Peachey, A., Prosser, L. and Collins, T. (2009). Montrose, 95 Langley Road, Watford, Hertfordshire. Archaeological Solutions. https://doi.org/10.5284/1104767. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Montrose, 95 Langley Road, Watford, Hertfordshire
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Series:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 In June/July 2009, Archaeological Solutions Ltd conducted a programme of historic building recording at 95 Langley Road, Watford, Hertfordshire. It is proposed to demolish the existing building and construct a new care home; the building recording was carried out to comply with a planning condition on approval. The site lies within an area of late 19th century residential expansion to the north-west of the historic centre of Watford and close to the medieval and post-medieval manorial site of Cassiobury. The site consists of a house with later extensions and additions, latterly in use as a care home. In plan, the original house would have been approximately symmetrical whereas the main façade was given a calculated asymmetry in typical Arts and Crafts style. It comprises a typical middle-class family home with spacious rooms where most fixtures and fittings were drawn from a repertoire of mass-produced decorative elements. However, the building's historic integrity has been considerably reduced by the replacement of the windows, while the house was given an entire institutional makeover in cheap materials, with compartmental division and removal of all extraneous fixtures. Montrose was evidently constructed as part of a speculative development in the late 19th century with a range of different materials used to positive effect. A number of nearby buildings provide interesting comparison, where dated bricks indicate they were all constructed in 1888. The south extension was added in the 1940s / 50s in an entirely sympathetic style. Later extensions are of no particular interest.
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Author:		 A Peachey
Lee Prosser
Tansy Collins
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Solutions
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Year of Publication:		 2009
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Parish: Watford, unparished area
Country: England
County: Hertfordshire
District: Watford
Grid Reference: 510208, 197739 (Easting, Northing)
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DWELLING (Monument Type England)
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BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: archaeol7-73617
OBIB: AS Report No. 3340
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Created Date:		 11 Mar 2023