Discovering Old Welsh Houses Timeline
Dating Old Welsh Houses by Dendrochronolgy (Tree-ring dating)
Tree ring dating reports, building survey records and house histories are available on our website in the Library section.;xNLx;;xNLx;Dendro details;xNLx;Building dates for buildings can be deduced by measuring the tree rings of timbers and matching them against other local, regional, national and international chronologies. It is a highly technical analytical and statistical tool and it can give very dependable results. Even so, dates need to be used with care. Dates given are felling dates and although building timbers were generally used within a year or two of felling while still green, sometimes timber was stockpiled. Some timbers date precisely to a single season but not all samples are complete (from bark or sap wood to the heart of the tree). The dates given here are the earliest in what might be quite a long date range. Fuller details are given in the tree-ring dating reports in the library section of our web site. For some houses, later building phases have been tree-ring dated, too, giving a detailed picture of the development of the building. At least 50 tree rings are needed to obtain a date: many houses in our area used fast-grown timber, which unfortunately produce too little information for our purposes.;xNLx;;xNLx;
1399-05-02 04:04:01
Henry IV
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1413-05-02 04:04:01
Henry V
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1417-01-01 00:00:00
Aberconwy House,Conwy
Large urban house. Stone & timber-framed. Jettied. First-floor hall & upper room, chambers above.
1421-01-01 00:00:00
Old Courth Market St,Ruthin
4-bay timber-framed, large panels with deep curved braces up to wall-plates. Trusses cusped at apex, trefoiled wind braces.
1421-01-01 00:00:00
Nantclwyd House, Castle St,Ruthin
At least 8 dated phases. These dates are for box-framed hall range – large panels with up-braces, jettied. Hall fireplace surround 1423+. For NW wing see 1619, & for S range see 162
1422-01-01 00:00:00
Henry VI
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1429-01-01 00:00:00
Hafod, Rhiwlas,Llansilin
Gentry hall house, aisled. Moulded arcade posts, cusped curved braces up to arcade plates. Cusped & pierced arch-braces up to tiebeams, principals, cusped raked struts, king posts with cusped & curved braces up to ridgeplate. Trenched side purlins
1430-01-01 00:00:00
Ty-coch, Llangynhafal
5-bay cruck-framed building, gables rebuilt in stone. Dais- & central open crucks had lapped tiebeams; collars & ‘collar yoke’ survive
1435-05-02 04:04:01
Plas Uchaf, Llangar
Dated By Others
1438-01-01 00:00:00
Hengoed,Llanfwrog
Inner room, 2-bay hall, outer room. Timber-framed, large panels. 5 cruck trusses. Central hall truss arch-braced.
1441-01-01 00:00:00
11 Castle Street .Conwy
Former Black Lion Primary phase (formerly dated to 1420 in VA32.86) House history available
1448-01-01 00:00:00
Ty Mawr [Wybrant]
Undated Dendro C14 dates 2 entries for this house see 1599
1465-01-01 00:00:00
Trefadog
Undated by Dendo but C14 Date range. Building Report on File See Website Library http://datingoldwelshhouses.co.uk/library-h/l.index.html
1470-01-01 00:00:00
Tyddyncynar,Llansilin
Longhouse? Outer room (cow house), 2-bay hall, inner rooms. Originally timber-framed. Full cruck arch-braced open truss. Dais partition (jointed cruck ?) post & panel to ground floor, struts up to collar, 2 tiers trenched side purlins, ridge purlin. Also see 1609 /10.
1471-01-01 00:00:00
Edward IV
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1477-01-01 00:00:00
Ty-draw,Llanarmon Mynydd Maw
Longhouse - inner rooms, 2-bay hall, cow-house. Large rectangular panels, mid rail. Cruck-framed. Hall open truss – cruck blades, arch-braced collar, cusped V-struts. 2 tiers trenched side purlins + ridge purlin. In dais partition, cruck blade & cruck stud joined by slip tenon; tiebeam, 2 struts up to collar, king strut supports block at apex. (For repair phase see 1641 /42)
1478-01-01 00:00:00
Pennarth Fawr, Llanstumdy ,Criccieth
Aisle post in stone-walled open hall house.
