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Robin Hood Public House, 63 High Street, Walkern, Hertfordshire SG2 7NT: historic building monitoring and recording |
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Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
In July 2012, Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS) carried out a programme of monitoring of historic building alterations at the Robin Hood Public House, 63 High Street, Walkern, Hertfordshire. Technical analysis suggests that the building was constructed at the end of the 17th, or first half of the 18th century, as a fairly modest domestic residence, broadly confirming the list description. It is, unusually for this period, entirely timber-framed, but in quality and form lies at the very end of the timber tradition for domestic houses. Much of the oak appears to have been reused from elsewhere, and has been redeployed with economy. In layout, the building follows the classic 18th/19th century form of general symmetry, a central corridor with rooms on either side and continuous outshut to the rear. Historic records suggest that the house functioned as an unlicensed beer house, but in the early 20th century, this appears to have been formalised with the introduction of durable dressings like match-lined panelling to the ground floor rooms. The first licence was granted in 1953. Modern alterations including the consolidation of the ground floor rooms are also much in evidence. |
Author: |
Tansy Collins
Megan Stoakley
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Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Hertfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Robin Hood Public House, 63 High Street, Walkern, Hertfordshire SG2 7NT |
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WALKERN |
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East Hertfordshire |
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Herefordshire |
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England |
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High Street Walkern Hertfordshire |
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Robin Hood Public House 63 High Street Walkern Hertfordshire |
Grid Reference: 528898, 226226 (Easting, Northing)
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archaeol7-170294 |
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Archaeological Solutions Report No. 4128 |
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28 Nov 2016 |