Chiswick House, London Borough of Hounslow: Archaeological Evaluation Report
Author(s): Dave Fellows
As part of the Chiswick House and Grounds Regeneration Project, English Heritage’s Archaeological Projects Team was approached to undertake an archaeological evaluation at Chiswick House in the London Borough of Hounslow. In order to inform the planning process for the design of a new café building on site, additional information about the eastern range of the late 18th-century Service Building was required. The works consisted of the excavation of two trenches (measuring 14x3m and 5x2.9m) carried out under the direction of the Archaeological Projects Team between January 15th and January 22nd 2007. Several of the walls of the late 17th-century ‘L’-shaped Service Building were excavated and recorded, as well as further evidence for the later modifications to the design and layout of this building. Evidence of the former use of the western room of the building range as a Laundry was revealed, with a drainage channel through the building’s outer wall leading to a brick drainage culvert. The archaeologically sensitive deposits were encountered within 0.20m of the surrounding ground surface.
- Report Number:
- 53/2007
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 40
- Keywords:
- Excavation Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces Post Medieval
