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Historic Building Recording of 143 Borough High Street, London Borough of Southwark, SE1 1NP |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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preconst1-227951_1.pdf (75 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited was commissioned by Kings College London to undertake building recording of no. 143 Borough High Street, Southwark. The building lay within a Conservation Area although it was not listed. The recording was carried out before and during demolition in 2014 and 2015. No. 143 was a 19th century mid-terraced shop with accommodation above on three floors. It had a basement for storage. The unheated ground floor had a shop at the front and a staircase at the rear. Above, each floor was laid out with a heated west and east room and a central unheated spiral staircase area lit by a central light well. The roof was mainly flat with a small pitched roof to the rear. The elliptical roof light still survived in the flat roof. The facade was built in yellow stock bricks and had several 19th century architectural elements, including a decorative console, semi-circular arched first floor windows and decorative moulded terracotta. No. 143 was thought to have been built just before 1838-40. It was occupied by a succession of chemists from 1841 to 1858, a Woollen Warehouse from 1860 to 1896 and a Linen Drapers from 1906 to 1936. It is not listed after 1936. In 1939/1940, it was requisitioned for an emergency access tunnel down to a disused underground railway tunnel (Second World War air raid shelter) under Borough High Street. Its shop front was replaced with the entrance to the tunnel, which occupied part of the basement and ground floor. |
Author: |
K Bower
C Matthews
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Publisher: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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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: |
2016
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Locations: |
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No 143 Borough High Street |
Parish: |
SOUTHWARK |
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Greater London |
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Southwark |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 532566, 179992 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
preconst1-227951 |
OBIB: |
PCA Report No. R12376 |
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A4 spiral bound with blue cover report
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Created Date: |
22 Mar 2019 |