Priory Farm, Langston

DOCUMENT NO 193 April 2013

A.P.A.C. Ltd.

Archaeological Perspectives Analysis Consultancy

ARCHAEOLOGICAL

REPORT

Priory Farm, Langstone, Newport.

Grade III, BUILDING RECORDING SURVEY

NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL. 12/0977

Prepared for: Mr & Mrs, Meredith

By: Dr N Phillips.

A.P.A.C. Ltd Priory Farm, Langstone. BS/PFL/13

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Summary

APAC Ltd was contacted by the client in order to undertake a level III building recording survey on a listed building. The building at the time of the survey had undergone some extensive stabilization and restoration work, after years of neglect and vandalism, including a fire. It is proposed that the building will be restored to residential use and as part of the planning process the client was advised that he would need to have the building recorded in its current state before any further development could take place. APAC Ltd produced a project design for the work, which was approved and the survey was undertaken. This document comprises the Grade III building recording survey as required. At the time of the survey the building was little more than a shell with new roof and extensive restoration, including and above 1st floor level. As a result, there was little to work with other than the evident typology of the design: gable entry two/three cell late 16th early 17th century. The interpretation therefore relied considerably in matching old photographs of the building with the present remains, within accepted tenants of architectural development, to piece together a tentative interpretation of phasing. It is therefore suggested that from its original state the house has undergone various improvements, probably associated with contemporary fashion and social improvement. It is possible that the house originally single or 1½ storey, had its roof raised creating a full first floor. The house may have received a front entry and possibly through passage in the late 17th early 18th century when developments were also made to add a small lean-to. A further development took place in the 19th century with the new ‘Victorian Gothic’ window frames, the blocking of the front door, possible addition of the larger lean-to as a purpose built kitchen space.

Copyright Notice: A.P.A.C. Ltd. retains copyright of this report under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988. The Ordnance Survey has granted A.P.A.C. Ltd a Copyright Licence (No. 100046577) to reproduce map information; Copyright remains otherwise with the Ordnance Survey. Cover Photograph DSCO3790, south elevation.


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Contents

Summary .........................................................................................................................................1 Contents...........................................................................................................................................2 Appendices ......................................................................................................................................4 Introduction .....................................................................................................................................5 Location and description of the evaluation areas ............................................................................5 Brief archaeological and historical background..............................................................................5 Aims and Objectives .......................................................................................................................6 Methodology ...................................................................................................................................6 Data Presentation.............................................................................................................................6 General external description of Priory Farm...................................................................................7 External detail: ................................................................................................................................7 General internal description ............................................................................................................8 Internal detail ground floor: ............................................................................................................8 Internal detail: 1st floor .................................................................................................................10 Phasing ..........................................................................................................................................11 Interpretation summary .................................................................................................................13 Acknowledgements: ......................................................................................................................13 References: ....................................................................................................................................14

Figures 01 Site Location map 02 Ordnance Survey: Maps 1833 & 1883. 03 South elevation schematic of blocked doorway 04 Existing ground floor at time of survey 05 Existing ground floor March 2012 06 Interpretation based on archive images


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Survey Plates 1-33

01 Overview of south elevation 02 Overview of west gable, Gable door behind corrugated sheet 03 Overview of north elevation 04 Overview of east gable 05 Detail east gable northern corner. Batter along south elevation. Foundation of large red sandstone

slabs. Differing colour, rough dressed, sandstone quoins. 06 Detail view east gable lower portion showing butt joint with lean-to building, partial batter and

lower foundation course 07 Detail of east end of lean-to showing the backing flagstone to both of the internal storage shelves

and the gable batter, bottom left. 08 Detail south elevation eastern corner. Batter along west gable. 09 General view of south elevation, showing stonework, and slope of ground towards west 10 Detail view west gable lower portion showing butt joint with lean-to, partial batter. Window

opening onto stairwell 11 Detail view along west gable. No batter visible but foundation course Has not been uncovered 12 Lean-to, east wall showing rebuilt areas with grey mortar, new roof. Wall batter visible at door.

Concrete floor 13 Lean-to, Chimney stack with arched hood at east end, New roof, Concrete floor Living room, west

gable. Original door to the left with gable fireplace. Possibly, later divided into grate, and two ovens.

14 Living room, west gable. Right of fireplace showing position of stairwell with landing window. Replaced joists.

15 Detail living room. Upper oven 16 Detail living room. Upper oven internal configuration 17 Detail living room, Stairwell showing position and scar of staircase 18 Living room, west gable. Detail of doorway with tapered recess to left 19 Living room, south elevation showing the three windows. Different spacings, widths and

construction. 20 Detail living room, south elevation showing detail of west window. 21 Detail living room, south elevation showing detail of central window, and former door. Scar to left

visible 22 Detail living room, south elevation showing detail of east window. No window seat 23 Detail living room, east gable end window. No window seat 24 Detail living room. east gable & lean-to showing remains of south elevation wall, within ranging

rods 25 Detail living room, north elevation into western lean-to. 26 Detail lean-to, east wall, 2 storage shelves with single vertical flagstone backing and window 27 Detail lean-to, west wall, 2 storage shelves with single vertical flagstone backing 28 1st floor east gable end. Fire grate to right. Extensive repairs done to stabilise structure.

Inaccessible at time of survey 29 1st floor South elevation with 3 windows. Extensive repairs done to stabilise structure.

