Images from Historic Building Recording of a Barn at Providence Mill, March 2022
The Archaeology Co., 2022. https://doi.org/10.5284/1100079. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1100079
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Introduction
This collection comprises images from a Visual Buildings Record (Level 1) of a barn at Providence Mill undertaken by The Archaeology Co. in March 2022.
A sketch plan has been produced on site. The drawn record shows all features of interest that have been recorded photographically, as well as showing other features of historical significance that may not be directly affected by the proposal but which are necessary to put those features in context. Photographs were taken with a 12-megapixel digital SLR camera in RAW format. All detailed photographs and general shots contain a 2-metre ranging-rod, discretely positioned, sufficient to independently establish the scale of all elements of the building and its structure.
The building appears to have been erected in the early 20th century, between 1898 and 1920, replacing the earlier outbuilding on the site. The building is constructed of shaped sandstone, possibly reusing the stone from the earlier building. It was built as a single open space internally, possibly for storage, with whitewashed walls. The roof is modern, covered with corrugated metal sheeting. It was unlikely to have been taller, the front dominated by the long windows flanking the central doorway, suggesting that a further story was unlikely. The eastern corner of the building shows some rebuilding, with modern brick forming the eastern window jamb. The majority of the front is constructed in shaped sandstone rubble, with some of the quoins and the window cills being dressed sandstone. The window cills themselves are formed from two separate pieces of dressed stone, with a small infill piece between them, further suggesting the stone has been reused.
