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Buildings Recording And Investigation at The Former London Inn, 34 Fore Street, Redruth, Cornwall |
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South West Archaeology Ltd. unpublished report series
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Building recording works were conducted by A. Allen ACIfA in August 2023, this work utilised an earlier appraisal report completed by CAU (2021) to provide the best possible record of the building and in-line with industry standards and the requirements of Cornwall Council. Renovation works had already begun by the time of SWARCH’s visit, with the flats in the final stages of their conversion. All recording was undertaken in line with best practice and follows the guidance outlined in: CIfA’s Standard and Guidance for the Archaeological Investigation and Recording of Standing Buildings or Structures (2014) and Historic England’s Understanding Historic Buildings: A Guide to Good Recording Processes (2016). The discussion of the buildings’ setting follows the approaches outlined in the appropriate guidance (DoT guidance and Historic England 2015). No.34, formerly the London Inn, was likely developed within earlier medieval plots. The building is jointly Grade II listed with No.33, which from its south fronting façade, appears to have been built as one building, with origins in the late 18th century. The coaching inn was well placed along the main London carriage route – likely from which it bore its name – fulfilling the wider demand for lodgings as the surrounding mining industry rapidly developed. The building has undergone significant change and extensions during the 19th and 20th centuries, the building changing from a popular coaching inn with stabling and accommodation, to a basic public house and now to newly converted residential flats with ground floor commercial space. CAU (2021) found 18th century fabric surviving in some fittings and timbers, though much of this has now been covered/ boxed out, the building has been fully refurbished so there was limited opportunity for further comment or assessment. This report has attempted to provide a basic recording, synthesising CAU’s earlier work. The only surviving fabric to remain exposed within the building are several sections of exposed walling on the ground floor and first-floor levels, only the southern end. This masonry does show areas of possible structural phasing, though without viewing the building before conversion, is difficult to interpret. Pre-conversion the building would have contained evidential and historical illustrative value, and though the rear of the property – the former coaching yard – is now used as a compound, there is some archaeological potential here if any groundworks are to take place in the future. Possible sealed deposits in this area could provide more detailed information on the earlier medieval boundaries of the plot and the later operations of the coaching yard. |
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A Allen
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South West Archaeology Ltd.
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Cornwall and Scilly HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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2023
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Redruth |
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Cornwall |
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Cornwall |
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England |
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Grid Reference: 169955, 42075 (Easting, Northing)
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southwes1-518993 |
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| Created Date: |
15 Mar 2024 |
