Davenport, P. (2009). The Woolpack Inn, Risborough Road, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire. Historic Building Recoridng and Archaeological Watching Brief . Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1009804. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Woolpack Inn, Risborough Road, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire. Historic Building Recoridng and Archaeological Watching Brief
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Abstract:		 A fire in 2009 which badly damaged the Woolpack Inn, an L-shaped Grade II Listed Building described as a 17th century timber-framed structure with later additions and extensions, including significant internal alterations to the historic core. A programme of historic building recording was carried out prior to rebuilding, and an archaeological watching brief undertaken during construction works around the historic building core. The fire destroyed one slope of the tiled section which covered one wing of the timber-framed core and caused the collapse of the entire roof structure and upper floor of the other wing which was thatched. Further demolition of these roof structures and the brick chimneys was necessary to make the building safe after the fire was extinguished. Nevertheless, the ground floor and elevations to eaves level and the central roof truss of the tiled structure survived to be recorded in detail and large elements of the timber structures of both it and the thatched section were recovered from the wreckage. This provided enough information to be gathered to inform both the understanding of the historic structures and to provide significant input into their restoration. The study of the building has confirmed a likely 17th-century date for the tiled range but has shown that the southern range is considerably earlier. The overwhelming majority of the timber work and all the older work was of elm and dating by dendrochronology was not therefore possible. Archaeological monitoring of excavations for new foundations and floors revealed that the buildings had been erected on a laid platform of clay which sealed an old ditch or watercourse. With the exception of a clayey deposit under a rebuild of part of the historic south range, no evidence for floors earlier than the 18th or 19th century was seen. Two sherds of medieval pottery were found in make-up for these floors.
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Author:		 P Davenport
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Buckinghamshire County Council (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2009
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Site: The Woolpack Inn, Risborough Road, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire
Parish: STOKE MANDEVILLE
District: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 483680, 210160 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-98864
OBIB: CA typsecript report 09108
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2016