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ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
ROYAL MAIL SITE 55 BARRACK ROAD, NORTHAMPTON NN1 1AA
JUNE 2014
Local Planning Authority: Northampton Borough Council & West Northamptonshire Development Corporation
Site centred at: SP 7530 6135
Author: Dr Michael Dawson
Report Status: Final
Issue Date: June 2014
CgMs Ref: MD/11854
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CONTENTS
Executive Summary
1.0 Introduction and Scope of Study
2.0 Planning Background and Development Plan Framework
3.0 Geology and Topography
4.0 Archaeological and Historical Background,
including Map Regression Exercise
5.0 Site Conditions and the Proposed Development
6.0 Summary and Conclusions
Sources Consulted
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Fig. 1 Site Location
Fig. 2 Historic Environment Record data
Fig. 3 Heritage Asset Designations
Fig. 4 The development area in 1836
Fig. 5 The development area in 1841
Fig. 6 The development area in 1899
Fig. 7 The development area in 1960
Fig. 8 The development area in 1971
Fig. 9 The development area in 1981
Fig. 10 The proposed development area – the present Post Office building 2010
Fig. 11 The proposed development area – the present building 2010
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
� The Royal Mail site at 55 Barrack Road, Northampton, NN1 1AA has been considered for its
archaeological potential.
� The proposed development area can be shown to have a low potential for archaeological
survival of evidence from all periods from the Palaeolithic to the post medieval. This is
because the development area is almost entirely occupied by the former Mail Centre and
Transport Workshops.
� No areas of potential archaeology survive. The depth of foundations and the terracing into
the hillslope on which the current buildings are situated will almost certainly have removed
any archaeological deposits.
� This assessment suggests that archaeology will not provide a fundamental impediment to
development.
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1.0 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF STUDY
1.1 This archaeological desk-based assessment has been researched and prepared by
Michael Dawson of CgMs Consulting, on behalf of Northamptonshire County Council.
1.2 The assessment considers the proposed development area at 55 Barrack Road,
Northampton. The site is centred at National Grid Reference SP 7530 6135 (Fig 1).
1.3 In accordance with local and central government guidance on archaeology and
planning (NPPF) this assessment draws together the available archaeological,
topographic and land-use information in order to clarify the archaeological potential of
the proposed development area.
1.4 The assessment comprises an examination of evidence in the Northamptonshire
Historic Environment Record (NHER), considers the results of nearby archaeological
investigations, incorporates published and unpublished material and charts historic
land-use through a map regression exercise.
1.5 The assessment identifies the potential impact of the proposed development on the
archaeology as the basis for determining an appropriate mitigation strategy. It is
notable that the proposal retains the former mail centre building with only the
demolition of the transport workshops.
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2.0 PLANNING BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FRAMEWORK
2.1 National Planning Framework
2.1.1 In March 2012 the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
published the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), providing guidance for
planning authorities, property owners, developers and others on the conservation
preservation and investigation of Heritage Assets.
2.1.2 A Heritage Asset is defined in Annex 2 of NPPF as a building, monument, site,
place, area or landscape identified as having a degree of significance meriting
consideration in planning decisions due to its heritage interest.
2.1.3 In short, government guidance provides a framework which:
� Protects nationally important designated Heritage Assets (which include World
Heritage Sites, Scheduled Ancient Monuments, Listed Buildings, Protected Wreck
Sites, Registered Parks and Gardens, Registered Battlefields or Conservation
Areas)
� Protects Heritage Assets (as defined above)
� Protects the settings of such designations
� In appropriate circumstances seeks adequate information (from field evaluation)
to enable informed decisions
� Provides for the excavation and investigation of sites not significant enough to
merit in-situ preservation.
2.2 Local Development Plan Policy
2.2.1 The Borough Council writes:1 West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy is a key part
of the Local Development Framework. The Core Strategy sets out the long-term vision
and objectives for the whole of the area covered by Daventry District, Northampton
Borough and South Northamptonshire Council's for the plan period up to 2029,
including strategic policies for steering and shaping development. It identifies specific
locations for strategic new housing and employment and changes to transport
infrastructure and other supporting community facilities, as well as defining areas where
development will be limited. It also helps to ensure the co-ordination and delivery of
other services and related strategies.
