Sworn, S. and Brown, T. (2022). 3 Market Place, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England. Historic Building Recording and Archaeological Watching Brief. ISCA Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1111761. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 3 Market Place, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England. Historic Building Recording and Archaeological Watching Brief
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Abstract:		 The Historic Building Recording has been conducted as a Level 2 and has expanded to include elements of a Level 3 assessment as specified by Historic England in its publication; Understanding Historic Buildings: A Guide to Good Recording Practice (2016). The Archaeological Watching Brief was completed monitoring the replacement of a service in the basement of the building, and the results were hand recorded. The proposal for the building is refurbishment from existing commercial use for new use as a Post Office. In addition to the Historic Building Recording to record the historic fabric of the building, a programme of archaeological monitoring and recording has been implemented during below ground/floor works to allow for the identification, investigation and recording of any exposed archaeological or artefactual deposits. The property has been subject to many adjustments and changes over time, not least an almost complete rebuilding in the later Victorian era between 1851 and 1879. This rebuilding resulted in a loss of many of the original features of the building, such as the original roof space, the historic first floor and the original frontage. The ground floor, however, does retain walls of original killas stone construction in the western and northern elevations. These elements of the ground floor, including the fireplace stack and flue, are of comparably higher significance than that of the rest of the building. The results of the watching brief demonstrate that material from the demolition of original building now exists within the made ground layers in the base of the first floor. No archaeological features, such as original historic killas stone subdivisions, have been found within this made ground. This report has found that in the buildings current state of disrepair, being left exposed without renovation would result in further loss to the buildings condition and therefore significance. A sympathetic renovation, fully taking into account the heritage value of the ground floor killas stone walls, would result in a net gain to the significance of the building and preserve the heritage asset for the foreseeable future.
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Author:		 Simon Sworn
Timothy Brown
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Publisher:		 ISCA Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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Parish: St. Columb Major
District: Cornwall
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Grid Reference: 191314, 63632 (Easting, Northing)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
ANALYTICAL BUILDINGS RECORD (LEVEL 3) (Event)
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OASIS Id: iscaarch2-505351
Report id: R02-0013-2
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Created Date:		 28 Jul 2023