Inaccessible at time of survey 30 1st floor. South elevation. But joint in line with recess noted above (DSC03809) Inaccessible at

time of survey 31 1st floor west gable end. Chimney stack in centre and stairwell window right. Note butt joint left,

noted above (DSC03809) 32 1st floor view up chimney stack. The masonry becomes rounded at attic level 33 Detail living room. Surviving flagstones


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Archive plates HP

01 Passage/main room and small lean-to. 2011 02 Passage from smaller lean-to 2011 03 View into passage from main room 1998 04 NW corner of main room showing position of partition wall and cupboard 1998 05 Remains of partition wall leading to stairs 2007 06 East gable end showing surviving structures and features 2011 07 South elevation, western and central windows 2011 08 Joist in position at south elevation 2007 09 Joist in position, central 2007 10 Joist in position north elevation 2007 11 West gable end with partial remains of cross partition wall 2002 12 Northern wall of lean-to with access line through to southern elevation, central window 2011 13 19th century cast iron grate and surround, east gable 2011 14 West gable showing features in 2011 2011 15 Mid 20th century grate in situ, main room west gable 1998 16 Gable entry 1998 17 Staircase 1998 18 1st floor, west gable showing features, stair run, fireplace and ceiling supports 2007 19 Intact window frames 1998 20 Detail of ‘Gothic Style’ frames 1998 21 Window remains with internal shutters 2007 22 Window remains with internal shutters 2007 23 Window frame with detail of mechanism 2007 24 Internal view of first floor north elevation 2007 25 External view of 1st floor north elevation 1998 26 Large lean-to, fireplace in use 1998 1998 27 Large lean-to, fireplace in 2010 2010

Appendices

Complete List of Survey Photocards


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Introduction

This Grade III building survey has been prepared by Dr Neil Phillips, A.P.A.C. Ltd, in response to a proposed program of works to refurbish a Grade II listed building and prior to refurbishment works, designed restore it to residential use. The building, Priory Farm, Langstone, NGR 336524 190216, fig 01 has suffered from a period of neglect since the last resident left a decade ago. The property has also been subjected to additional damage from fire and vandalism. Some emergency work has been done to the property in order to stabilise the structure before it fell into complete ruin. The continuing project has now entered the refurbishment phase and the client has been advised that he would need to engage a buildings archaeologist as part of the planning process:

This is a complex building and the refurbishment will require full understanding of the surviving fabric prior to any further works commencing after the necessary repairs to prevent further collapse. We recommend that a building archaeologist should be engaged to carry out a full survey of the surviving structure in order to assist the refurbishment and a report on this study should be provided prior to the determination of this application so that the historic development of the building is fully understood and the results of this work taken into account in the final design of the refurbished structure

NEW0994/JBHD After discussion with N. Maylan GGAT and J. Hotson Newport City Council, a project design, PD/BS/PFL/13 was drawn up, submitted and after four drafts, approved as fit for purpose, Maylan 22/03/2013. This report details the building survey undertaken on 3rd of April 2013.

Location and description of the evaluation areas The location of the site can be gained from the M4 J 24, Coldra roundabout just east of Newport. From the roundabout take the A48 Chepstow road and at the first roundabout, take the first left. At the next roundabout take the 3rd exit along Priory Drive to the ‘T’ junction with Priory Way, turn left and continue under the road to Priory Farm. The site is in the process of consolidation with the client living on site to as a measure of security.

Brief archaeological and historical background Research into the background of the site has been undertaken at the Gwent Records Office, and online but with little success, other than Ordnance Survey Maps: Cartographic evidence of Priory farm can be traced to the 1830, Ordnance Survey first series, Sheet 35 where both the house and the barn are recorded as black rectangles just to the left of the ‘h’ in Coldra fach, fig 02, (http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ ). Interestingly, the access road to the property was from the north where a track runs from the lane between Caerleon ‘The Village’ and ‘Cat Ash’ at another junction labelled Draen Llwyn. By the time of the 1883, 1st edition Ordnance Survey county series, the farm has some recognisable features such as the lean-to and the main barn and associated pig-sty, (GRO). The second barn may also exist at this time, although, not in its present form as it appears to be in six segmented rectangles, possibly pens. One further change is the new access to the south. There is no further significant change to the house on subsequent maps although the bank to the west of the house becomes listed by 1920. In addition, the second barn starts to approach its present shape by 1901 and by 1920, the southern access becomes pre-eminent.

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/


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The building was listed Grade II in 2002; 26131, 1/18/2012:

An early C17 two cell gable entry house which had a major refurbishment in the early C19 when the walls were raised and it was given a new roof, all new windows and it was also given single storey rear outshuts for the kitchen and dairy. The wash-house remains separate as does the privy. The house has not been modernised since, apart from a 1930s tiled fireplace in the living room and the kitchen remains with its working range and sink and cold tap.

Appendix B 12/0645 The only other information was supplied by GGAT, confirming the listing and adding ‘The name of the site probably relates to the land being held in the medieval period by the monastic house at Goldcliffe Priory’ (NEW0994/CNM).

Aims and Objectives

The aim of the level III survey was to preserve by record the structure of the building, prior to refurbishment and in so doing’ provide a facility for understanding the building’s historic development. The record produced can then be used to guide the determination of the planning condition as to the final design of refurbishment.