1 http://www.westnorthamptonshirejpu.org/connect.ti/website/view?objectId=2737424 accessed 1/5/14
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2.2.2 The West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy, was subject to Public Examination at
Hearing Sessions held between Tuesday 16th April 2013 and 1st May 2013 at the
Northampton Saints Conference Centre (Sturtridge Suite), Franklin's Gardens,
Northampton. These consultations resumed at the same venue on 19th March 2014
and have now been concluded.
2.2.3 Draft Policies in the Pre Submission Joint Core Strategy 2013 included the following
policy relevant to heritage:
Policy BN5 – The Historic Environment
Designated and non-designated heritage assets and their settings will be conserved
and enhanced in recognition of their contribution to West Northamptonshire’s sense of
Place. In environments where valued heritage assets are at risk, the asset and its
setting will be conserved and managed in proportion to the significance of the asset.
In order to secure and retain the significance of the area’s heritage assets and their
settings development in areas of known historic importance will be required to:
1. Sustain and enhance the features which contribute to the character of the area
including:
• conservation areas;
• significant historical landscapes;
• the skyline and settings of towns and villages
• sites of known or potential historical significance;
• locally and nationally significant buildings and structures
2. Demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of development on surrounding
heritage assets and their setting;
3. Be sympathetic to locally distinctive landscape features, design styles and materials
in order to contribute to a sense of place. The retention and sensitive re-use of
disused or underused historic assets and structures is encouraged in order to retain
and reflect the distinctiveness of the environment, contribute to the sense of place and
promote the sustainable and prudent use of natural resources; proposals to sustain
and enhance the area’s Understanding of heritage assets, for tourism and historic
interest as part of cultural, leisure and green networks will be supported.
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2.2.4 Amongst the Proposed Changes to Pre-Submission Version, A Guide, dated July 2012
a new Objective 16 had been identified. Objective 16 refers to the need to conserve
and where possible enhance important heritage assets. Whilst heritage is mentioned in
Objective 15 it was considered that the importance of heritage assets and the need for
their protection should be more fully recognised in an additional and separate
objective.
2.2.5 On 7th March 2014 the Joint Core Strategy - Proposed Main Modifications were
published.
2.2.6 In Section 4.0 - Spatial Portrait, Vision and Objectives the Proposed Main Modification
to Objective 16 was the Revised wording agreed with English Heritage (Joint Position
Statement J7):
2.2.7 Objective 16 – Heritage
2.2.8 To conserve and where possible enhance, through carefully managed change, the
important heritage assets and their settings of Northampton, Daventry, Towcester and
Brackley West Northamptonshire, and to recognise the their role in providing of rural
heritage assets and their settings to support a sense of place and local
distinctiveness.” Reason: To reflect the National Planning Policy Framework and the
importance of the contribution made by the setting of a historic asset to its
significance.
2.2.9 In addition modifications to the first part of “Policy BN5 – The Historic
Environment and Landscape” were proposed:
Designated and non-designated heritage assets and their settings and landscapes will
be conserved and enhanced in recognition of their individual and cumulative
significance and contribution to West Northamptonshire's local distinctiveness and
sense of place. In environments where valued heritage assets are at risk, the asset
and its setting will be appropriately conserved and managed. In order to secure and
enhance retain the significance of the area's heritage assets and their settings and
landscapes, development in areas of landscape sensitivity and/ or known historic or
heritage significance will be required to:
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1. Sustain and enhance the heritage and landscape features which contribute to the
character of the area including:
� Conservation areas;
� significant historical landscapes including historic parkland, battlefields and
ridge and furrow;
� the skyline and landscape settings of towns and villages;
� sites of known or potential heritage or historical significance;
� locally and nationally important buildings, structures and monuments
2.2.10 At the Public Examination in March 2014 further representations, regarding the Built
and Natural Environment, Policies BN1, 2, 3, 4 were made, but not BN5. Consequently
no further change is anticipated to the development plan relevant to archaeology at
the proposed development site.2
2.3 Conclusion
2.3.1 In considering any planning application for development the local planning authority is
bound by the policy framework set by government guidance, in this instance NPPF,
other material considerations including the draft JCS where it conforms to the
Framework.
