Event 5
Friday 26 August at 4.00pm
Assembly Rooms, Presteigne
Dydd Gwener 26 Awst am 4.00pm
Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras
THE HIDDEN HEART OF PRESTEIGNE
Before the Eighteenth century houses in this area were made using timber framing. Although some of this can be seen from the street, the majority survives behind a rich medley of later facades. This illustrated talk will focus on the evidence of those hidden buildings as well as looking at some of the finest examples in the surrounding countryside. Timber-framed houses were made by anonymous craftsmen whose skill in the use of oak has left us a rich legacy that can be admired simply for its beauty or, viewed as ‘standing archaeology’, can inform us about the lives of the people who lived in them.
Duncan James is a buildings archaeologist specialising in the research, recording and analysis of timber framed buildings in Herefordshire and the surrounding counties.
Tickets £6 unreserved
Tocynnau £6 sedd heb ei chadw
This event ends at approximately 5.00pm
Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 5.00pm