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An Archaeological Heritage Assessment Pooley Lane Polesworth Warwickshire.

(NGR SK 25769 02546)

On Behalf of N.P Holloway & Son

ABRS Report No 2016-PLPW

An Archaeological Heritage Assessment

Pooley Lane

Polesworth

Warwickshire.

(NGR SK 25769 02546)

On Behalf of N.P Holloway & Son

August 2016

ABRS Project No 2016-PLPW

Archaeological Building Recording Services (ABRS)

Chandos Business Centre 87 Warwick Street Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV32 4RJ

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email: [email protected]

A Heritage Assessment, Pooley Lane, Polesworth.

An Archaeological Heritage Assessment of Land East of Pooley Lane, Polesworth, Warwickshire (NGR SK 25769 02546).

Summary

1. Introduction 1

2. Aims and Methods 2

3. Methodology 2

4. Site Location, Geology & Topography 3

5. Historical & Archaeological Background 4

6. Standing Buildings 7

7. Conservation Area 10

8. Cartographic Sources 11

9. Site Visit 12

10. Appraisal of the Development Impact 13

11. Conclusion 14

12. References & Sources 15

13. Colour Plates 16

Appendix Warwickshire Historic Environment Record (HER) centred on the Proposed Development Area. 23

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Figures

Figure 1 2 Figure 2 3 Site Location Proposed Development Area in Red. Figure 3 10 Figure 4 11 Polesworth Conservation Tithe Map for the Area, Proposed Township of Pooley Development Area in (1849). Red. Figure 5 12 Figure 6 16 Second Edition Ordnance Proposed Development Survey Area (Looking North West). Figure 7 16 Figure 8 17 Proposed Development Proposed Development Area (Looking South Area (Looking South). West). Figure 9 17 Figure 10 18 Recent Ground View Towards Coventry Disturbance within Canal from Proposed Proposed Development Development Area Area Suggesting Possible Showing Tree Screening Dumping. (Looking East). Figure 11 18 Figure 12 19 View Towards Pooley Proposed Development Hall from Proposed Area from Public Development Area Footpath at Southern End Adjacent to Pooley Lane of Pooley Hall Gardens Boundary (Looking (Looking South-South North-North West). West). Figure 13 19 Figure 14 20 Proposed Development Proposed Development Area from Public Area (Approximate Footpath Crossing Pooley Location Arrowed) from Hall Driveway (Looking Polesworth Bridge South). (Looking West-North West). Figure 15 20 Figure 16 21 Proposed Development Proposed Development Area (Approximate Area (Left) from Location Arrowed) from Coventry Canal Towpath. Bridge Street (Looking West). Figure 17 22 Proposed Development, Indicative Master Plan.

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A Heritage Assessment, Pooley Lane, Polesworth.

An Archaeological Heritage Assessment of Land East of Pooley Lane, Polesworth, Warwickshire (NGR SK 25769 02546).

Summary

This document is a heritage assessment of land to the east of Pooley Lane, Polesworth, Warwickshire (SK 25769 02546), commissioned from Archaeological Building Recording Services (ABRS) by N.P Holloway & Son in advance of a proposed residential development.

The proposed development area is located within a sensitive heritage location, but the proposed development will not greatly affect the significance of the known heritage assets. This assessment has confirmed that the proposed development area shares a boundary with the Grade II* listed Pooley Hall. The proposed development will have a less than substantial impact upon the setting of the listed building.

The proposed construction work will have a detrimental effect upon any potential eathfast archaeological remains within the footprint; the proposed development area is un-attested archaeologically. The archaeological potential could be investigated through a programme of archaeological attendance, the extent and scope of this can be confirmed in conjunction with the Planning Archaeologist, Warwickshire County Council.

The development will have a limited, but less than substantial impact upon the known heritage assets.

1. Introduction

In accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), this document is a heritage assessment of land to the east of Pooley Lane, Polesworth, Warwickshire (SP SK 25769 02546).

This assessment has been commissioned from Archaeological Building Recording Services (ABRS) by N.P Holloway & Son in advance of a proposed residential development. The proposed development area is located to the east of Pooley Lane, on the western edge of the village of Polesworth and consists of agricultural land.

The proposed development area is not located within a designated Conservation Area and does not include any known and identified heritage assets. To the east of the proposed development area is the alignment of the Coventry Canal. This heritage assessment addresses all the heritage concerns likely to be raised by the local planning authority.

2. Aims and Methods

The aim of the heritage assessment is to present information on the extent, character, date, integrity and state of preservation of heritage assets present and potentially affected by the proposed development, both standing built heritage and potential earthfast archaeological remains. The assessment will compare the proposals with identified heritage assets and state why these will not be detrimentally affected. For those heritage assets identified as being at

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All work follows the Chartered Institute for Archaeologist’s (CIfA) Code of Conduct and adheres to their Standards and Guidance for Archaeological Desk-based Assessments.

