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No. 6 Brewer Street and associated structures Oxford, Buildings Recording And Investigation |
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Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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The recording focused on four distinct structures:
No 6 Brewer Street. This formed the main element of the project and comprised a detailed investigation of this building concentrating particularly on those parts of the external shell which clearly retain historic stone elements and the footprint of the former building from which these stone walls survive. Scaled drawings were produced of the 6 Brewer Street, Oxford Building recording and investigation historic elevations and the interior was investigated through a targeted pre-demolition softstrip which involved the removal of modern plasterwork which obscured historic structure.
Surviving walls from malthouse on Rose Place. Detailed recording including scaled elevation drawings were made of the two surviving sections of wall from the historic malthouse on Rose Place.
Nib of wall adjacent to Micklen Hall. A drawn, photographic and descriptive record was made of the small nib of wall to the east of No.6 Brewer Street prior to its removal.
Halls the Printers. The recording of the 20th-century printworks buildings (and wider workshop) was largely of a photographic nature accompanied by descriptive notes. The
recording of these buildings was outside the initial scope of works and it was requested
specifically by the Oxford City Archaeologist during the site clearance works.
The project also included a programme of historical research which included work previously undertaken as part of the assessment in 2008 but also went beyond this to consult trade directories held at the Westgate Library (formerly the Centre for Oxfordshire Studies). Although their collection of directories is incomplete, entirely dating from the 20th century, it has provided useful new evidence relating to the site.
The Pembroke College archives have also been consulted and these hold numerous
documents relating to the properties on the south side of Brewer Street from the very late
18th century to the 21st century. A summary print out of these documents has been obtained and the documents are almost all deeds, wills or conveyance of property from
one owner to another. It is not always clear which property the documents relate to and
they have not provided this project with significant information regarding the construction, use or alteration of the buildings in the current work although it may be an avenue for future research.
All elements of this project will be deposited with Oxfordshire County Museums Service
clearly labelled with the site code OXPCL10 (and OXPCL11 for the later but related recording of the Bannister Building at Nos 7 & 8 Brewer Street). Both of these two elements will be archived together with the accession No. OXCMS:2010.97.
The main building recording was undertaken in late October and November 2010. Some
further recording was also undertaken in January 2011. Oxford Archaeology has undertaken a programme of building recording on several buildings and structures prior to a development by Pembroke College on the south side of Brewer Street. The site is close to the centre of Oxford and the structures form several fragments from the post-medieval history of the site. They include two walls from a possible 17th-century malthouse on Rose Place, a much altered building on Brewer Street (No.6) which was probably originally of 18th-century date, a nib of historic wall at Campion Hall (the former Micklem Hall), and a 20th-century workshop which appears to have formed something of an industrial estate, housing a number of separate industrial concerns. This principal manufacture within this workshop was a printworks.
The surviving walls from the malthouse are an interesting reminder of this area having
historically been a focus of the brewing industry and this building was included by the RCHM in 1939 in their Inventory of the Monuments of the City of Oxford. |
| Author: |
Jonathan Gill
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| Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2011
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Oxford, unparished area |
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England |
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Oxfordshire |
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Oxford |
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Grid Reference: 451249, 205939 (Easting, Northing)
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| Created Date: |
16 Aug 2023 |