Methodology

The building survey followed the methodology defined in 5.2, Understanding Historic Buildings; A Guide to Good Recording Practice (English Heritage 2008). The methodology employed was also guided by the Standards and Guidance for the Archaeological Investigation and Recording of Standing Buildings or Structures (IFA 1996, revised ed 2001). The photographic record of the site includes general views of the exterior, the overall appearance of principle structure and circulation areas, external and internal detail relevant to the property’s design and development. Some areas were not photographed either for health and safety reasons. This would include the 1st floor and attic due to an absence of flooring other than open joists. Existing block and floor plans were provided by the client and these were annotated with measurements made internally with a Leica Disto, during the survey. The adapted plans were re-drawn in Cad, fig 04 and provided in the photo cards as a photographic locator. The photographic survey was conducted using a Sony Cybershot F828 digital camera mounted on a tripod. Simple phasing was undertaken based on observable, constructional anomalies, Ordnance survey mapping, Old photographs reference texts for historical building styles. This report also comprises a written element as defined in 4.5 Understanding Historic Buildings; A Guide to Good Recording Practice (English Heritage 2006).

Data Presentation

Data referred to within the text is included in the Figures (fig##), Plates (P##) and Historical Plates (HP##). The Plates are the photographs taken as part of the survey and included as annotated data records. Appendix I presents; in spreadsheet format, details of all the photographs taken during the survey, including those not used in the text. Photographs used in the text are listed in the right column with P and a sequential reference number: P##.


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Historical Plates are the images provided by the Newport City planning Department containing the known photographic record of the building to its present state. The ones used to clarify phasing are listed HP with a sequential number##. All the images are included in the archive disc.

General external description of Priory Farm

The house is in the main a sandstone rubble-walled construction on two levels, with an attic space under a gabled roof with a gable entry, gable stack and stairwell. At the rear is a later, single story lean-to with a single pitch roof. The house occupies an area of ground which slopes gently towards the east. The reduction in ground level exposes the wall batter and foundation along the eastern edge of the building. The south elevation, Plate 01, has three windows on the ground floor and three on the 1st floor; all have ‘Gothic’ pointed heads. The base of the elevation, to around 1.5m, has raked-out masonry and bare stone finish but above this, the walls have been pointed and lime washed as part of the stabilising process. The roof and two chimneys are new. The west gable, Plate 02, has a single door to the right and a window to the left; the latter at a level spanning the upper ground and lower 1st floor. An amount of older render remains around the main chimney stack and above the gable end door. The top of the gable has been stabilised. No wall batter or foundation is visible on this side of the property. To the left of the main house is the lean-to with its single pitch roof which has had some restoration at the roof level. There is also a second chimney stack above the lean-to which again had some restoration. The rear or north elevation, Plate 03, is dominated by the lean-to which is in two sections. The smaller left section of the building has one small window whilst the larger right hand section has an access door and a larger window. At the first floor level, the wall has been restored to the eaves with new oak box framing inserted, replacing the earlier construction. There is a single window opening with extra lighting provided through two roof lights. The eastern elevation, Plate 04, has had extensive stabilisation work done to it as can be seen by the various shades of render and pointing. This gable end features a single squared window bottom left; fitted with wooden frame and lintel on a stone sill. The house also has a large block foundation course, and some degree of wall batter. To the right is the additional lean-to with a single window.

External detail:

The lower south corner of east gable is shown in Plate 05. Visible is some detail of the construction material and method, showing some of the quoins, the angle of the batter along the south elevation, (5°) and the foundation base of large sandstone blocks. The photograph also records the extent of the window stabilisation work. The lower north corner of the east gable end is shown in Plate 06, which gives detail of the butt joint with the lean- to. The photograph shows that northern elevation’s batter (11º), was retained and incorporated into the construction of the lean-to. The plate also shows that the foundation course of large sandstone blocks was copied although at a slightly higher level. The lean-to has no batter at the wall base and the large foundation stones do not continue full length, Plate 07. The masonry is of smaller slab stone than that of the main building and there is a window opening and two vertical slabs used as backing to internal cold store shelves. The southern elevation, shown in Plate 08, provides a clear visual record of the areas stabilised prior to this survey; as indicated by the render. As was mentioned above, the general appearance is: three ‘Gothic style’ windows, on each of the two floors. It is also evident that the upper windows are all placed in vertical alignment with the lower ones. What is also noticeable however is that the windows are not equally spaced form each other with the two on the left having an intervening gap of 0.96m whilst those on the right are spaced at 1.45m. The two outer windows also share the same width at 0.88m whilst the centre one is reduced at 0.79m.


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Closer inspection also reveals that the central ground floor window is set top left, into a previous vertical opening; two vertical scars just discernable to the left of the ranging rod and just to the left of the scaffold upright. The scaled drawing in fig 03 highlights the two vertical scars and the difference in stone fill. It was also mentioned above that the ground on which the building was erected, slopes gently to the east. Detail of the southeast corner of the south elevation, Plate 09 shows that the foundation layer on which the wall was constructed seems to have been laid on the slope rather than cut into it; subsequent levelling being achieved within a few courses of stone. The photograph also shows that the east gable has a batter, this time at about 10º. The west gable has the probable original gable end door and a high window, presumably to light the stairwell, Plate 10. The main feature of interest on the west gable is the butt joint between the original house and the lean-to. Little restoration has been done on these two walls and so the photograph shows original builds. Of note is the difference in building stone used: In the main house, the stone is larger and more substantial than that of the lean-to, which contains more slab stone. The foundation on this side of the house had not been cleared at the time of the survey so it is not known if the large stone foundation course was present. It is however, possible to detect the start of the northern elevation batter. The west gable batter can also be seen in Plate 11, with the large rock leaning against it at the ranging rod.