Figure 1 Site Location Reproduced from 1:50000 map by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office. ©Crown Copyright 1990. All rights reserved. Licence number 100053136.

3. Methodology

All work has been carried out based upon plans supplied by the client or their agent.

The archaeological resource is by its nature an incomplete record. Where there are significant alluvial or colluvial deposits, made ground or lack of archaeological investigation, archaeological remains can remain undetected.

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The following sources have been consulted to assess previous land use and archaeological potential:  Archaeological records (Warwickshire Historic Environment Record (HER)).  Previous Ordnance Survey and other maps of the area as held by the Warwickshire County Record Office (WCRO)  Historical background material (ABRS Reference Library and WCRO).

A site visit was also undertaken in order to assess the current state of the proposed development area.

Figure 2 Proposed Development Area in Red. (Supplied by Client)

4. Site Location, Geology & Topography

The proposed development area is located on the north western edge of Polesworth, (Figure 1). The proposed development area also lies within the modern parish of Polesworth, Warwickshire (NGR SK 25769 02546).

The proposed development area is rough grazing (Figures 2, 6, 7 & 8) to the east of Pooley Lane. The boundaries are established boundaries marked by mixed hedges.

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The Ordnance Survey Geological Survey of Great Britain indicates that the underlying geology is likely to be Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation - Mudstone, Siltstone and Sandstone. The proposed development area lies between approximately 79m and 87m OD.

5. Historical & Archaeological Background

5.1 Historical Background

The placename Polesworth derives from the Old English Polleswyrth, meaning enclosure of a man called Poll (Mills 1998). Polesworth is not recorded in the Domesday Book. In the time of King Stephen (1095-1154) it is recorded that Robert Marmion and his wife Millicent gave all their land there to the abbess and convent of Polesworth (VCH). In 1242 the nuns of Polesworth were granted a weekly market on Thursdays and a yearly fair from 19 to 21 July. They were also quit of shires, hundreds, and sheriff's tourns. Polesworth remained the possession of the Abbey until the Dissolution.

Following the Dissolution the manor of Polesworth was sold to Francis Goodere, who died soon after in 1546, followed by his wife a month later, leaving a son Henry, then aged 13. The manor was at that time occupied Dame Florence Clyfford, a widow, in 1574 the now of age Henry Goodere settled the manor with his wife and their heirs. The manor remained in the Goodere Family until sold to Sir Robert Honywood “and others” in around the 1630s. Michael Biddulph was dealing with the manor in 1661 and by 1737 George Biddulph was lord of the manor. In 1742 the manor belonged to Robert Kedington who conveyed it in 1747 to Walter Chetwynde. The manor then descended with the manor of Grendon and by the 19th century was in the possession of the trustees of the late Sir George Guy Chetwynd.

In the early 16th century Sir Thomas Cockayne re-built Pooley Hall as a semi-defensive demesne and enclosed a Park of some 140 acres. The original house was probably much larger than the existing remains, now known as Pooley Farm. Pooley was originally granted by Robert Marmion in about the time of King Stephen to a man called Burdet for a rent of 10s. It then passed to the lords of Tamworth Castle, who held the manor directly. In 1647 Aston Cockayne leased or mortgaged Pooley to William Cockayne in repayment of a debt, but the manor was seized by the Commonwealth Government and Sir Aston himself suffered sequestration. The manor was then sold in 1682 to Humphrey Jennens.

Pooley then appeared to have descended with the manor of Nether Whitacre and by 1764 was held by Charles Jennens. By 1812 Pooley manor was in the possession of Charles Wynne Griffith Wynne, whose representatives still held it in 1868.

In the 1770s the Coventry Canal was built through Polesworth and, as a result the already extant coal mining expanded as did the clay industries. Pooley Hall Colliery was built in the late 19th century and there was extensive opencast mining surrounding the town in the mid to late 20th century.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Polesworth thus:

POLESWORTH, a village and a parish in Atherstone district, Warwick. The village stands on the river Anker, near the Coventry canal and the Trent Valley railway, 1½ mile N of Watling-street, and 4 E S E of Tamworth; is an ancient

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place; was once a market-town; and has a station on the railway, a post- office‡ under Tamworth, and a fair on the Monday after 19 Sept. The parish contains also the hamlets of Warton, Dordon, and Hallend-with-Freazley, and the manors of Pooley and Bramcote. Acres, 6, 310. Real property, £8, 914. Pop.in 1851, 2, 104; in 1861, 2, 451. Houses, 500. The manor and much of the land belong to Sir George Chet-wynd, Bart. Pooley Hall belonged anciently to the Marmions; passed, in 1399, to the Cokains; was rebuilt, in 1509, by Sir T. Cokain; and belongs now to W. G. Wynne Finch, Esq. A nunnery was founded at Poles-worth by King Egbert, or his son; was refounded, after the Norman conquest, by Robert Marmion; and has leftsome remains. There are collieries, quarries, and clay-works. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £502.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church belonged to the ancient nunnery; and consists of nave and aisle, with a very fine tower. The p.curacy of Warton is a separate benefice. There are an Independent chapel, two Baptist chapels, and Church of England endowed schools with £401 a year.

