A Preliminary Roof Typology for the North East of England c. 1200-1700

Author: Roberts, Martin

Source: Vernacular Architecture, Volume 39, Number 1, 2008 , pp. 27-49(23)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

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Abstract:

The study of vernacular buildings in the North East of England has progressed sufficiently in recent decades to reach the point at which a preliminary roof typology for the region can be set out. This goal has been much aided by tree-ring dating. Early roofs include the most northerly crown posts found in England, while in the later-medieval period the truncated-principal truss develops as a regionally distinctive roof form. The medieval evidence for crucks is largely documentary, but post-medieval examples are plentiful, usually in upper or raised cruck form. The late-medieval tiebeam-and-principal roof gradually established itself as the most common regional roof form by the end of the seventeenth century.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1179/174962908X365028

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