Semmelmann, K. (2007). West Herts College, Watford, Hertfordshire: Desk-Based Assessment and Historic Building Assessment Parts 1 and 2. Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1010808. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 West Herts College, Watford, Hertfordshire: Desk-Based Assessment and Historic Building Assessment Parts 1 and 2
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Series:		 Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 In July and August 2007 Archaeological Services and Consultancy Ltd (ASC) carried out an archaeological desk-based assessment and historic building assessment of two sites at West Herts College, Hempstead Road, Watford in response to development proposals for the site. The development site lies outside the pre-modern core of Watford, in an area where only post medieval and modern sites have been entered in the HER. This would suggest that the area lay on the periphery of pre-medieval settlement and ritual sites. In post-medieval times, the site lay at the edge of the land belonging to Cassiobury Mansion. It is clear from the 1698 illustration that the site was heavily landscaped by this time and remained largely undeveloped until the college was started in 1938. The Lanchester building was designed in 1938 but not completed until 1953. The architectural interest of this building now rests largely on its external appearance. It has maintained the original fenestration and, with the exception of the glass entrance, the main elevation remains true to the original concept and design. Little change appears to have occurred in general to the façade of the Lanchester Building. Knutsford House is the last surviving building of the Peace Memorial Hospital that was constructed on the site in the early 20th century. It was originally the Nurses Home and was later used as a clinic. The building is fairly typical of its type. The Print Block was erected in the 1960s and 70s and is a building of its time.
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Author:		 Karin Semmelmann
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Hertfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2007
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Site: West Herts College, Hempstead Road, Watford
Parish: WATFORD
District: Watford
County: Herefordshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 510280, 196950 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) N/A (Find)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) COLLEGE (Monument Type England)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol2-49313
OBIB: 1063/WHR/01i
OBIB: 1063/WHR/01ii
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Note:		 2 A4 bound volumes
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016