Monument record MDO19891 - Fire Station, South Street, Bridport: Post-medieval buildings

The remains of two stone buildings of possible 19th century date were found during the evaluation and excavation of the site of the former Fire Station , South Street, Bridport by Wessex Archaeology in 1995-96. Along the street frontage in the southern part of the site were the remains of a mortared stone building with parts of at least four rooms with a small cellar in the northeast corner, subsequently extended to the rear by a single room. This building can be identified as the former Police Station from Ordnance Survey map evidence. The other building lies behind the street frontage in the property to the north of the Police Station, part of a long building behind the street frontage depicted on the historic Ordnance Survey maps.

The remains of two buildings of possible 19th century date were found during the evaluation and excavation of the site of the former Fire Station , South Street, Bridport by Wessex Archaeology in 1995-96. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Along the street frontage in the southern part of the site were found the remains of a mortared stone building with parts of at least four rooms with a small cellar in the northeast corner. The building was subsequently extended to the rear by a single room (1). This building can be identified as the Police Station depicted on the 1890 Ordnance Survey 25-inch map.

The other building lies in the northeastern part of the site, well behind the street frontage. In both the excavation trench/Evaluation Trench 1 and Evaluation Trench 2 an L-shaped mortared stone footing was revealed, suggesting the southwest and southeast corners of a building (1) (5). The Ordnance survey map evidence suggests they may both be part of a long building behind the street frontage running along the northern property of this site (2).

Wessex Archaeology, 1996, Old Fire Station, South Street, Bridport (Excavation archive). SDO10477.

Wessex Archaeology, 1996, Old Fire Station, South Street, Bridport (Excavation archive). SDO10477.

<1> Godden, D, Grove, J, and Smith, R J C, 2001, Medieval and post-medieval Bridport: Excavations at 43 South Street, 1996. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO10476.

<2> Smith, R J C, 1999, Medieval and Post-Medieval Deposits at the Former Fire Station, South Street, Bridport (Unpublished document). SWX8601.

<3> Smith, R, 1996, 'The Old Fire Station, South Street, Bridport' Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO10475.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1997, 'Bridport, South Street, The Old Fire Station' Medieval Archaeology (Article in serial). SWX9182.

<5> Andrews, P, 1996, Bridport Fire Station, Bridport, Dorset Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SWX8604.

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