Walker, I. C. (1992). Excavations at Caldwall Hall, Kidderminster 1961--69. Trans Worcestershire Archaeol Soc 13. Vol 13, pp. 135-165.
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Excavations at Caldwall Hall, Kidderminster 1961--69 | ||||||||||||||||
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Trans Worcestershire Archaeol Soc 13 | ||||||||||||||||
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Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society | ||||||||||||||||
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135 - 165 | ||||||||||||||||
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Since 1961 a red sandstone tower and adjacent lawn are all that remain of the Caldwall estate. A J Perrett, a local historian, postulated that Caldwall might in fact be the berewick listed in the Domesday survey as Suduuale. Excavations were undertaken to confirm the presence of a manor house and investigate whether Caldwall could be confirmed as Suduuale. The remains of a fourteenth century mill near to the manor house site, including a leat, are also described. Ten phases of activity were isolated. The earliest phase, an arcaded hall with a cross wing, was dated by finds evidence to the twelfth century. The next phase, characterised by an upper floor hall house and drain, was followed by the addition of the tower and a range of buildings east of that tower. A Queen Anne house was built c 1690 with alterations evidenced after 1700. A substantial brick building built c 1750 may indicate an industrial phase -- possibly involving tanning. Between c 1800 and 1910 activity took the form of various outbuildings and alterations and in 1910 a modern drainage system was installed when the house was converted into a school for cookery and domestic science. The hall became offices for the health department in 1929 and continued in use until its demolition in 1961 -- a continuous occupation span of more than 700 years. There are reconstruction drawings of the hall c 1350 and section diagrams from the excavations with key guides illustrating the sequence of events and features. The small finds are listed in a catalogue section. No particularly rich or seemingly important artefacts were unearthed, though there were two discoveries of note. These took the form of an ivory pocket sundial dating to c seventeenth century and a group of objects, mostly comprising lead weights, that were found buried in a hole under the floor of the Queen Anne house. There is an appendix (164) providing an extract of a letter from the Ministry of Public Building and Works to the author, dated 1970, pointing Caldwall out as a site of interest. The presence of a substantial manor house of some antiquity was thus confirmed and, whilst no conclusive evidence to validate the claim that Caldwall was Suduuale has been uncovered, it is thought that circumstantial evidence renders it likely. | ||||||||||||||||
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1992 | ||||||||||||||||
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20 Jan 2002 |