May, R. (2019). Archaeological Investigations at Broomhill Library Garden, Sheffield: Evaluation Report.. Sheffield: ArcHeritage. https://doi.org/10.5284/1056820. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Investigations at Broomhill Library Garden, Sheffield: Evaluation Report.
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Series:		 ArcHeritage unpublished report series
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Number of Pages:		 32
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Abstract:		 In 2017 and 2018, small-scale archaeological investigations were undertaken on the remains of a garden at the Broomhill Community Library, Sheffield. The fieldwork was undertaken to support Broomhill Community Trust's funding bid for the restoration of the garden, and was undertaken with volunteers and University of Sheffield archaeology students, supervised by ArcHeritage. The library was built around 1870 as a private house, with a garden to the east. Around 1927, Arthur Samuel Lee commissioned Percy Cane to create a modern garden that included flagged areas with inset flower beds, a central pond, pergola, loggia, and a dipping well. Cane was a well-known Arts and Crafts-influenced garden designer, who worked on country house estates and the grounds of Haile Selassie's palace in Addis Ababa. The Broomhill Library garden is his smallest known commission and the only one recorded in Sheffield. The garden was maintained until 2003, when thieves stole most of the flagstones and the area was largely abandoned to self-seeded vegetation. The aims of the archaeological investigations were to establish the extent of survival of features relating to the Percy Cane garden and to provide information that would inform restoration proposals. The fieldwork revealed that significant elements of the garden design survive, including some surviving flagstones, the foundations for the pergola and loggia, and much of the structure of the central pond feature. The probable remains of narrow flowerbeds set within former flagged areas were also identified.
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Author:		 R May
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Publisher:		 ArcHeritage
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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District: Sheffield
Site: Broomhill Library Garden
County: South Yorkshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 433185, 386895 (Easting, Northing)
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1870 (Auto Detected Temporal)
flagstones (Auto Detected Subject)
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#HeritageOpenDays2020 (Hashtag)
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LOGGIA (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
ORNAMENTAL GARDEN (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: archerit1-338815
OBIB: Report no. 2018/82
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Note:		 A4 comb-bound, illustrated report, plus PDF version.
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Created Date:		 11 Oct 2019