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Land Rear of 17 West Street

Building recording identified a C17 dwelling or workshop, extensively rebuilt in the C19, with a well-preserved early roof and evidence for a lost southern bay. Its masonry may have been reused nearby.

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Site code: WEW04. Border Archaeology was instructed by Benchmark Projects Ltd to undertake a Standing Building Recording of an outbuilding located to the rear of No. 17 West Street Leominster Herefordshire. The original 17th century building appears to have been a dwelling and/or workshop similar in design and function to others situated in West Street. The building has since undergone several phases of repair and alteration, particularly during the 19th century, when it was extensively rebuilt. Of the original features, the well-preserved roof still survives relatively intact. The gable ends were probably weatherboarded but it is not clear whether the existing weatherboarding is original. There is clear evidence of an additional bay to the south, now demolished, the masonry possibly being reused in the construction of the rectangular building located immediately to the southwest, which appears to be of early 19th century date. Information from OASIS Online Form.

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Land Rear of 17 West Street

Fieldwork · 2020

Building recording identified a C17 dwelling or workshop, extensively rebuilt in the C19, with a well-preserved early roof and evidence for a lost southern bay. Its masonry may have been reused nearby.

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Historic England via the Archaeology Data Service

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