Introduction

This collection consists of a report and images from historic building recording work at 5-11 Brock Street, Lancaster, conducted by The Archaeology Co. between November 2023 and October 2024.
The building was constructed in 1844 as an Oddfellows Hall with a series of back-to-back two story houses below. Meetings were held at the hall, as well as entertainment, becoming a concert hall by 1883. The building was purchased by Fell in the 1890's who turned it into a music hall. During this period the houses began to become shops, with people running businesses from their basements and living above. Following the fire in 1907 the hall did not reopen, and the northern and southern houses began to be combined, although still operating as shops.