General internal description

The main building consists of a single ground floor room measuring 8.3m x 5.4m; longest axis roughly east/west, fig 04. Along the south wall are three windows, two with seats whilst the north edge has an opening for a doorway and an area of removed wall for access to a small lean-to. The eastern gable end has a small inset fireplace and single widow whilst the west gable end has an entry door and small passage, a large chimney stack with internal ovens a space for a cupboard and an internal stairwell with window light. The lean-to to the north comprises later additions of two separate rooms. The eastern one measures 2.8m x 2.4m and has two external windows and four cool storage shelves. This room is accessible from the house only, facilitated by the removal of part of the southern elevation to 1st floor level. The western room measures 5.37m x 3.12m and has both external and internal access. The room also has a single window and an elaborate arched fireplace. The entire ground floor area is concrete apart from a small section of flagstone leading from the staircase. Main room has no ceiling but has new oak floor joists. There is a 1st floor in the main house only but this was inaccessible at the time of the survey as there was no floor laid. The 1st floor was viewed from a ladder at the stair well from where it was possible to see that the room has three windows to the south and a fire grate on the east gable end. The first floor had a ceiling of plasterboard which prevented the attic being viewed.

Internal detail ground floor:

The present entrance to the building is from the north door which gives access to the main house through lean-to 2, fig 04. Plate 12, shows the entry into the main room to the right; at the moment stripped to the stonework with a replacement lintel. In the rear of the photograph is the east wall of the lean-to and noticeable is the extent of the repairs and the new roofing. The east wall of lean-to 2 is dominated by a large arched fireplace standing some 2m high, with an internal width of 0.906m to a depth of 0.6m, Plate 13. This does not appear to be recessed into the east wall and so may well be a later addition. There is a high level window to the right of the door, not photographed internally but shown on Plate 03.


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The main room is entered through the northern elevation. At the time of the survey, the main house had a single ground floor room. The eastern gable end is dominated by a large chimney stack, 2.67m wide at the base, with openings for a flat arched fire grate and two flat arched ovens, Plate 14. The depth of the fire grate is 923mm recessed into the thickness of the chimney stack and wall at 1.63m. The top oven left, measures 510mm wide x 420 in height with a depth of 1.209 deep. The oven itself is recessed into the wall, Plate 15, by some 23mm to allow for the door (now missing). Plate 16 shows the internal brick construction as an elongated arch which diminishes to a semi dome, all of which stands on a course of ‘end up’ bricks. The bricks themselves show evidence of fracture and discolouration from heating. The lower oven has a squared front measuring 625mm x 524mm with a depth of 556mm. The stack itself measures 2.67m wide at the base but diminishes in staggered steps towards the ceiling:

the left side reduces in a single step of 190mm at a height of 1.951m. the right side reduces in three steps 55mm at 1.493m, 55mm at.110mm and finally 90mm.

To the right of the stack is a recess which extends 1.083m to the internal face of the western gable end. Plate 17 shows the recess; immediately noticeable, is the diagonal patch of bare masonry and some square holes between a newly whitewashed area and a grey rendered area. The bare masonry charts the rise of the staircase that used to stand here presumably supported on beams extending from the square holes. Just below the ceiling is the stairwell window. To the left of the chimney stack is an opening for a door which is temporarily blocked, Plate 18. The door would probably be the original entry to the property completing the standard 17th century format of gable entry, gable chimney and stairwell with light. The door effectively opens to a short passage between the chimney stack and the south elevation: affording an element of ‘privacy and comfort’ mentioned by Fox and Raglan in relation to developments to regional style small two room houses of the early renaissance, (Fox & Raglan p104). There is an interesting taper to the passage along the inner south wall which eventually ends in a correction of 160mm to bring the surface back in line with the rest of the wall. The edge can be seen in Plate 18 just beyond the shadow of the camera’s lens shadow. There is also the scar of a square c400mmx400mm, in-filled recess at around 1.4m from the floor and adjacent to the aforementioned taper; also visible in Plate 18. The southern wall contains three windows; Plate 19 shows there relative positions to each other within the house. The windows were blocked for security at the time of survey but Plates 01 & 09 above, show that they had been fitted with ‘Gothic’ style windows. Also above, it was mentioned that the windows were unequally spaced and of slightly different dimensions. The general view in Plate 19 also highlights the different headers to the windows with the one on the right being flat in stead of arched, unlike the other two. All three windows are however, recesses within wall splays. A detailed photograph of the internal aspect of the south west window; Plate 20, reveals a height of 2m with a maximum width of 1.42. The window is recessed at an angle of 127º from the opening, reducing the window width to 0.88m. The bottom 0.4m of the window setting remains at wall width to form a window seat. The central window shown in Plate 21 is similar in configuration including the window seat but excluding the flat header. However, the dimensions differ with the maximum width at 1.11m reducing to 0.79m with the recess at a less obtuse angle of 114°. It was mentioned above that the central window appeared to be set in a door scar fig 03. Plate 21 records the same scar to the left of the window, just to the right of the camera’s lens hood shadow. The third, southern elevation window can be seen in Plate 22. The internal measurements of this window are similar to that of the central window, being 111m with a recess angle of 114°. However, the external width is identical to that of the first window at 0.88m. This window also has an arched header as with the central window but no window seat.


