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Provincial House, Solly Street, Sheffield: An Archaeological Field Evaluation |
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Archaeological Research Services unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
ARS Ltd Ltd was commissioned by Campus Development Management to undertake archaeological evaluation trenching on land at Provincial House, Solly's Street, Sheffield and 90 Garden Street, Sheffield. Archaeological trenching was carried out in order to evaluate the impact of the proposed development on archaeological remains particularly relating to the construction and demolition of St Vincent's Club, the houses of Red Place and the back-to-back houses off Solly Street. Following consultation with the South Yorkshire Archaeology Service the scheme of archaeological works involved excavating three trenches. The location and dimensions of the trenches were altered from the initial plan after discussion with Dinah Saich of South Yorkshire Archaeological Service. No obvious remains of the St. Vincent's Club structure were encountered. The trench did, however, produce evidence of a walled garden, most likely of 19th-century date. Features in Trench 2 represent the remains of a cellar and yard of a house that constituted part of Red Place. Those in Trench 3 represent the remains of houses and a cistern for a well relating to the back-to-back houses off Solly Street. The houses in both areas are likely to have been constructed during the early to mid-19th century. An influx of Irish immigrants during this period would have necessitated the construction of housing. The slum conditions and crime in the Crofts area led to a program of clearance during the 1920s and 1930s with the houses around Provincial House demolished in the mid-1930s. The remains of the houses tie in with the 19th century maps of the area and the period of their use is therefore well documented through the mapping sources. |
Author: |
A G Williams
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Archaeological Research Services
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Provincial House, Solly's Street |
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South Yorkshire |
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Sheffield |
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SHEFFIELD |
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England |
Grid Reference: 434799, 387594 (Easting, Northing)
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03 Oct 2019 |