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Roadside Wall, Shutta Road, Looe, Cornwall, Historic Building Record |
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Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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All recording work was undertaken according to Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) (CIfA 2014) and Historic England (2016) guidance.
During the desk-based assessment historical databases and archives were consulted in order to obtain information about the history of the site and the structures and features that were likely to survive. The main sources consulted were as follows:
• Cornwall HER, as accessible via the Heritage Gateway.
• Images of England online listed buildings database.
• Early maps and photographs (see Section 9.1)
• Published histories (see Section 9.2)
• Websites (see Section 9.3)
The equivalent of a Level 2/3 Building Survey (as defined by Historic England 2016) was produced. Recording included:
• Photogrammetry to record the historic sections of the roadside parapet wall.
• Photographs of other elevations were annotated where appropriate to show changes in build and architectural detail.
• Colour photographs of all surfaces along with architectural details and contextual images were taken with a digital camera (at a resolution of 8 million pixels or higher). Photographs included a metric scale bar, except where Health and Safety considerations make this impractical.
Roadside Wall, Shutta Road, Looe, Cornwall, Historic Building Record
Descriptions of the individual sections of walling were made in note form and by annotation of plans and photographs to record their fabric and construction, phased development through time and architectural details.
During the survey there was limited access the west elevations belonging to individual properties, and only a few sections were accessible. Where possible photographic records were made from afar.
Records supplied by Cormac Solutions Ltd which were made prior to any of the works taking place, have been used as part of this record for sections of walling that had already been repaired/replaced prior the historic building record taking place and for sections that were inaccessible during the survey.
CAU follows Historic England guidance on digital image capture and file storage (2014).
The photo record comprised:
• General views.
• All elevations where visible.
• Examples of structural and architectural detail.
The photographic record from the fieldwork is listed in Appendix 1 (see also Fig 98).
All site materials were prepared for long term storage. This included:
• Finalisation of annotated images.
• Archiving of drawings, photographs, paperwork and digital files.
• Filing of digital colour photographs and limited image editing (eg, composition, lighting) where appropriate. Colour digital images taken as part of the site archive have been deposited with the Archaeology Data Service (ADS).
• Creation of an archive report.
• Completion of the Historic England OASIS record (online access to archaeological investigations).
• Preparation of CAU archive. Cornwall Archaeological Unit were commissioned by Cormac Solutions Ltd to carry out a historic building record prior to the repair and partial rebuilding of parapet and retaining walls along the west side of Shutta Road in East Looe (Figs 1 and 2). The walls stretch for a distance of approximately 320m from Trelyn Cottage at the south end (NGR: SX 25516 53498) to Tregertha Court at the north end (NGR: SX 25493 53809). Shutta Road is a historic highway traversing the steep hillslope of East Looe and providing access from Shutta to the centre of East Looe. Large houses are located both above the road to the east and below the road to the west. The high retaining walls supporting the road on its western side form the rear garden walls of the properties fronting Fore Street and Station Road below and are topped by individual, but adjoining, parapet walls belonging to each property.
The retaining and parapet walls are multi-phased, but the earliest parts are likely to date from when the road was first constructed. |
| Author: |
Connor Motley
Jo Sturgess
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| Publisher: |
Cornwall Archaeological Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
2021
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Looe |
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Cornwall |
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Cornwall |
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England |
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Grid Reference: 225493, 53552 (Easting, Northing)
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cornwall2-433037 |
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This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
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07 Jul 2022 |
