Upton Court, Slough

Upton Court (Pl. VIIA) is a timber-framed open hall house, dated by dendrochronology to c. 1330. The building appears to have been the work of Merton Priory, the holders of the manor of Upton from the twelfth century until the Dissolution. As originally built the house comprised an ailsed hall range and a jettied upper end cross wing. The open hall truss is of particular interest in that it is a hammer beam variant of unusual construction. The building was recorded by the Threatened Buildings Section of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England prior to, and in the course of, an extensive programme of alterations and restorations

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  Open Access•John Crook•Archaeologia•1991

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• Medieval Roofs

  J T Smith•Archaeological Journal•1958

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• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York

  Lon R Shelby•Speculum•1975

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• Medieval Roofs with Base-Crucks and Short Principals

  Open Access•N W Alcock, M W Barley•The Antiquaries Journal•1972

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