1478-01-01 00:00:00
Plas Pengwern
Dated by others
1482-01-01 00:00:00
34 Castle street,Beaumaris
Red Boat. Dendro Dated House history available
1483-01-01 00:00:00
Pen-y-bryn, Llansilin
Timber-framed gentry hall range with close-studded walls. 4 closed aisled trusses + spere truss + base cruck with arch-braced tiebeam, cusped principals & V-struts, cusped arcade braces, arcade plates. Tenoned cusped windbraces & tenoned side purlins. Louvre. Note – only 1 sample dated
1483-01-01 00:00:00
Edward V
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1483-01-01 00:00:00
Richard III
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1484-01-01 00:00:00
32 Castle street,Beaumaris
Tudor Rose Dendro Dated 1485-1494 Building Report and House history available
1485-01-01 00:00:00
Henry VII
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1487-01-01 00:00:00
Nant-uchaf, Groes,Llansannan
Dendro Report, available. 3-unit house with 2-bay open hall. Open arch-braced central cruck truss, yoke, purlins
1494-01-01 00:00:00
Oerddwr-isaf,Beddgelert
House was of crogloft type; upper-end chimney, cruck-truss across open hall, re-set partition truss originally with a tenoned collar.
1498-01-01 00:00:00
Plas Tirion
Dendro Dating, Building report and Houses History available There is also a later main house with its two phases C16 & C17
1499-01-01 00:00:00
Creigir-isaf,Llanengan
Dendro Dated Re-used ceiling beam (in rebuilt 3-bay farmhouse with post & panel screen).
1500-01-01 00:00:00
Tŷ-cerrig ,Llanfwrog
Dendro Report, Building Report & House history available 4-bay cruck-framed farmhouse, originally with timber-framed walls
1500-10-01 00:00:00
Plas Penmynydd
Undated
1501-01-01 00:00:00
Tŷ Cerrig,Llangower
Dendro Report, Building Report & House history available
1504-01-01 00:00:00
Plas Yn Trofarth
Dendro Dated Building report available
1506-01-01 00:00:00
6 Palace St,Caernarfon
Former Vaynol Arms),Dwelling & shop? Dendro Dated
1507-01-01 00:00:00
Egryn
Dated By Others
1508-01-01 00:00:00
Branas-uchaf,Llandrillo
Dendo dated, Building Report and House history Available Stone house. 5 main dated phases. This date is for 5-bay range with hall & passage between inner and 2 outer rooms: dais partition, aisle truss & crosspassage. Cruck-framed hall truss with cusped apex. (Also see 1514, 1637-59, 1661-91 & 1764)
1509-01-01 00:00:00
Hafoty
Dated by others
1509-01-01 00:00:00
Hafodysbyty
Dendro Report, Building Report & House history available
1509-01-01 00:00:00
Maenen Hall
Dendro Dated House history available
1509-01-01 00:00:00
Henry VIII
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1511-01-01 00:00:00
Coed-y-Foel
Dendro Report, Building Report & House history soon to be available
1511-01-01 00:00:00
MaesTyddyn
Dendro Report, Building Report & House history available
1512-01-01 00:00:00
Cwrt Plas-yn-dre
Dated By Others
1515-01-01 00:00:00
CynfalFawr
Dendro Report, Building Report & House history available
1515-01-01 00:00:00
Dugoed,Penmachno
Dendro Dated Main (S) range – 2-unit Snowdonian house with cross-passage, end chimney:
1516-01-01 00:00:00
60 Castle street,Beaumaris
Dendro Dated House history available
1517-01-01 00:00:00
11, Castle St.Conwy
Mantel beam to inserted chimney stack. (Stone-walled, storeyed, hearthpassage plan by 1589 (inscription). For primary phase see 1441 /42).
1518-01-01 00:00:00
Tyn-llan,Gwyddelwern
Dendro Report, Building Report & House history available 2-bay hall + inner room, outer room lost. Cruck-framed open hall house: central cruck truss arch-braced collar. Short wind braces. Mantel beam dated 1517 -37, may be co-eval
1518-01-01 00:00:00
Blaenglasgwm uchaf, Penmachno
Dendro Dated
1519-01-01 00:00:00
Cymryd-isaf,Llechwedd
Date-range of later timbers in hall ceiling (others of 1474 -88) inserted into 3-unit open hall house. (The pantry ceiling, containing timber felled 14911521 & 1523-53, may or may not be a different phase).
1524-01-01 00:00:00
Gronant
Dendro Dated House history available