Monument record 8086 - Roman building at Nicholas Street Mews

<1> Ward, S. W., 2012, Nicholas Street Mews, 1988 (Article in Monograph). SCH6561.

Archaeological investigations at Nicholas Street Mews identified a complex series of Roman deposits dating from the late first century through to the third century with structural evidence possibly surviving into the medieval period. A single trench was excavated to the rear of 10-12 Nicholas Street Mews.

In the later stages of the construction, a sewer trench was inserted along the main street into the housing development revealing evidence of a final stone structure (Structure 13) at a depth of 1.6m. The excavated features comprised a demolished hypocaust system at the eastern end of the trench adjacent to a north-south aligned stone wall and a second east-west aligned wall. Then, at the western end of the trench a mortar surface and another north-south aligned wall were exposed.

The site is interpreted as comprising a central courtyard area with rooms to the east including at least one room with a hypocaust floor and another with a mortar floor while the evidence at the western end suggests a veranda on the western edge of the courtyard. No dating was recovered from this structure however.