Re-erecting Houses in Shropshire in the Late Seventeenth Century

Abstract

Literary evidence for moved houses in seventeenth-century Shropshire as chronicled by Richard Gough in his ‘History of Myddle’ is checked by site surveys, and the results are analysed. Examination of the relevant buildings points to the need for re-assessment of the theory that such structures were flimsy and had earth-fast posts. Comparisons are included, one of which concerns the re-cycling of a ‘ffat-oxe-house’ for which a building contract survives.