2 This position is consistent with the earlier West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy (Local Plan Part 1) Examination West Northamptonshire Joint Planning Unit, Response to Inspector’s Questions and Respondents’ Written Statements in respect of Issue 6, Issue 6(i): Built and Natural Environment, Policies BN1 – BN10, April 2013 in that 2.12 Policies BN5 (the Historic Environment) and BN6 (Weedon Depot) are consistent with section 12 of the NPPF which sets out the national planning policy framework for conserving and enhancing the natural environment. Policies BN5 and BN6 set out a positive strategy for the conservation of the historic environment within West Northamptonshire. http://www.westnorthamptonshirejpu.org/connect.ti/website/view?objectId=3578992#Add_reps6accessed 29/5/14
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3.0 GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY
3.1 Geology
3.1.1 The British Geological Survey indicates that the solid geology of the proposed
development site comprises ironstones of the Great Oolite series of the Middle
Jurassic.
3.1.2 The soil types are generally lighter sandy loams.
3.2 Topography
3.2.1 The proposed development area is located to the northern part of Northampton
between the historic town core and the former village of Kingsthorpe. It lies north
of the lines the medieval defences of Northampton on St Georges Street3 and is
on the medieval route between London and Derby. The topography comprises a
low ridge above the town and valley of the River Nene which is today part of the
urban extent of Northampton. The area is bounded to the north by Semilong an
area of 19th century terraced housing and 20th redevelopment. To the west is Castle
Primary School4 and to the east the main Barrack Road, today the start of the A508.
The development site is on land which slopes westwards towards the River Nene
and the Dallington area of Northampton. The development area is currently
occupied by the former Royal Mail buildings.
3 NHER 1160/3 4 The former St Georges school demolished in 2005 NHER 1160/57/1; 1160/57/2; 1160/57/3
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4.0 ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (Including Map Regression Exercise)
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 The report which follows is a consideration of archaeological finds and features within
the proposed development area. In addition archaeological and historical evidence
within a study area, 100m from the proposed development site, has been taken into
account to identify patterns of past activity which might contribute to assessing the
proposed development area’s potential to contain significant archaeology.
Timescales used in this report:
Prehistoric
Palaeolithic 450,000 - 12,000 BC
Mesolithic 12,000 - 4,000 BC
Neolithic 4,000 - 1,800 BC
Bronze Age 1,800 - 600 BC
Iron Age 600 - AD 43
Historic
Roman AD 43 - 410
Saxon/Early Medieval AD 410 - 1066
Medieval AD 1066 - 1485
Post Medieval AD 1486 - 1749
Modern AD 1750 Present
4.2 Palaeolithic
4.2.1 No Palaeolithic finds have been found within the proposed development area or within
the wider study area.
4.2.2 The presence of Palaeolithic archaeology is notoriously hard to predict. The majority of
evidence from the wider region is from stray artefacts with few in-situ sites (Cooper,
2006). Overall, the proposed development area can be defined as having a very low
potential.
4.3 Prehistoric (Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age)
4.3.1 No evidence of Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age or Iron Age date has been found in
the immediate vicinity of the site.
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4.3.2 Prehistoric activity has been identified in Northampton but closer to the historic core of
the town.
4.4 Roman
4.4.1 No activity which can be dated to the Roman period has been found in the area,
though there is evidence to suggest that the focus of Roman settlement was in
Duston.
