The Bishop of Winchester's Medieval Manor House at Harwell, Berkshire, and its Relevance in the Evolution of Timber-Framed Aisled Halls
J. M. Fletcher|C. R. J. Currie
This paper is based on the lecture given to Institute at Society of Antiquaries London 18 October 1972. It concerns discovery in 1967 a house village Harwell aisled hall, formerly curia medieval manor Bishop Winchester, for which Pipe Rolls most years from 1208 1450 exist. The earliest phase parts survive consisted framed building with passing-braces built twelfth or early thirteenth century. evolution this form timber dwelling oak traced continental, probably lower Rhineland, structures ninth and tenth centuries. long timbers used as passing braces are likely have been derived buildings southern Germany conifers such fir, that turn had history Roman times.
The Archaeological Journal