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There is a caveat to the measurements in that the windows were not clear of obstructions and the stone work is not even. The east gable has one window and a small fireplace. Plate 23 shows the window which is a plain rectangle 1.09m in width with a sill just under a metre from the ground, and about a metre in height. (the measurements are approximate due to the disturbed nature of the floor in this area). Unlike the other windows, the recess is not splayed. Plate 24 gives a comparison of this window to that of the 3rd window of the southern elevation. Returning briefly to plate 23, the ranging rod is positioned flush with the southern wall and the angle produced with the window edge reveals a possible slight internal batter of 5º. North of the window at a distance of 1.976m is a small flat arched fire place, set flush to the wall. The opening for the fireplace is 1.15m high and 0.7m wide with a depth of 0.43m. The gable wall at this point is around 0.59m. At the north east corner of the main room, the northern wall has been removed to give access to Lean-to 1. A scar of the original wall was detected during the survey and photographed Plate 24 but the resultant image was not very instructive. The position of the scar abuts the left ranging rod and is as wide as the right hand side of the mains socket. Plate 25 shows lean-to 1, the smaller of the 2. The view is to the north and visible are the north and east windows; both blocked with black polythene. The roof is new as is the upper part of the west wall. At the bottom left of the photograph are two recesses with a second set higher on the right wall, just out of view. The right hand recesses can be seen in Plate 26, They both have bottom and top flagstone surfaces and are backed by a third flagstone set flush with the outer wall (see Plate 07). The measurements are:

Left, 0.53m wide x 0.43m high x 0.35m deep. Right, 0.43m wide x 0.40m high x 0.35m deep.

Both are raised around 1.1m above the floor. The window sill is at 1.5m. On the west wall, the two recesses are placed much lower at around 0.4m, Plate 27. The left recess measures 0.52m wide x 0.36m high x 0.29m deep whilst the right one measures 0.48m x 0.48m x 0.29m.

Internal detail: 1st floor

The 1st floor was only accessible from the top of a ladder against the side of the chimney stack. Form there it was possible to take some photographs but no measurements. Plate 28 shows that the entire north wall (left) is clad in insulation board. The far wall is that of the east gable end which features a single fireplace, similar to the one directly below it on the ground floor. Neither of these fireplaces have any noticeable chimney routes on the external face. Plate 29 shows the inside of the south elevation and the three windows. Plate 30 shows the west end of the south elevation and records the joint that extends from below as a tapering wall from the gable door passage (see Plate 18). However, another view of the feature from the east end of the house shows that the taper has reversed and now stands proud from the wall. The gable end also appears to show a lower roof line suggested by different colours of render but this information could not be verified without further detailed investigation. The apparent roof lines may be part of the restoration work. Plate 32 gives a view up the north edge of the chimney stack revealing the squared configuration to the 1st floor ceiling, (Limewashed). The attic section however has been rounded off.


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Phasing

The earliest record of the house and lean-to found during this project is its record on the 1883 Ordnance Survey Map; although a possible location was noted on the 1833 first series, fig 02. Unfortunately, there is little structural evidence left of the property with which to make any definitive statements as to age or phasing. The most prominent of features; the gothic windows, are typologically later additions; (see listing 2613) and the window openings themselves are in some instances, later developments: Typologically the configuration of gable entry, stack and stairwell dates the house to the form of a ‘sub-medieval gable entry house… c 1550-1610,’ probably of two room plan, as described in Smith (p396) or part of the ‘A’ class Regional Style presented by Fox and Raglan (pp45-48). A two room plan is tentatively suggested as there are two fire places, one at each gable end. Again, the typology suggests a date, pre 1670, because of lack of symmetry with one large and one small chimney, (Raglan p 379). As was stated above, at the time of the survey there was little in the way of internal features or scars marking any internal partitions but then the same is true of the internal partition drawn as existing in March of 2012, fig 05. With a lack of structural evidence remaining, the only recourse to provide any interpretation of the building was to search through the archive of photographs supplied by Mr J Hotson, Newport City Planning. The following interpretation therefore is based on a comparison of the archive photographs supplied, with the existing remains as surveyed. Figure 06 has been included to show the direction and target of each of the photographs discussed in the text. The interpretation starts within the main building: A stone wall, fig 05, used to form a short passage towards the smaller lean-to, can be seen in both HP01 & HP02. The two old photographs also record that the walls of the first and ground floor passage were plastered and whitewashed. HP03, taken in 1998 shows the doorway from the main room leading into the same passage with the door to the lean-to visible inside; note the position of the joist. Viewed from within the main room; HP04, shows a continuation of the partition wall towards the west gable, where it abuts the fireplace. Interestingly the continuation of the wall does not appear on the 2012 plan yet it was partially in place in 2007, HP05. Plate 33 taken during the present survey, recorded the position of the partition wall identifiable only from the surviving flagstone floor of the passage between the lean-to and the main room. Both the photographs show that the main room was wall papered on the west and north walls. The view shown in HP06 shows that the eastern part of the stone partition wall was built to approximately level with the eastern edge of the central window of the south elevation. The photograph also shows that the ground cover changes from flagstone to concrete along an identical alignment. The photograph also reveals that the south and east walls were plastered and not papered. HP07 also taken in 2011 shows the internal south elevation wall where to the left of the left window is a burnt break in the skirting board above which is a vertical joint in the wall. There also appears to be a possible square slot in the wall, left of the window just below the lintel level. It is possible that the square hole carried a cross support for a partition wall the position of which is marked by the change in the ground cover. As to the vertical joint, it was suggested earlier, a similar joint seen on the external face had been a doorway that had been blocked and filled with the central window (fig 03). If the interpretation is correct, this would place two doors in the room with the large fireplace, which would be impractical. A possible solution may lie in the following features identified in the archive photographs: To the right of the same window and above the lintel is a large squared joist hole. Photograph HP08 shows a main joist with tenon notches for ceiling rafters, in roughly this position. HP09 shows the joists continuation to the north


