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The Archaeology Unit of Southampton City Council carried out a programme of archaeological building recording of three buildings forming four properties at 117-123 Paynes Road, Southampton, SO15 3BW, prior to their demolition. The aim of the work was to understand the history of the structures and the changes that they had undergone, and if possible date them. The survey primarily consisted of photographs in monochrome and colour transparency with measured sketch plans. The survey took place between the 15/10/2015-12/11/2015 and was carried out by Tobias Riley BA (Hons) MSc, Artur Fedorowicz and E L Anderson BA MA ACIfA. The illustrations were drawn by E L Anderson BA MA ACIfA. The report was checked by Dr A D Russel BA PhD MCIfA.
All four of the properties were built in the second half of the 19th century and were built on land that had been part of the Freemantle Park estate, which was sold in 1852 to a local business man, Sampson Payne, who demolished Freemantle House and sold the estate on as building lots. The 1866-69 Ordnance Survey map shows No 123, a bungalow in yellow brick, was in existence at that date, the rest of the site being vacant. The other buildings, a pair of semi-detached houses and a detached house, first appear on the 1895-6 revision. The three buildings had been much altered over the years but included a number of original features.