SNN108149 - Archaeological Recording of Graffiti and Watching Brief at Blatherwycke Hall Stables, Northamptonshire

Blatherwycke Hall Stables were built in 1770 to serve the now demolished house nearby. During archaeological building recording in 2008 graffiti was identified on the first floor of the building, some of which dates to the late eighteenth century, others which relate to the installation of the now lost clock turret and weathervane during the nineteenth century. As part of the Planning Condition applied to the building during conversion a detailed record of the graffiti was required. An archaeological Watching Brief was carried out during groundworks for new internal walls and rainwater pipes. This revealed the existence of stable-yard walls previously known only from nineteenth-century maps, a culvert and levelling layers elsewhere.