| Title: |
Archaeological Desktop Study of 25-29 Orchard Street, Bristol |
| Number of Pages: |
34 |
| Biblio Note |
Please note that this is a bibliographic record only, as originally entered into the BIAB database.
The ADS have no files for download, and unfortunately cannot advise further on where to access hard copy or digital versions.
|
| Publication Type: |
Report
|
| Abstract: |
An archaeological desk-based assessment was undertaken prior to the proposed redevelopment of the cellars beneath 25-29 Orchard Street as a restaurant or wine bar. Orchard Street was developed on land that formed part of the orchard of the medieval St. Mark's Hospital founded c.1220. During the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 the hospital's estates were surrendered to the Crown, subsequently coming under the control of the Common Council of Bristol in 1541. In the mid 13th century a drain was constructed from the hospital to the banks of the River Frome and it was possible that the line of this drain passed on or near to the site. Much of St. Mark's lands was eventually granted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital School. The area appeared to have remained as orchards and gardens until c.1715 when the Council approved the letting of plots for building. By 1718, the first houses had been built; nos. 27-29 being of this date with nos. 25 and 26 being slightly later, dating from 1822. The cellars beneath 25-29 Orchard Street were generally similar being barrel-vaulted and constructed of rubble stone and brick. Visual inspection of the cellars identified two groups both comprising a number of interconnected rooms; there was no obvious connection between the groups. The cellars underlying nos. 28 and 29 had undergone a number of internal changes including repairs or alterations to the floors, the construction of brick and steel piers presumably to support the roof, and the creation of storage bays/racks. The vaulting in this range was aligned approximately east-west. The second group of cellars was more complex. Consisting of 10 rooms of varying size, they appeared to have undergone little alteration. The easternmost pair beneath nos. 25 and 26 differed from no. 27 in that the vaulting of the former was aligned north-south whilst that of the latter was east-west. Nos. 25 and 26 also appeared to be of cruder construction. Trial pits excavated though the floor of the eastern cellar range revealed a make-up layer for the floor overlying the red-brown clay. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Rod Burchill
|
| Publisher: |
Bristol & Region Archaeological Services
|
| Year of Publication: |
2001
|
| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Orchard Street Bristol |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Bristol |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Orchard Street |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital School |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
St Marks Hospital |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
River Frome |
|
| Subjects / Periods: |
| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Mid 13th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
|
| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: 25-29 ORCHARD STREET, BRISTOL
Study area:
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Bristol, City of UA
Monument: CELLAR. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: ST58447292
Parish:
Postcode: BS1 5ED
|
| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
|
| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
