| Abstract: | Recent investigation and a firm tree-ring date have made it possible to place this well-known early fourteenth-century building more securely in the chronology of the development of the medieval hall-house. It shows some of the characteristics of early manorial complexes comprising various discrete domestic units but well advanced towards the classic arrangement where the principal accommodation is concentrated within a single structure. Its overall design and dimensions suggest that it is the work of an architect who probably operated from an ecclesiastical workshop. |
