Information for record number MWA13418:
95 High Street, Coleshill

Summary The building known as 95 High Street, Coleshill retains the remains of a medieval two bay wing which is aligned parallel to the street with a long range to the rear. Dendrochronological dating of a timber from the clasped purlin roof of the building gave a felling date of c. AD 1456.
What Is It?  
Type: Building, Clasped Purlin
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Coleshill
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 89
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Level of Protection Local
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1 The building known as 95 High Street, Coleshill retains the remains of a medieval two bay wing which is aligned parallel to the street with a long range to the rear. The first floor chamber of this wing was originally open to the clasped purlin roof. The rear range of this building also retains the remains of a clasped purlin roof, but this has mostly been replaced by modern softwood timbers. A timber from the wing's clasped purlin roof of the building gave a felling date of c. AD 1456.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Scientific Dating Report
Title: 95 High Street, Coleshill, Warwickshire, Tree-ring Analysis of Timbers, Scientific Dating Report
Author/originator: Arnold A & Howard, R
Date: 2011
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 112-2011
   
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument FLOOR * A layer of stone, brick or boards, etc, on which people tread. Use broader site type where known. back

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