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The archive collection comprises a digital archive only. This includes text, including the Project Plan, Location Specific Written Scheme of Investigation (LSWSI) and Historic Building Recording; and raster images, comprising photographs selected to support the historic building recording.
The Bree Louise Public House located at 69 Cobourg St dates to the 1930s when the public house was reconstructed, however a public house was located on this plot of land as early as 1820.
Recording has been undertaken in accordance with a project plan (Document number: EW02-CSJ-EV-PLN-S003-000041) and LSWSI (Document Number: EW02-CSJ-EV-PRO-S003-000009) which has been included in this archive, and HS2 Technical Standards (Specification for Historic Environment Investigations, Document number HS2-HS2-EV-STD-000-000035) have been adhered to during the recording exercise.
In addition, the recording was undertaken in accordance with Historic England’s Understanding Historic Buildings guidance (Historic England, 2016) and the Standard and guidance for the archaeological investigation and recording of standing buildings or structures (CIfA, 2014). A building recording of Level 2 survey was required for the asset, as defined in Understanding Historic Buildings: A guide to good recording practice (HE, 2016). This provided a sufficient level of recording to both assess the character and use, and any changes thereof, of the Building over its lifetime, including a photographic record of the Building and its immediate setting.
This archive provides a comprehensive descriptive, analytical and visual record of the Bree Louise Public House and its setting as of 2019.
The archive can provide information for any future research regarding the asset, the link between the development of the railways and broader changes in the historic landscape or how 19th and 20th century recreation and community buildings reflect social and economic change and contribute to community identity, from an accurate record of the asset, which is otherwise inaccessible to the public due to its demolition.