4.5 Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Early Post-Medieval
4.5.1 It is the middle Saxon period that has come to characterise the archaeology of
Northampton over the past 30 years, following the excavations funded by
Northampton Development Corporation (Williams 1979, Williams et al. 1985, 4;
SMR1160/4). The evidence of Saxon activity has been grouped within a framework of
three phases: early (c.AD 400-650), middle (c.AD 650-850) and late (c.AD 850-
1066). This broad scheme has been necessitated by the limitations imposed by a long-
lived tradition of black gritty pottery, which has so far prevented the development of a
detailed chronology for the archaeology of this period in the town’s history. The
earliest evidence of post-Roman settlement is in the area of Duston but a small hamlet
of sunken buildings (grubenaus) may have lain on a ridge above the valley of the
River Nene and was probably established by the late 5th or early 6th century (SMR
1160, Williams et al. 1985, 9). Within a century the area around St Peter’s Church was
extensively developed and in the 7th century a large timber hall was constructed to the
south of the present church. Interpreted as a Royal palace by comparison with similar
buildings at Yeavering, Atcham and Malmesbury the timber hall was replaced by a
stone hall in the Middle Saxon period. The present St Peters Church is a Norman
structure but its antecedents are Saxon and in the 8th century the church was
probably a minister at the heart of a Saxon Royal estate. The location of the timber
and later stone hall to the south of St Peters tends to confirms Northampton’s
importance at the centre of early English power in the region, but there is no evidence
that this settlement extended as far north as 55 Barrack Road.
4.5.2 The history of the Norman town has been summarised by the Royal commission
(RCHM 1985, 47) based on documentary sources. The late Saxon town grew from a
shire town to become one of the great centres of England, the Domesday survey
recording up to 301 houses. Under the lordship, first of Waltheof, Earl of Northampton
and Countess Judith, William the Conqueror’s niece and later Simon de Senlis, the
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town developed because of its strategic position and as an economic centre. It
attracted trade to its fairs and markets and to the north west of the proposed
development area the castle was probably built by Simon de Senlis before 1111. There
is no archaeological evidence from the proposed development site from this period,
though it is close to the medieval defences of the town (NHER1160/3). No evidence of
structural remains has been recovered during development nearby5 at Castle Primary
School on the site of the former St Georges School (NHER 1160/1) and it is unlikely
that any evidence at the proposed development site will have survived which relates
to the medieval period.
4.6 Post Medieval and Modern (including map regression exercise)
4.6.1 Map evidence begins with the town map of John Speed in 1610, which shows frontage
tenements stretching along town centre streets such as Marefair, Horseshoe Street
and Freeschool Street and Gregory Street. By the mid-18th century the racecourse had
been established east of what was to become Barrack Road (at this time the London to
Derby Road NHER 6745). In 1796 the Gibraltar Barracks were built on the edge of the
expanding town on the proposed development site.
4.6.2 The map regression exercise (Figs 4-10) shows the modern development of the site.
The barracks established in the late 18th were built in 1796 in response to the threat of
a French landing in 1793 and 1795 and completed before the second period of
uncertainty in 1803. Dewhurst and Nichols map of Northampton published in 1836
shows three barrack blocks and large parade ground to the west for the use of
cavalry. This plan is shown again on the 1841 map of Northampton, but in 1872 the
barracks were taken over by the 49th Northamptonshire Regiment and further
development followed in 1887 to accommodate the infantry regiment. By 1899 the 2nd
OS shows the drill ground had been enclosed by new barrack blocks on three sides. To
the north terraced housing stretched along the higher ground beside the Barrack Road
in an area called Semilong. The Gibraltar Barracks were superceded by the new
Quebec, later Simpson Barracks at Wootton, completed in 1942. In 1957 the Gibraltar
Barracks were extensively altered and refurbished to accommodate the Regimental
Pay Office (Infantry) Northern Command. In 1969 the barracks were partially
decommissioned for disposal and the proposed development site sold to the General
Post Office.
5 Event number
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5.0 SITE CONDITIONS AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
(Impact on Buried Archaeological Deposits)
5.1 Site Conditions
5.1.1 The proposed development area is occupied by the former Royal Mail buildings (Figs
10 & 11).
5.2 The Proposed Development
through school with associated facilities and complementary mixed use. The
transport workshop building to the rear of the mail centre would be demolished
and new sports areas created.
5.2.2 Visual inspection of the Royal Mail site, including the site margins where there is
evidence of terracing into the natural hillslope, as well as the mass of the building,
suggests that there are deep and extensive foundations, significant areas of services,
fuel storage and vehicle pits as well as the sub-basement to the main structure.
