The Cellars of
Slindon House.
I am about to undertake a detailed survey of the cellars of
Slindon House.
From around dates below.
Period of Archbishop
Langton.
Date. Archbishop of Canterbury
between 1207
and
his death in 1228.
There may be signs of an early period yet
to be identified.
To, the present day.
So a long period of use, within the area
of the cellars you can see early medieval, building work, late periods up until
1600s,.Plus to present day.
The cellars seem to be divided up into possibly three periods, early, middle and
late, late being 1700s to present day including signs of Victorian use, and Edwardian
use, such as coal shoots, gas lighting, then later some WW1 signs, and later
WW2 reinforcement of the cellars ceilings, plus a ammunition store room. Plus, graffiti
of service men’s names. Canadian .
There another very interesting feature of
a lift shaft, very ornate, completes with the workings, used to convey Lady
Beaumont from the ground floor to the top floor of the present building.
Work will start next Monday and continue for
the week, a resistivity survey to the south of the house will take place during
this period.
This is an area which shows signs of early
foundations of the early building that once stood there.
I am looking for interesting articles for our annual journal, so please put pen to paper, or should i say fingers to keyboard,
I am the Chair of the Friends of Botolphs Church in the Adur Valley near Bramber, see link,
http://friendsofstbotolphs.wordpress.com/
This church is now in the hands of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Mick Aston is no longer with us, he inspired many, including myself, to me he was the face of Time Team, and to be honest he really inspired me to go further in my studies of Archaeology, and especially the history of Monastery's.
He will be sadly missed, and really so young, rest know. .
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