Hayward, K. M J. (2017). Building Recording Watching Brief on the East Gable of the Queens House, HM Tower of London, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Brockley: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. https://doi.org/10.5284/1051540. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Building Recording Watching Brief on the East Gable of the Queens House, HM Tower of London, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1051540
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book Publication Type:	Report (in Series)
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited was commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces to undertake a building recording watching brief during conservation work to the east gable of the Queen's House, HM Tower of London, Tower Hamlets. The recording was carried out in 2015 as a condition of Scheduled Monument Consent for the conservation work. The Queen's House is Grade I listed and is described as 'Lieutenant's lodgings...c.1540; late C17 and C18 additions and alterations.' The building recording established that the east gable of the Queen's House was originally constructed in the early post-medieval (Tudor/Stuart) period between 1450 and 1700. The wall was constructed of small regular courses of Kentish Ragstone rubble above larger blocks of Kentish Ragstone ashlar. The remains of a Tudor/Stuart brick chimneystack are visible in the north side of the wall. Both wall and chimneystack were bonded in a lime Tudor/Stuart mortar showing that they were constructed at the same time. The chimneystack served a large first floor kitchen fireplace. Documentary sources detail that in 1604-05 the back wall of the kitchen chimney was broken down, 'to save the house the kitching beinge on fyer'. A small inserted window was found during the conservation work that had been blocked with late 18th/19th century brickwork. Alterations to the east gable wall in the 19th and 20th centuries included the rebuilding of the upper part of the gable wall as well as the chimneystack above roof height and the application of patches of cement render to the external surface of the wall.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Kevin M J Hayward
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
Other Person/Org Other people or organisations for this publication or report Other Person/Org:	Historic England (OASIS Reviewer) Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2017
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	District: Tower Hamlets County: Greater London Parish: TOWER HAMLETS Site: East Gable of the Queen's House, Tower of London Country: England Grid Reference: 533526, 180519 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CHIMNEY (Monument Type England) WALL (Monument Type England) BUILDING SURVEY (Event) CHIMNEYSTACK (Monus)
Identifiers Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc. Identifiers:	OASIS Id: preconst1-299010 OBIB: PCA Report No. R13063
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered Created Date:	22 Mar 2019

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