Alston, L. and Gill, D. (2014). Pottery Cottage, Wattisfield WSF061: Historic building recording and archaeological monitoring report. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1030137. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Pottery Cottage, Wattisfield WSF061: Historic building recording and archaeological monitoring report
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Series:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Pottery Cottage lies on the western side of Pottery Hill, abutting a separate red-brick property known as Pottery House on the north and the former site of the Henry Watson's Potteries factory on the south. The timber-framed structure appears to represent an exceptionally small two-cell domestic dwelling of the late-16th or early-17th century - although it could be interpreted as a detached kitchen. The building initially extended to just 7.6 m in total length by 4.25 m in width with walls of 2.2 m in height. A central chimney divided a parlour and parlour chamber on the south from a slightly larger hall and hall chamber on the north. The smallest and poorest rural dwellings of the 16th and 17th centuries were often built on waste land such as road margins and former greens, and the distinctive triangular outline of its boundary in 1838 suggests Pottery Cottage may well have originated in such a manner. Documentary evidence is understood to link the site with pottery manufacture as early as the 16th century, and both its size and isolated location are consistent with what at the time was a low status and antisocial occupation. In 1838 both Pottery Cottage and Pottery House appear to have formed the dwelling of the eponymous potter Thomas Watson. Most early cottages of this scale have failed to survive and the building is accordingly of considerable historic interest. It was extended to the south in the late 17th century when it was re-roofed and provided with a new cellar. This extension was replaced by a brick garage after a fire destroyed the nearby factory in 1963. Much of the original wall framing is intact, along with its ceilings and rebated floorboards, but the cottage may not meet the strict English Heritage criteria for listing.
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Author:		 L Alston
David Gill
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Publisher:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: WSF 061 Pottery Cottage Wattisfield
County: Suffolk
District: Mid Suffolk
Parish: WATTISFIELD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 601406, 274552 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HOUSE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SURFACE (Monus)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-162553
OBIB: SCCAS report no 2014/31
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Note:		 SCCAS client report A4/ soft bound/colour
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018