Images from Historic Building Recording at Gwynearth, Rosudgeon November 2020 to February 2021
Connor Motley, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5284/1090381. How to cite using this DOI
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Introduction
This collection comprises images from Historic Building Recording work undertaken at Gwynearth in Rosudgeon, November 2020 to February 2021. Cornwall Archaeological Unit were commissioned by C B Bryant Construction Ltd to carry out the Historic Building Record and Archaeological Watching Brief in advance of the demolition of the existing house and redevelopment of the site two create two new dwellings (Planning Application: PA18/08872).
The site, which lies within Area 3 of the Tregonning and Gwinear Mining District World Heritage Site, comprised a historic miner's cottage lying centrally within a large, linear garden plot along Packet Lane at NGR: SW 55719 29626.
The Senior Development Officer (Historic Environment) Cornwall Council requested that a Historic Building Record (equivalent to a Historic England Level 2/3 survey) should be made of the existing building in order to obtain a full record prior to demolition and that an Archaeological Watching Brief should be carried out during works for the new development.
A total of five major construction phases of the house have been identified as a result of the work. The earliest construction phase (phase 1) is likely to date to the early-mid 18th century. Watching briefs were carried out during the demolition of the house, to capture information on areas that could not be accessed at the time of the building survey, and also during a topsoil strip of the new development area. The topsoil strip did not uncover any archaeological features or deposits of significance.
