Ucheldref is a large, stone-built, winged gentry house of late C16th origin. Tree-ring dating has closely dated three principal phases:
(a) Hall (west) Felling dates: Winter 1573/4 and Spring 1575. A house of direct-entry type dating to 1575 with back-to-back fireplaces heating an outer kitchen and central hall (floored) with inner room beyond;
(b) Kitchen reconstruction Felling date range: 1598?1608;
(c) Parlour (south) wing Felling date: Winter 1606/7. a parlour wing with post-and-panel partition added at right-angles to the kitchen in1606/7;
(d) a further phase of replanning is represented by theb stair dated1686 on the newel-post.
The sixteenth-century detail includes framed ceilings with joists running in alternating directions at ground- and first-floor levels. The trusses are of plain collar-beam type apart from the original framed gable-end.
Sources:
Tree-ring dating reported in Vernacular Architecture 41 (2010), p.114.
A detailed survey commissioned by The North West Wales Dendrochronology Project in partnership with the RCAHMW is available in the NMRW 2011. (RFS/RCAHMW/ 08/04/2011)
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application/pdfRCAHMW Dendrochronology Project CollectionEngineering Archaeological Services Report 2009/20 for Uchel Dref, Corwen, commissioned by The North West Wales Dendrochronology Project in partnership with RCAHMW.
application/pdfRCAHMW Dendrochronology Project CollectionAppendix to Engineering Archaeological Services Report 2009/20 for Uchel Dref, Corwen, comprising figure 5, trusses in south wing, commissioned by The North West Wales Dendrochronology Project in partnership with RCAHMW.
application/pdfRCAHMW Dendrochronology Project CollectionAppendix to Engineering Archaeological Services Report 2009/20 for Uchel Dref, Corwen, comprising figure 1, location map, commissioned by The North West Wales Dendrochronology Project in partnership with RCAHMW.
application/pdfRCAHMW Dendrochronology Project CollectionAppendix to Engineering Archaeological Services Report 2009/20 for Uchel Dref, Corwen, comprising figure 2, ground floor, first floor and attic plan, commissioned by The North West Wales Dendrochronology Project in partnership with RCAHMW.
application/pdfRCAHMW Dendrochronology Project CollectionDating Old Welsh Houses Project dendrochronology results report no 2010/44 relating to Ucheldref, produced as part of the North West Wales Dendrochronology Project in partnership with RCAHMW.
application/pdfRCAHMW Dendrochronology Project CollectionAppendix to Engineering Archaeological Services Report 2009/20 for Uchel Dref, Corwen, comprising figure 3, trusses in main range, commissioned by The North West Wales Dendrochronology Project in partnership with RCAHMW.
application/pdfRCAHMW Dendrochronology Project CollectionDating Old Welsh Houses Project house history report relating to Ucheldref, researched by person unknown as part of the North West Wales Dendrochronology Project in partnership with RCAHMW.
application/pdfRCAHMW Dendrochronology Project CollectionAppendix to Engineering Archaeological Services Report 2009/20 for Uchel Dref, Corwen, comprising figure 4, truss in main range, commissioned by The North West Wales Dendrochronology Project in partnership with RCAHMW.
