THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF NEW BUCKENHAM, NORFOLK

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This volume of the Journal of the Norfolk Historic Buildings Group is the culmination of a long-term research project focusing on the surviving historic vernacular buildings in the planned Norman market town of New Buckenham in Norfolk. The project is an interdisciplinary one and marries detailed structural analysis and recording of the surviving buildings with key documentary sources for the town. It also includes a pioneering dendrochronological survey funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund which provides secure dates for some of the most important surviving properties. Detailed survey reports for the surviving buildings are accompanied by an analytical introduction which aims to place the surviving buildings in New Buckenham into a wider and more meaningful historical context. The Volume contains 227 pages and includes more than 100 photographs, line drawings, maps and illustrations.

CONTENTS

Foreword by Chairman

Analytical Introduction by Adam Longcroft

Part 1: The Historic Context

The landscape of south Norfolk; Medieval and post-medieval building traditions in south Norfolk; Plan-forms in Norfolk; Documentary insights into the historic housing stock in south Norfolk; Studying small towns: problems and possibilities; Datable features in timber-framed buildings in south Norfolk

Part 2: The Buildings of New Buckenham

Why New Buckenham?; The creation of New Buckenham; New Buckenham: building materials and construction methods; Roofs; Plan-forms; Shops and workshops; Dendrochronological results; Conclusions

Appendix 1

Gazetteer of historic buildings in New Buckenham

by Sue and Michael Brown with contributions by Paul Rutledge

Appendix 2

Report on tree-ring analysis of properties in New Buckenham, Norfolk by Ian Tyers of Sheffield University.

Bibliography

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