Title: |
Golden House, 28-31 Great Pulteney Street, London W1, An Archaeological Assessment |
Number of Pages: |
46 |
Biblio Note |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
The site comprised a turn of the century office building dating to 1911, occupying an area of c.0.4ha. An archaeological desk-based assessment was commissioned in support of a planning application for the redevelopment of the site. The site lay within a Conservation Area (No. 14, Soho), but did not include any Listed Buildings. The site did not lie within a designated Area of Archaeological Priority nor did it include any SAMs. The proposed office building would involve a major refurbishment and partial rebuilding scheme. The works were likely to include some excavation below present basement level to allow for new foundations. Documentary, geological, archival and cartographic sources indicated that the site appeared to have a limited archaeological potential. The existing office building was erected in 1911, after the demolition of the original buildings 28-31, dating to the 19th century, which were part of the Pulteney Estate from which the present street name was derived. Prior to that there was no evidence for building on the site which, up until the late 17th century, was part of a large area known as the Windmill Fields. Although the site lay quite close to areas of fairly high archaeological potential, there appeared to be little possibility of important archaeological remains being encountered by the proposed groundworks. No archaeological deposits were recorded in a small area observed. The whole of Golden House was 4 metres below the level of Great Pulteney Street and it was likely that any potential archaeological deposits would have been truncated during the original basement excavation. Therefore the report recommended that no further works were deemed necessary. [Au(abr)] |
Author: |
R Foster
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Publisher: |
AOC Archaeology Ltd
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Year of Publication: |
2001
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Locations: |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Windmill Fields Although |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Great Pulteney Street |
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Subjects / Periods: |
1911 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Late 17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: GOLDEN HOUSE, 28-31 GREAT PULTENEY STREET Study area: 0.4ha Investigation type: Desk-based District: City of Westminster Monument: Ngr: TQ29408090 Parish: Postcode:
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |