| Title: |
St. Peter's Convent, Plympton House, Plympton St. Maurice, Devon. Archaeological Assessment (Report 001157) |
| Number of Pages: |
27 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The assessment was undertaken of land at St. Peter's Convent. This study included the convent grounds as well as fields to the east and north. The study area lay just to the north east of the medieval town of Plympton and its castle. Immediately north of Plmypton House were cropmarks of unknown date but there were no artefacts or features of medieval or earlier date recorded from within the study area. However, documentary evidence showed that buildings existed within the study area prior to the building of Plympton House. To the north of the study area was the Maudlyn Hospital, first documented in 1307, later the Parish Poorhouse and now demolished. This leper hospital owned two parcels of land, one adjacent to a barn situated along the northern edge of the study area fronting Ridgeway. These were purchased by George Treby in 1724 and incorporated into the grounds of Plympton House. It was also recorded that some houses were demolished prior to the construction of Plympton House. Plympton House itself was a Grade I Listed Building and was constructed towards the beginning of the 18th century and finished around 1715-1720. The boundary wall along Longcause was listed as Grade II. The gardens were also listed as Grade II and were included on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 11 Devon. To the south west of the house were walled gardens, one of which incorporated a prospect mound, possibly covering an icehouse. To the rear of the house a possible tree-lined avenue leading towards Ridgeway was shown on a 1784 map of the study area. This possible avenue was separated by a still extant bank from a further range of garden plots also shown on the same map. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
A Thomas
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| Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2000
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Ridgeway |
| Country: |
England |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Maudlyn Hospital |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Plympton House Plympton House |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
St Peters Convent |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 1724 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 1307 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2000
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: ST. PETER'S CONVENT, PLYMPTON HOUSE, PLYMPTON ST. MAURICE
Study area: 6ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Plymouth UA
Monument: GARDEN. Post-medieval (1540-1901), WALL. Post-medieval (1540-1901), BUILDING. Post-medieval (1540-1901), MOUND. Undated
Ngr: SX54505590
Parish:
Postcode: PL7 1LX
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
