was numbered, with equivalent numbers on the main beam, suggesting that the timbers had been prefabricated. The timbers also showed signs of horizontal cracks, which might indicate that there were problems with damp penetration. What is more, all of the joists showed faint traces of limewash. This would suggest that they were originally exposed and that the ceiling of the kitchen occupying the northeast corner was a later addition. Furthermore, a small mortise tenon was added to one of the joists, allowing a timber to be securely fixed. This could have been used for a range of purposes in the kitchen, such as suspended racks or a spit jack.
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Author:		 Marc F R Steinmetzer ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Exeter Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Devon Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: Wortham Manor
Parish: LIFTON
District: West Devon
County: Devon
Country: England
Grid Reference: 238200, 86950 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HOUSE (Monument Type England)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2016