Averys has been described as an open hall with smoke control, the narrow central bay of the 5 bays has significant smoke blackening. The gabled roof is clasped side-purlins with queen struts. A fine face wing, also gabled, has a narrow jetty at tie beam level. Fourteen oak timbers sampled from different possible phases of construction were dated dendrochronologically to form a relatively well replicated 199-year site mean chronology (RUSPR-AV), spanning AD 1382 - AD 1580. However, due to problems discussed in the report, only four samples provided reliable sapwood dating evidence. Three samples (two from hall posts) could be treated as an associated felling and produced a felling range of AD 1581 to 1604. This felling range provides tentative dating evidence for the presumed initial build. Significantly, two other timbers from a same parent tree indicate that the main hall and face wing were constructed at the same time. The fourth sample (also from a hall post) produced a felling date range of AD 1563 to AD 1579, which highlights the possibility of close phase complexities of development which could not be resolved without further sampling.

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Moir, A. K. 2003. Dendrochronological analysis of timbers from Averys, Rusper, West Sussex. Tree-Ring Services, Report: RUAV/02/03: 1-26.

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