Coutts, C. (2021). Harpers Hill, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, Archaeological Excavation,. WARWICK: Archaeology Warwickshire. https://doi.org/10.5284/1117635. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Harpers Hill, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, Archaeological Excavation,
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Series:		 Archaeology Warwickshire unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Archaeological excavations were undertaken after the demolition of former factories attached to Listed Buildings and the conversion of 109 Northwood Street (Harpers Hill Works) from B2 to A1-A4 or B1 uses and conversion of 199 Newhall Street from B2 to B1 use, with associated works at Harpers Hill, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham fieldwork was carried out in accordance with a Written Scheme of Investigation approved by the planning authority and prepared in accordance with the relevant Standards and Guidance of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (2014). It appears that the Harper Hill villa, erected in the late 18th century and subject to internal alterations in the 19th century was carefully demolished in the early 1870s and its structural elements such as bricks and roof tiles removed, probably for re-use. The demolition sequence would have started at the roof level and worked down the three above ground floors until it reached the level of the cellar. At this level it appears the brick paved floors were systematically stripped out, leaved only small areas partly overlain by support walls for cellar lardering, or phase 2 walls associated with the internal staircases. One larger area of flooring in the southern part of the eastern cellar may have been left as it was overlain by a thick layer of charcoal; another area in the central western cellar was left as it was overlain by coal. This stripping out of the cellars floor may have been concurrent with demolition of the upper part of the house, but was probably before the ground floor level was removed, as masonry rubble generally filled the stripped out cellar areas.
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Author:		 C. Coutts
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Publisher:		 Archaeology Warwickshire
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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County: West Midlands
District: Birmingham
County: Birmingham
Country: England
Parish: Birmingham, unparished area
Grid Reference: 406259, 287484 (Easting, Northing)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
WASTE DEPOSIT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL WASTE DEPOSIT (Tag)
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING (Monument Type England)
OPEN AREA EXCAVATION (Event)
POST MEDIEVAL RESIDENTIAL BUILDING (Tag)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: archaeol27-501786
Report id: 2140
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Created Date:		 12 Feb 2024