Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference
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Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 632 Area (Ha): 0.10 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 8222 0014 Site Name: North Gate Working Men’s Club Settlement: Mexborough Allocation Recommendations Archaeological significance of site Negligible Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation No archaeological constraint Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a www.archeritage.co.uk Page 1 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 632 Area (Ha): 0.10 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 8222 0014 Site Name: North Gate Working Men’s Club Settlement: Mexborough Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site or buffer. There are no Listed Buildings or Scheduled Monuments within the site or buffer. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and part of the buffer as part of a planned social housing estate, described as infill development dating to 1966-1988 with no legibility of earlier landscapes. Other character areas within the buffer include further social housing estate developments, earlier terraced housing, semi-detached housing, a school and allotments. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site or buffer. The site is currently occupied by ta social club. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 OS map depicts the site as lying within a network of rectangular enclosures to the north of Mexborough. By 1957, the Northgate Working Men’s Club & Institute had been built within the site. It was initially T-shaped in plan, extended by 1966 into a larger sub-rectangular structure. By 1980 the structure had extended further to take on its current form. Within the buffer, the area was shown as fields on the 1854 map, with housing development at the southern end by 1892. Housing development was shown to the east by 1903, and by 1957 suburban development had taken place throughout the buffer. Survival: The development of the social club, including any cellars and below ground services, will have disturbed below- ground deposits within its footprint. The potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology is considered to be negligible. The standing buildings are of mid- to late 20th-century date and of no architectural interest. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is unlikely to be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: Negligible. Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photographs show the site as a rectangular structure with paved front off North Gate road. There is no Lidar coverage for this site. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2008 & 2009. www.archeritage.co.uk Page 2 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY5252 North Gate, Mexborough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Y HSY5189 Harlington Lane 'Poets Estate', Mexborough, Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Doncaster HSY5194 Hirst Gate / Windmill Crescent, Mexborough, Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Doncaster HSY5210 Windhill Estate, Mexborough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5228 Clayfields Road Playing Fields, Mexborough, Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y Doncaster HSY5249 Cross Gate, Mexborough, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y HSY5250 Allotment Gardens, Hall Gate, Mexborough, Allotments Y Doncaster HSY5251 'The Glen', Mexborough, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y HSY5253 Cross Gate, Mexborough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5260 Church Street Mexborough, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y HSY5286 Riverside Road to Doncaster Court, Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Mexborough HSY5288 Doncaster Road Junior School, Mexborough, School Y Doncaster www.archeritage.co.uk Page 3 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 633 Area (Ha): 1.10 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5662 0135 Site Name: Land at 41 Sandford Rd, Balby Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area Allocation Recommendations Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a www.archeritage.co.uk Page 1 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 633 Area (Ha): 1.10 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5662 0135 Site Name: Land at 41 Sandford Rd, Balby Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site or the buffer zone. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site. Earthwork ridge and furrow was recorded in 1946 to the southwest of the site, currently a playing field. Very faint earthworks are still visible in this area on Lidar data. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as part of a playing field first depicted in 1931, with no legibility of the former strip field landscape. Sandford Road to the west formerly marked the eastern edge of settlement at Balby. Further character zones within the buffer include drained wetland, military barracks, a traveller community site, a sewage works, sports grounds, an area of heavy metal trades and other works which began to industrialise in the later 19th century, a mixture of housing types including terraces, semi-detached and planned social housing, allotment gardens, regenerated scrubland, a church, and suburban commercial core. The most recent imagery of the site (2009) shows it as a rectangular plot of land, bounded by Sandford Road to the west and playing fields to the south. The southeast half of the site is occupied by parking areas and a light modern shed or building, whilst the northwest half is grassed, subdivided by tall hedges, and contains a brick building, possibly a club house. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 map shows the site as two narrow fields, running southeast from Back Lane (now Sandford Lane). Only one field was shown on the 1892 map. The site remained unchanged until 1939, when the widening of Sandford Road formed the current western boundary. By 1960, the site had been divided into three, a larger southeast area and two smaller plots to the northwest, with a building, probably a house, in the northwest plot. This was labelled 'Tuby' in 1960 and Mariton Villa in 1977. A lane ran along the northern edge of the site. By 1994, a larger building was shown in the southeast plot. Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed the area to the south, east and northeast as fields, with settlement in the historic core of Balby to the west of Back Lane and in the northwest part of the buffer. This included St John's Church. By 1903, new housing, mainly terraces, was shown to the northwest and west, with further construction, including in the northeast part of the buffer by 1930. A confectionery works was shown to the north of the site at that date, and a club was shown to the immediate west of the site, with playing fields to the south and allotment gardens to the east. By 1939, the buildings to the east of Sandford Road had been cleared and the road widened. In 1961, housing was shown to the south of the playing fields, with allotment gardens to the north and east of the site. A caravan park was shown to the immediate southeast of the site in 1994. Survival: The southeast side of the site is a car park, with a modern shed building that is unlikely to have caused substantial sub-surface disturbance. The northwest side contains a house, possibly on a raised platform, and garden areas. With the exception of the footprint of the building, the potential for the preservation of unrecorded buried archaeology within the site is considered to be moderate. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations may be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. www.archeritage.co.uk Page 2 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2009 aerial photographs show the site in much the same layout as in 1992. The southeast half is mainly a car parking area (labelled 'mobile home park' on the modern OS mapping) and a light modern shed, possibly facilities for the mobile home park. The northeast half is divided into two plots by manicured hedges, though the central plot is open to the road. The northeast plot contains a brick-built building, possibly the house shown in 1961. The 2015 image is obscured by clouds, though Street View images from this date show the house as a one and a half storey brick structure of fairly modern appearance. The Lidar data shows the location of the building in the car park,