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Report Title
Baldwin's Farm, Pebworth, Worcestershire. Historic Building Recording and Archaeological Watching Brief Report
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Oxford Archaeological Unit - 2007
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Summary
SUMMARY Oxford Archaeology (OA) has carried out a programme of building investigation and recording and an archaeological Watching brief at Baldwin's Farm, Pebworth, Worcestershire. The work was in advance of conversion of some of the buildings to residential units and the demolition and rebuilding of one listed structure that was in an unsafe condition and it has been undertaken as a condition of planning approval for the development. The buildings comprised a range consisting of a c1700 block that appears to have been used as a stable and hayloft, but was listed as a dovecote. This block was of some quality with stone dressings including rusticated ashlar quoins, stone kneelers and a stone coped east gable. The window surrounds and north door surround were also of dressed stone with dripmoulds over the lintels. The stable had been built onto the east end of a 17th century timber-framed barn which had been partially rebuilt in brick. The east wall contained timber-framing and wattle and daub infill. Timber framing in the west and north walls contained later brick infill. To the west a second barn perpendicular to the main range also contained elements of timber-framing and had been substantially rebuilt in brick in 1831. Both barns retained sections of blue lias stone plinths. Joining the two was a three bay shelter shed built as inf with a stone rear wall. Many of the timbers in the barn and shed roofs and surviving framing were of reused timber and some of the main timbers were of Elm and the buildings were therefore found to be unsuitable for dendrochronological sampling. The watching brief on the foundation trenches for a new build on the footprint of the `dovecote' and east bay of the barn found natural clay at 0.2m depth. There were no archaeological deposits apart from the barn foundations and a layer of demolition rubble implying that the area was levelled prior to the building of the farm. 1 INTRODUCTION-----------------------------
Table of Contents
Summary...................................................................................................................................1 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................1 1.1 Background....................................................................................................................1 1.2 Aims and objectives.......................................................................................................2 1.3 Methodology..................................................................................................................2 1.4 Acknowledgements........................................................................................................3 2 Historical Background .......................................................................................................3 3 Description ..........................................................................................................................4Headings
Document Type: Historic Building Recording and Investigation and Archaeological3.2 Block B, Eastern Barn ...................................................................................................6
3.3 Block C, Shelter Shed..................................................................................................10
4 Archaeological Watching Brief .......................................................................................12
5 Conclusions........................................................................................................................13
6 Bibliography......................................................................................................................13
ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF
SUMMARY
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Aims and objectives
1.3 Methodology
1.4 Acknowledgements
2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
3 DESCRIPTION
3.1.1 Introduction
3.1.4 South Elevation
3.1.7 East Gable Elevation
3.1.11 North Elevation
3.1.14 Interior
3.2 Block B, Eastern Barn
3.2.1 General
3.2.4 West Wall and Gable
3.2.11 The north wall
3.2.15 The south wall
3.2.19 The east cross wall
3.2.23 Demolished east bay
3.2.31 The roof
3.3 Block C, Shelter Shed
4 ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF
5 CONCLUSIONS
6 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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