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wall, where both HP10 & HP05 record its position above the doorway to the lean-to. The same beam position was recorded in situ with ceiling intact in 1989, HB 03. HP09 also shows a series of four uprights with lath and plaster attached to both sides indicating a partition wall however, closer inspection of the image reveals that the uprights are not associated with the joist. Again, this is confirmed in HB 03. Only the third timber from the right is attached to the joist and this is confirmed in HP 05 which shows the same timber from the back. The larger uprights lacking a crossbeam would appear to belong to a partition wall running along the change of floor mentioned above and recorded in 2002, HP11 bottom left. Apart from the single upright to the main joist, which was probably part of a door case, there is nothing in the photographs to suggest a further partition under the joist, however a cross passage here would provide a reason for the doorway. The photograph shown in HP12 may add some weight to this theory. It shows a view through the lean-to entry door, both partition openings towards the central window on the south face. A central door and cross passage thus placed provided not only symmetry; which Raglan suggested became important after 1670…

In the new style the front door is always in the middle of the front, and the windows are all equal in size and equidistant in pairs from the door. The chimneys are also of equal size.

(Raglan 1963 p 379).

but also the move towards privacy and comfort in an age of growing prosperity (Fox & Raglan p104). HP06 also provides a record of other features now missing:

The 19th century cast iron grate with tiled insets and hearth, see also HP13. A glimpse of some of the structure of the 1st floor fireplace surrounded by plastered and whitewashed walls The position and direction of flooring rafters A partition scar in the plaster of the first floor, left of the fireplace and above the ground floor partition

wall. Possibly an indication of an upper landing at the rear of the house leading from the stairwell. Concentrating next on the western gable end, another recent change that has happened; this time between 2011 and the present April 2013, is the exposure of the fireplace and ovens seen in Plates 14 & 18 and plotted in fig 04. When the property was photographed in 2011 HP14, a partial arch above the top oven and the brick backing to a mid 20th c fire grate was all that was exposed. The front of the 20th c fire grate was recorded in 1998 and is shown in HP15. To the left of the chimney stack is the doorway shown in Plate 18 and in HP 16 as it was when in use in 1998. Note the use of the stack reduction as a shelf. To the right of the chimney stack used to be the partition wall and a small cupboard as shown in HP04, but now removed. Within the enclosed passage that would have existed, HP17 shows the stairs as they were in 1998. The stairs continued past the first floor and into the attic as can be seen in HP09 with the stepped scar on the plasterwork to the right of the stack. To the left of the stack, HP18, another fireplace is revealed on an offset angle confirming that the 1st floor had at least two heated rooms. Returning to briefly to HP14, close inspection of the wall to the left of the upper fireplace, just beyond the vegetation, reveals a linear crack in the stone work. By rectifying the photograph for vertical and horizontal line perspective, it is possible to derive an approximate angle of the line: 39° from vertical. A similar process on HP 06 showing the upper internal east gable reveals that the diagonal crack above the widow has an approximate 41º angle. As both these angles are remarkably similar and relate to the same southern elevation of the building, it is possible that they may mark an earlier lower roof line of a single to 1½ floor structure. The southern elevation is dominated by the ‘gothic style’ windows which have been discussed above. There are some archive photographs showing the frames and shutters none of which were present at the time of the survey: HP 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23. HP 20 is quite informative showing the internal structure, mechanisms and intact glass panels as well as the depth of the frame. The close up of a different window, HP 23, the glass rebate and putty sealent.


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The northern elevation ground floor level has been covered above with nothing surviving of the original 1st floor and attic levels. Again, some of the original detail was recorded in the archive photographs; particularly informative is the stone filled noggin construction of the north elevation in HP24. The photograph also records the position of the upper window shown by the surviving stone sills; left of centre. HP25 shows the same windows in situ with the surrounding noggin structure as it was in 1998. The lean-to is an obvious addition to the property as can be seen from the butt joints on both gable ends, Plates 06 & 10. It is possible that the lean-to was built in two parts; the stonework of the smaller lean to being slightly coarser than that of the larger one. In addition, the rather primitive fixtures, Plates 26 & 27 of the smaller lean-to; which are undoubtedly dictated by its intended function, do not seem contemporary with the more decorative trend seen in the larger leant-to. The decorative feature of the larger lean-to referred to being the arched fireplace shown in Plate 13. The large arched chimney would appear to have been impractical as the photograph HP26 shows. The arch had been filled in with a lower mantle attached over Victorian multi oven range. HP27 recorded that the range had been removed by 2010, exposing the infilling of the chimney breast up to the original upper arch. The other associated buildings within the curtilage of Priory Farm were also recorded in the hope that parallels could be found which would help to date the property. Unfortunately, with the exception of proximity, mapping and construction materials there was nothing to relate the buildings and nothing that could be used to aid interpretation. Some timbers from the buildings had been previously removed to another part of the farm, for disposal. These were returned for investigation but there was nothing much of any real value for interpretation as it could not be certain where the timbers came from.

