Title: |
12-20 Praed Street, London W2, City of Westminster. An Archaeological Evaluation. |
Number of Pages: |
29 |
Biblio Note |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation, consisting of the excavation of five sample trenches (each 20m by 5m), and a test pit, was undetaken across the site prior to the proposed residential development of the site. A humic soil, typical of cultivated open ground, was revealed overlaying the natural across the western part of the site. This could not be dated and some minor undated gullies were recorded cutting into this soil. Fragmentary evidence for the construction and subsequent repair or rebuilding of the canal basin was seen in the north-west corner of the site. A construction trench for the canal sidewall was revealed. A relatively deep cut had been made in the centre of the site, and later backfilled with imported gravel. This may have represented a dock on the south side of the canal basin, similar to two docks running a short distance eastwards from the east end of the basin that were infilled by the 1960s. The southern dock could have been associated with a warehouse still standing at the south-west corner of the basin, a Grade II listed building. This was built c1840, and included a timber-framed barge canopy. Features that presumabbly belonged to other 19th century and later buildings associated with the use of the canal basin, such as brick-lined drains, a cess pit and wall foundations, were found in all parts of the site. These were truncated and overlaid by extensive dumps of building debris and imported gravels levelling up the site. The southernmost corner of the site was cut by a railway tunnel in 1860, the first stretch of urban underground railway ever built. [Au(adp)] |
Author: |
Andrew Westman
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Publisher: |
MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
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Year of Publication: |
1998
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Subjects / Periods: |
1860 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: 12-20 PRAED STREET, LONDON W2 Study area: 0.9ha Investigation type: Evaluation District: Westminster Monument: CESS PIT. Post-medieval (1540-1901), DRAIN. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Undated, POST HOLE. Post-medieval (1540-1901) Ngr: TQ27008155 Parish: Postcode: W2 1JE
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |