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Breakspears: Historic Building Survey |
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Compass Archaeology unpublished report series
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compassa1-116977_2.pdf (8 MB)
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A level 1-2 historic building survey was undertaken by Compass Archaeology of Breakspears - a Grade I listed building in Harefield - during Clancy Development's refurbishment and redevelopment works of the house. This included research into the existing documentary / cartographic / pictorial sources, along with substantial fieldwork (including investigation and recording of the building itself, dendrochronological analysis, and watching briefs of small-scale excavations within and around the building). This revealed that the earliest house (of which features survive today) dated from the earlier part of the 17th Century. This underwent a series of modifications, most noticeably the raising of the roofs and addition of a second floor; until the second quarter of the 19th Century when a major phase of construction / rebuild took place (involving the rotation of the house round by 90degrees). Another large phase of rebuilding took place at the end of the 19th Century - to create, essentially, the house that remains today. |
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Compass Archaeology Ltd
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Publisher: |
Compass Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Locations: |
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Breakspears |
County: |
Greater London |
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Hillingdon |
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HAREFIELD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 506090, 189635 (Easting, Northing)
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compassa1-116977 |
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Two reports - one detailing the evidence for the early house (before the major rebuilding of the house in the second quarter of the 19th Century); and one detailing the evidence for the later house (following this major rebuild). Both reports include discussion of the historic / archaeological background of the house (including documentary, cartographic, and pictorial research); discussion of the various features believed to have been attributed to the house; and discussion of the probable chronology / phasing of the house.
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01 Feb 2018 |