Overall comments and conclusions
Almost all of the examined timbers demonstrate post-conversion distortions implying these timbers were initially utilised green, it is therefore appropriate to assume construction of the buildings occurred within a relatively short time of the felling dates identified for the timbers.

It must be constantly recalled that we can only date the buildings still extant in the village, how many earlier buildings have been lost is unclear. It is possible to interpret the results as indicating there was a series of waves of construction affecting Pembridge at different periods. The discovery that the two buildings analysed that stand furthest apart are the earliest is unexpected. This precludes any possible statements concerning the direction of development of the village either from east to west or west to east or from the centre outwards, this had been one of the original aims of the project. The widespread presence of buildings from around the 1450's may indicate changing economic circumstances locally or some sort of re-organisation of the layout of the village. Two other fifteenth century buildings appears to be from slightly later than this period. The consistent design of the cruck hall to the east with a box framed cross-wing to the west appears to be a highly persistent village form, with Fig Tree and West End from c 1424/5, Brick House and Gatehouse from the later 1440's or early 1450's and The Garth from perhaps the 1480's all built to this layout. The 1450-80's appears to be the most diverse period for different architectural styles with Swan House Greyhound and Wheelwrights of quite different form and layout.

A completed core ready for analysis.