Comparable sites, Swan Street, St Giles Street and St Edmund’s End within the
medieval enceinte have been published by Shaw (1997, 1994) which suggests
archaeological deposits typically exist in this type of sub-urban location between the
ground surface and up to 1.5m perhaps 2m deep in the case of pits or field boundary
ditches. These three sites provide a ready comparison for type of evidence which may
once have existed at Barrack Road. The comparison sites suggest the mass and
terracing of the present Royal Mail buildings will have removed any archaeological
deposits. The line of the medieval defences along St Georges Road, where deeper
defensive ditches might be anticipated are far enough from the site to have no
potential within the proposed areas of demolition and new build.
5.2.1 The proposed development is to refit the existing mail centre and convert it to a
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6.0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
6.1 The area of the proposed re-development at 55 Barrack Road, Northampton has been
considered for its archaeological potential.
6.2 In accordance with Development Plan policy and Government policy, as set out in
NPPF, a desk based assessment has been undertaken to clarify the archaeological and
heritage potential of the proposed development area.
6.3 The proposed development area has seen considerable development activity during
the late 18th, 19th and 20th century and there is little or no potential for archaeological
survival.
6.4 The proposed development area has no potential for surviving archaeology of the
prehistoric, Roman and historic periods.
6.5 On the basis of the available evidence, it is considered that any as yet unrecorded
remains of the barracks that may be present will not prejudice the principle of
development.
6.6 Given the lack of archaeological evidence for the proposed development area, it is
considered that archaeology will not provide an impediment to development. In
preliminary discussions with the County Archaeological Advisor, in advance of this
Desk Based Assessment, outlining the impact of the current building, it was concluded
that there was no potential for significant archaeological deposits to survive in this
area.
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1841 Northampton
1881 Northampton Street Tramways – Sketch Map
1885 Ordnance Survey 1:10,560
1886 Ordnance Survey 1:2,500
1899 Northampton - The Borough and Counties Commercial Advertising Co Business
Street Map
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1952-53 Ordnance Survey 1:10,560
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1971 Ordnance Survey 1:2,500
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2006 Ordnance Survey 1:10,000
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Figure 11 Upper - The former post office building entrance way.The wall on the right shows the extent to which the
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APPENDIX 1
HER Baseline Data
Archaeological Assessment Royal Mail site, 55 Barrack Road, Northamptonshire
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT RECORD (NHER)
HER data within 100m of the proposed development site:
Northamptonshire HER No
Description NGR
NHER1160/0/237 1-3 Adelaide Terrace* SP7533 6147 NHER1160/0/85 The Poplars* SP75396146 NHER1160/0/97 Regent House* SP 7532 6121 NHER1160/0/98 Former road SP 75136135 NHER1160/236 Tenement Group SP 75186113 NHER1160/247 St Bartholomew’s Church* SP 7543 6145 NHER1160/247 Medieval finds SP 7530 6135
NHER1160/247 St Bartholomew’s churchyard SP 7540 6145
NHER1160/3 Medieval and Post Medieval defences SP 7482 6068
NHER1160/3/1 ?defensive ditch SP 75116125 NHER1160/3/39 Medieval town wall SP 75399 60699 NHER1160/31 Leicester Terrace* SP 7535 6143 NHER1160/325 Tenement group SP 7527 6117 NHER1160/350/1 Extra mural road SP7525 6114 NHER1160/354/1 Road SP 7535 6123 NHER1160/392 Gibraltar Barracks 1796 SP753 613 NHER1160/392/1 Barrack buildings SP75336129NHER1160/41 R Johnson Boot Maker SP 7546 6131 NHER1160/41/1 Arnold House SP 75458 61314 NHER1160/57 St Gorges School SP 7513 6127 NHER1160/6 St Andrew’s Priory SP751 611
NHER1160/78 C T Ball, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers SP7547 6132
NHER1160/78 59 Louise Rd, shoe factory SP75472 61322 NHER6745/1 London – Derby Road SP 76 SE NHER9342 Northampton Turnpike SP 77 NE
* Listed Buildings
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