Interpretation summary It can be seen from the information above that any interpretation is subjective at best as the building itself retains very little in the way of datable features. The basic shape of gable entry and the typical late 16th/ early 17th c design is unmistakable. How the building reached its present state is known for the last two decades, unfortunately, what is missing is the interesting developments between, all of which have left their marks if only it were possible to read them. To interpret the intervening period therefore is conjecture. The only guides are the confining boundaries of the house and accepted historical building tenets. With that caveat, it is possible that the building may have developed from its original 1 or 2 cell, gable entry design to one that provided privacy and comfort associated with division of rooms into living room, parlour and cold store. At this point, 17th/18th c, the front entry, is added necessitating either the blocking of the gable entry or the inclusion of a cross passage. A later development probably 19th century saw the inclusion of the decorative windows, blocking of the central door and removal of the passage. The function of the main room changes as cooking is now removed to a purpose built kitchen at the rear of the house.

Acknowledgements:

I would like to thank Mr and Mrs Meredith for there help during this survey allowing me free rain to undertake the work, whilst being sustained by a constant flow of refreshments. Thanks also to Neil Maylan for the potted historical background and Joe Hotson for supplying the very useful photo archive, without which the interpretation would have been very different. Lastly, thanks to the staff at the Gwent Record Office who left no folder unturned in a fruitless search.


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References: A.P.A.C. Ltd. Project Design for an archaeological building survey Level III, Priory Farm, Langstone. PD/BS/PFL/13. 18/03/13. English Heritage Management of Archaeological Projects (1991).

Understanding Historic Buildings, A guide to good recording practice, (2008). GGAT : NEW0994/CNM Re: Listed Building Consent for Partial Demolition and Restoration after Fire: Farmhouse, Priory Farm, Priory Drive, Langstone PL.APP.No.12/0645. 04/09/12 NEW0994/JBHD Re: Proposed re-instatement of Fire Damaged Dwelling: Priory Farm, Priory Drive, Langstone PL.APP.No.12/0977. 21/11/12 Lord Raglan. 1963 The Origin of Vernacular Architecture (in) Culture and Environment Essays in Honour of Sir Cyril Fox, Eds: Foster I . LL & Alcock, L. Routledge & Kegan Paul: London. Institute for Artchaeologists (IFA) Standards and Guidance for the Archaeological Investigation and Recording of Standing Buildings or Structures (IFA 1996, revised ed 2001). Newport City Council/ Planning portal Drawing 2161/12/01. Site Plan. March 2012 Drawing 2161/12/02. Existing Elevations. March 2012 Drawing 2161/12/03. Existing Ground Floor Plan. March 2012 Drawing 2161/12/04. Existing 1st Floor Plan. March 2012 Drawing 2161/12/05. Existing Elevations. July 2012 Application for Planning Permission 12/0977. 15/10/12 Application for listed building consent for alterations, extension or demolition of a listed building 12/0645 Design and Access Statement 12/0977 Proposed re-instatement and renovation of dwelling Priory Farmhouse, Langstone, Newport, NP18 2LW. 12/0645 Grade II Listing Appendix B 12/0645. 26131. 2002. RCAHMW Application for Listed Building Consent: Priory Farm, Langstone. RCS2/1/3212. Sir Cyril Fox & Lord Raglan 1952. Monmouthshire Houses Pt II. Merton Priory Press and National Museum of Wales. Smith. J.T., 1963. The Long House in Monmouthshire, a Re-appraisal, (in) Culture and Environment Essays in Honour of Sir Cyril Fox, Eds: Foster I . LL & Alcock, L. Routledge & Kegan Paul: London. The Georgian Group Farm House, Priory Farm, Priory Drive, Langstone, Newport. CONEX/12/0645. Maps http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/

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Photo no Date Camera Size Area View Description Plate DSC03790 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 EX N Overview of south elevation P01 DSC03791 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 EX E Overview of west gable, Gable door behind corrugated sheet P02 DSC03792 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 EX S Overview of north elevation P03 DSC03793 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 EX W Overview of east gable P04 DSC03794 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 EX W Detail east gable northern corner. Batter along south elevation. Foundation of large red sandstone slabs. Differing colour, rough dressed,

