| Title: |
Bow Street Police Station, City of Westminster, London WC2. An Archaeological Assessment |
| Number of Pages: |
42 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The site lay within the Covent Garden Conservation Area and was a Grade II Listed Building. The site did not include any SAMs but lay within an Archaeological Priority Area, Lundenwic (Middle Saxon London), as shown on the Proposals Map, City of Westminster Unitary Development Plan. A review of documentary, geological, archival and cartographic sources indicated that the site lay in an area known to have archaeological potential. Research demonstrated that a long history of human activity had occurred in the vicinity of the site, dating from prehistoric times up until the present day. The region of the site was particularly renowned as the location of Middle Saxon settlement within London. The Police Station had existed upon the site since its construction in the late 19th century and contained basementing across a large proportion of the site including part of the central courtyard. Prior to the construction of the existing buildings, a patchwork of buildings were present upon the site, though it was not known if basements/cellars existed within these buildings. The proposed development plan involved the construction of a new building within the courtyard area to the rear of the existing Police Station. It was proposed that the basement would extend over the area covered by the existing basement and extend into the basemented area, up to the boundary with the Magistrates building. The Police station itself was to be retained. It was also proposed to include a turntable in the yard way in an area which contained no basement. The plan to was to use this building as an extension to the museum and as offices. When comparing the depth of the basement upon the site with the depths of surviving archaeology found within the area, it seemed extremely probable that archaeological remains survived on the site, particularly dating to the Saxon period. It was therefore recommended that an archaeological evaluation be undertaken. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
S Hemley
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| Publisher: |
AOC Archaeology Ltd
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
London The Police Station |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: BOW STREET POLICE STATION
Study area: 0.1145ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Westminster
Monument:
Ngr: TQ30428108
Parish:
Postcode: WC2E7AS
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
