| Title: |
Archaeological Desk Based Assessment. Therese House, Glasshouse Yard, London EC1 |
| Number of Pages: |
51 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The site was currently under consideration for redevelopment comprising a front and rear multi-storey office development to a retained Therese House. The site lay in an Archaeological Priority Area identified in the Islington Unitary Development Plan as it lay in an area on the fringes of the City of London within the Precinct of the Charterhouse monastery. As a result of documentary and recent site investigation evidence it was evident that structures and deposits, largely of medieval date and representing elements of individual cells grouped around the Great Cloister of Charterhouse monastery occurred on the site until the late 1950s. However, subsequent redevelopment of the site, involving localised excavations to create pad foundations and extensive excavations to create a basement car park, had resulted in fairly extensive vertical and horizontal destruction of buried archaeological deposits. Equally, as a result of a site investigation, it was evident that areas of archaeological deposits, albeit truncated, survived between pad foundations positions. Additionally, medieval architectural fragments (representing the remains of the door to Cell S) survived in the western site boundary wall. These architectural fragments would be preserved within the new scheme, with appropriate measures taken to ensure their protection during the construction process. Accordingly, in order to ensure that the medieval architectural fragments are safeguarded and that any surviving archaeological deposits at proposed pile cap positions are recorded ahead of piling, a planning condition requiring a programme of archaeological works appeared appropriate. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Paul Chadwick
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| Publisher: |
CgMs Archaeology and Environmental Consultants
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Therese House |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: THERESE HOUSE, GLASSHOUSE YARD
Study area:
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Islington
Monument: [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), FEATURE. Medieval (1066-1540), MONASTERY. Medieval (1066-1540)
Ngr: TQ32048203
Parish:
Postcode: EC1A4JU
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
