tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post5381325422516650151..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Stretton Sugwas, HerefordshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-53972541800404455282013-06-28T14:48:28.750+01:002013-06-28T14:48:28.750+01:00Church of England in Norfolk are setting a splendi...Church of England in Norfolk are setting a splendid example by organising the opening of 100s of churches - but a lot of them take SOME GETTING TO, as my recent trip to find Anglo-Saxon and round-tower churches has shown me. Easier to leave churches unlocked in remote locations. Question: How old are the UPRIGHT timbers in the tower at Stretton Sugwas? I am trying to average out the rate of decay for timber in strategic positions. Timbers in a similar tower at Dormston, Worcestershire, seem to be early 16th century. Has there been no rain, storm, frost, heat expansion, dryrot or wet rot since then?? Polished wood left in my back garden rotted to dust in about 4 years. Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.com