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THE MANOR, STANWAY ROAD, STANTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING-BRIEF C.A.T JOB: 1011 C.A.T REPORT: 001179 JUNE 2000 This report has been researched and compiled with all reasonable skill, care, and attention to detail within the terms of the project as specified by the Client and within the general terms and conditions of Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd. The Trust shall not be liable for any inaccuracy, error or omission in the report or other documents produced as part of the Consultancy and no liability is accepted for any claim, loss or damage howsoever arising from any opinion stated or conclusion or other material contained in this report or other documents supplied as part of the Consultancy. This report is confidential to the Client. Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd accepts no responsibility whatsoever to third parties to whom this report, or any part of it is made known. Any such party relies upon this report entirely at their own risk. © Cotswold Archaeological Trust Headquarters Building, Kemble Business Park, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6BQ Tel. 01285 771022 Fax. 01285 771033 Manor House, Stanton,Glos: Archaeological Watching-Brief. CONTENTS CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................... 1 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ........................................................................................... 2 SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... 3 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Land use, geology and topography ............................................................... 5 1.3 Archaeological background .......................................................................... 5 1.4 Archaeological specification and methodology ............................................ 6 2. RESULTS ................................................................................................................... 8 3. DISCUSSION ............................................................................................................. 9 4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................ 10 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................... 11 APPENDIX 1 ................................................................................................................... 12 Finds Register ......................................................................................................... 12 APPENDIX 2 ................................................................................................................... 13 Environmental Assessment ..................................................................................... 13 1 Manor House, Stanton,Glos: Archaeological Watching-Brief. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Fig. 1 Location plan ................................................................................................................... 14 Fig. 2 Location of groundworks and recorded archaeology ....................................................... 15 Fig. 3 Garden Room footings: sections ...................................................................................... 16 2 Manor House, Stanton,Glos: Archaeological Watching-Brief. SUMMARY An archaeological watching-brief was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeological Trust during groundworks for a garden room extension at The Manor, Stanway Road, Stanton, Gloucestershire during May 2000. The Manor is a Grade II* listed sixteenth-century house within the historic core of Stanton village. It is conjectured that an earlier, medieval, property may have lain on the same site. A Romano-British ditch and gully were revealed within the northern footing line of the new extension. The Roman features yielded pottery of second to fourth century AD date and were sealed by an undated clay-loam garden soil. No medieval deposits were encountered to elucidate the nature or extent of any structure predating the sixteenth-century manor house. 3 Manor House, Stanton,Glos: Archaeological Watching-Brief. 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 In March 2000 Cotswold Archaeological Trust (CAT) was commissioned by Peter Yiangou Associates, on behalf of Mr. & Mrs. Walton, to undertake an archaeological watching-brief at The Manor, Stanway Road, Stanton, Glos (centred on NGR: 406750 234180, Fig 1). 1.1.2 The watching brief was undertaken between the 23rd and 24th May 2000 during groundworks associated with the construction of a single-storey garden room extension adjoining the north wing of the building (Fig. 2). 1.1.3 It was thought that groundworks might disturb archaeological deposits relating to the medieval development of the house and village. A condition for archaeological monitoring of the works was consequently placed on the granting of planning permission (Planning ref. 99/5065/1437/FUL). 1.1.4 The project was undertaken in accordance with a detailed project design (CAT 2000) approved by Mr. Charles Parry, Senior Archaeological Officer, Gloucestershire County Council. The fieldwork also followed the Standard and Guidance for Archaeological Watching Briefs issued by the Institute of Field Archaeologists (IFA 1999) and the Statement of Standards and Practices Appropriate for Archaeological Fieldwork in Gloucestershire (1995). 1.1.5 This report is structured as follows. The remainder of section 1 sets the background to the fieldwork, examining the site land use, geology and topography, the archaeological background and the specification and methodology adopted for the watching-brief. Section 2 summarises the fieldwork results and section 3 presents a brief discussion of those results. 4 Manor House, Stanton,Glos: Archaeological Watching-Brief. 1.2 Land use, geology and topography 1.2.1 The Manor lies within the historic core of Stanton village, which contains the late Norman church of St. Michael and a number of sixteenth to eighteenth- century properties. The Manor is bordered to the east by Stanway Road and on its southern, western and northern sides by the gardens of adjoining residences (Fig. 2). 1.2.2 The underlying solid geology of the site is mapped as undifferentiated Lower Lias clays of the Jurassic period (Geological Survey of England & Wales, 1981). 1.2.3 Topographically the site is relatively flat. The existing ground level varies from approximately 105.30m O.D immediately alongside the new garden room to approximately 104m O.D within the western part of the garden. 1.3 Archaeological background 1.3.1 The site lies in an area of known archaeological interest. Trial excavations in 1935 at Shenbarrow hillfort, approximately 2km south-east of Stanton, have recorded both Early Iron Age and Romano-British activity within the hillfort (RCHME 1976). 1.3.2 Mid to Late Iron Age and Romano-British activity in the site locality is also attested from a scatter of Roman pottery, iron, bronze, lead and stonework recovered over an approximately 3ha area at Wormington Grange (NGR: SP 05253485, Marshall 1990). 1.3.3 Stanton village appears to be an Anglo-Saxon foundation. The manor of Stanton is recorded as belonging to Winchcombe Abbey in AD 811 and is listed in the Domesday Book of AD 1086 (Morris 1982). The church of St Michaels has twelfth century AD and later elements (Glos SMR ref. 8251). 5 Manor House, Stanton,Glos: Archaeological Watching-Brief. The manor was subdivided in c. 1577 and sold to five different yeoman families, which is thought to account for the number of fine sixteenth and seventeenth century houses in the village (Verey and Brooks 1999). 1.3.4 The Manor House, formerly known as Warne or Warren House, is the oldest of the larger houses in Stanton and was built in the sixteenth century by Thomas Warren, perhaps on the site of an earlier, medieval, property. A datestone of 1577, together with Thomas Warren’s initials, lie over the doorway. The north wing of the house is the earliest element with the projecting south-west rear wing of the house being of seventeenth century date. 1.3.5 The building has grade II* listed status and is now known as Manorway, which is now one house with an attached cottage (Warne Cottage) (Glos SMR ref. 2302). 1.4 Archaeological specification and methodology 1.4.1 The watching-brief was undertaken in accordance with a detailed project design (CAT 2000). The objectives of fieldwork were to ensure the preservation by record of all archaeological remains revealed and/or identify deposits where preservation in-situ would be the preferred option, and to prepare an archaeological archive of the site including the treatment and preservation of any finds. 1.4.2 All groundworks were monitored by a CAT officer for the presence of architectural and archaeological remains. 1.4.3 All recording was undertaken in accordance with the CAT Technical Manual 1 Field Recording Manual (1996). A full written record was compiled on pro- forma context sheets by verbal and measured description. All features identified were planned at a scale of 1:50, with sections drawn at 1:20. 6 Manor House, Stanton,Glos: Archaeological Watching-Brief. Photographic coverage consisted of archive and record photographs using monochrome and colour transparencies. 1.4.4

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