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DSC03795 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 EX N Detail south elevation eastern corner. Batter along west gable. P08 DSC03796 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 EX W General view east gable showing extent of repair; white and grey areas of reappointed masonry DSC03797 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 EX W Detail view east gable lower portion showing butt joint with lean-to building, partial batter and lower foundation course P06 DSC03798 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 EX W Detail view east gable upper portion showing extent of repair; white. Surviving lime wash, yellow grey and butt joint with lean-to DSC03799 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 EX N General view of south elevation, showing stonework, and slope of ground towards west P09 DSC03800 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 EX E Detail view west gable lower portion showing butt joint with lean-to, partial batter. Window opening onto stairwell P10 DSC03801 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 EX S Detail view along west gable. No batter visible but foundation course Has not been uncovered P11 DSC03802 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 EX E Detail of east end of lean-to showing the backing flagstone to one of the internal storage shelves DSC03803 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 EX E Detail of east end of lean-to showing the backing flagstone to both of the internal storage shelves and the gable batter, bottom left. P07 DSC03804 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 Lt W Lean-to, Chimney stack with arched hood at east end, New roof, Concrete floor P13 DSC03805 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 Lt E Lean-to, east wall showing rebuilt areas with grey mortar, new roof. Wall batter visible at door. Concrete floor P12 DSC03806 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV W Living room, west gable. Original door to the left with gable fireplace. Possibly, later divided into grate, and two ovens. P14 DSC03807 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV SW Living room, west gable. Right of fireplace showing position of stairwell with landing window. Replaced joists. DSC03808 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV W Living room, west gable. Detail of fireplace, with new wood burner. DSC03809 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 LV W Living room, west gable. Detail of doorway with tapered recess to left P18 DSC03810 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV NW Living room, west gable. Detail of fireplace recess DSC03811 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV SW Living room, west gable. Detail of fireplace recess. Differing mortar between rear and sides DSC03812 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Up E 1st floor east gable end. Fire grate to right. Extensive repairs done to stabilise structure. Inaccessible at time of survey P28 DSC03813 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Up SE 1st floor South elevation with 3 windows. Extensive repairs done to stabilise structure. Inaccessible at time of survey P29 DSC03814 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Up E 1st floor east gable end. Fire grate to right. New ceiling obscures roof Inaccessible at time of survey DSC03815 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 Up S 1st floor. South elevation. But joint in line with recess noted above (DSC03809) Inaccessible at time of survey P30 DSC03816 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Up S 1st floor view up chimney stack. The masonry becomes rounded at attic level P32 DSC03817 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 LV W Living room west gable. Detail of fireplace, stepped reduction. DSC03818 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV E Living room, east gable. Detail of former south elevation wall prior to lean-to DSC03819 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV S Living room, south elevation showing the three windows. Different spacings, widths and construction. P19 DSC03820 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 LV S Detail living room, south elevation showing detail of west window. P20 DSC03821 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 LV SE Detail living room, south elevation showing detail of central window, and former door. Scar to left visible P21 DSC03822 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV SE Detail living room, south elevation showing detail of east window, and east gable end window. No window seats DSC03823 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 LV SE Detail living room, south elevation showing detail of east window. No window seat P22 DSC03824 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 LV E Detail living room, east gable end window. No window seat P23 DSC03825 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV N Detail living room, east gable end fireplace DSC03826 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV N Detail living room, north elevation into western lean-to. P25 DSC03827 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Lt W Detail lean-to, west wall, 2 storage shelves with single vertical flagstone backing P27 DSC03828 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Lt E Detail lean-to, east wall, 2 storage shelves with single vertical flagstone backing and window P26 DSC03829 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Up W 1st floor west gable end. Chimney stack in centre and stairwell window right. Note butt joint left, noted above (DSC03809) P31 DSC03830 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 LV W Detail living room, Surviving sections of original north elevation. Door to lean-to and surviving area of flag floor DSC03831 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 LV W Detail living room, Stairwell showing position and scar of staircase P17 DSC03832 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 LV E Detail living room. Surviving flagstones P33 DSC03833 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 LV E Detail living room. east gable & lean-to showing remains of south elevation wall, within ranging rods P24 DSC03834 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV W Detail living room. Upper oven P15

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Photo no Date Camera Size Area View Description DSC03835 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV W Detail living room. Upper oven internal configuration P16 DSC03836 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 LV W Detail living room. Upper oven recess for oven door DSC03837 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Barn S Overview of north gable and east elevation DSC03838 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Barn SE Overview of north gable and west elevation DSC03839 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Barn E Overview of north gable and west elevation with internal east wall DSC03940 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Barn SE Internal of south gable showing slit window and joist holes on the east wall DSC03941 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Barn NW Internal of north gable showing upper loft joist holes, feeder trough below and possible manger feeder remains to right DSC03942 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Barn SW Internal of the surviving west wall. Three upper joist holes and a small first floor opening DSC03943 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Barn NE Detail of door in east elevation DSC03944 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 Barn NE Pig sty built on to southern gable end DSC03945 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 2448x3264 Barn NW Overview of south gable of barn showing extent of pig-sty DSC03947 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Byre SW Overview of byre showing two fenestration styles and butt joint to addition DSC03948 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Byre SE Overview of byre showing west gable and north elevation DSC03949 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Byre NE Overview of byre showing south elevation DSC03950 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Byre E Internal view of byre, fenestration, feeder to left, blocked door centre, and wall render DSC03951 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Byre E Internal view of byre, fenestration, feeder to right and wall render DSC03952 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Byre SW East gable end showing position of blocked door, frame in yellow brick DSC03953 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Remains of joist showing some tenon notching and evidence of burning. Original position not known DSC03954 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Remains of same joist showing tenon notching and evidence of burning. Original position not known DSC03955 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Remains of frame panel from barn with iron hitching bar attached. Original position not known DSC03956 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Detail of frame panel from barn with iron hitching bars attached. Original position not known DSC03957 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Detail of frame panel from barn showing bridled joint. Original position not known DSC03958 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Detail of frame panel from barn showing bridled joint. Original position not known DSC03959 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 N Surviving timbers from buildings. Original position not known DSC03960 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 W Surviving timbers from buildings. Original position not known DSC03961 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Rafter and partial tie with metal through bolts. Rafter tenon at apex, trenched purlin and possible threaded/tenoned purlin DSC03962 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Rafter and partial tie with metal through bolts. Rafter tenon at apex, trenched purlin and possible threaded/tenoned purlin DSC03963 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Sample window for refit to house DSC03964 03/04/2013 DSC-F828 3264x2448 Sample window for refit to house

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