Sturgess, J. and Thorpe, C. (2018). Health Centre at St Clare's, Penzance, Cornwall Archaeological watching brief. Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1049787. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Health Centre at St Clare's, Penzance, Cornwall Archaeological watching brief
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Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was commissioned by Bilfinger GVA during the development of a new health centre at St Clare, Penzance. Conditional planning permission for the demolition of an existing non-listed swimming pool building and the Grade II Listed Quadrangle building in order to erect a new healthcare building (application number PA16/08512) was granted in January 2017. Condition 4 of the planning permission required a programme of archaeological work to be undertaken which included a historic building record to be made of the Quadrangle and Link building prior to demolition and also an archaeological watching brief to be undertaken during the construction works for the new healthcare centre. Following the completion of the historic building record undertaken in April 2017 and the subsequent demolition of the Quadrangle and Link buildings, groundworks for the new development (accompanied by the archaeological watching brief) commenced in January 2018. During the watching brief it was soon discovered that the ground level around the former Quadrangle building had been raised during its construction in the late 1930s. Because of this the only areas where groundworks associated with the new development reached the depths where archaeological features might be encountered were located in the east and south of the development area. However, no archaeological features were uncovered in these areas but a few unstratified pottery sherds dating from the 15th to the 19th century were recovered. Along the southern boundary of the site a decorative 17th century kneeler stone from the gable end of a building was found, being reused as a garden feature (possibly originally from the demolished St Clare Cottage that stood at SW 46588 30799 on the site of the present fire station to the west of the site).
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Author:		 J Sturgess
C Thorpe
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Publisher:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Site: Health Centre at St Clare’s, Penzance
County: Cornwall
District: Cornwall
Parish: PENZANCE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 146696, 30740 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-312554
OBIB: Report no 2018R026
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Created Date:		 09 Nov 2018