5.2 Archaeological Background

A search of the Warwickshire Historic Environment Record (HER) centred on the proposed development area was carried out on August 2nd 2016. The HER records 86 identified sites of archaeological significance within the search area (Appendix).

Prehistoric

Evidence of Prehistoric activity is limited to a Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead (HER Ref MWA221) found 60m west of Market Street, some 450m south east of the proposed development area.

Romano British

There are a number of findspots of artefacts dating to the Romano British period within the search area suggesting Romano British occupation activity. Metal detecting of fields to the north and west of the proposed development area recovered metal artefacts (HER Ref MWA20759 & MWA20760) and a coin (HER Ref MWA20780). Romano British findspots more remote to the proposed development area include a coin found to the north of High Street (HER Ref MWA20656)

Anglo Saxon

There is, so far no recorded physical or archaeological evidence of Anglo Saxon occupation within the search area, however it is likely that Polesworth Abbey Church, St Editha has Saxon origins and, therefore the settlement itself being Saxon in date.

Medieval

There is extensive evidence of medieval activity recorded by the HER within the search area, most immediate to the proposed development area is a findspot of a medieval token (HER Ref MWA20766) in a field immediately to the west. A late 13th century coin (HER Ref MWA20773) was also found in the same field.

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To the north of the proposed development area is Pooley Hall, which has late medieval origins and which includes a medieval Chapel (HER Ref MWA227). Immediately to the north of the hall is an area of medieval ridge and furrow earthworks (HER Ref MWA10271).

The settlement core of Polesworth (HER Ref MWA9573) is medieval in origin and centred upon Polesworth Abbey (HER Ref MWA203) and its surrounding Cloisters (HER Ref MWA5646), some 620m east of the proposed development area and includes the un-defined site of a medieval market (HER Ref MWA13149). The HER records extensive evidence of medieval activity associated with the Abbey, including the Abbey Church (HER Ref MWA205), Abbey Croft (HER Ref MWA12497), an earthwork mound 250m east of Bridge Street (HER Ref MWA7495), interpreted as a possible site of a chapel associated with Abbey, the site of the Abbess' lodgings (HER Ref MWA206) and a Hermitage built over St Edith’s Well (HER Ref MWA13159). Trial trenching during restoration works to the north and east cloister walls in 2001 (HER Event No EWA7040) recorded four monastic burials (HER Ref MWA8965). A fragment of a stone medieval cross (HER Ref MWA219) has been found on High Street. Some 650m to the south east of the proposed development area is the site of a medieval tile kiln (HER Ref MWA276).

Polesworth Bridge (HER Ref MWA212) is believed to be on the site of a medieval bridge. There is also the recorded site of two medieval watermills (HER Ref MWA209 & MWA6505).

Post Medieval

There is extensive evidence of post medieval activity recorded by the HER within the search area. Most numerous of which relate to 19th century industrial activity. Immediately to the east of the proposed development area is the alignment of the Coventry Canal (HER Ref MWA4373). There were formerly two canal basins (HER Ref MWA4387 & MWA6522) and a wharf (HER Ref MWA4386) associated with Pooley Hall Colliery (HER Ref MWA6507) some 750m north of the proposed development area. The colliery also had its own mineral line (HER Ref MWA6512) link to the mainline railway, associated with the railway is the site of a signal box (HER Ref MWA6514). There is a third canal basin in the search area (HER Ref MWA6506) adjacent to Bulls Head Bridge, some 300m south of the proposed development area with two tramways (HER Ref MWA13151 & MWA13152) connecting the basin to Birch Coppice Colliery and Birch Coppice Colliery No 1. The 1850 tithe map records another colliery (HER Ref MWA12238) some 65m south west of the Bulls Head Bridge. To the east of Bulls Head Bridge is the site of a Blacksmiths (HER Ref MWA6521).

More immediate to the proposed development area is a mineshaft (HER Ref MWA6527) recorded by the early edition Ordnance Survey (Fig. 6) some 70m west of the proposed development area.

Other industrial activity includes a pottery kiln (HER Ref MWA5705) and Clay Pipe factory (HER Ref MWA6117) on Potters Lane. There was a second pottery kiln to the north of Potters Lane (HER Ref MWA8128). An archaeological watching brief (HER Event No EWA6748) recovered contemporary pottery sherds (HER Ref MWA8749). Another pottery is recorded by the 1903 Ordnance Survey located on Bridge Street (HER Ref MWA8185). Adjacent to Tamworth Road, some 230m south of the proposed development area is the site of The Midlands Works – manufacturers of Brick, Terracotta and Sanitary Pipes (HER Ref

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MWA217). Some 700m west of the works is a quarry (HER Ref MWA6536) and some 700m to the east a lime kiln (HER Ref MWA6520). The 1850 tithe map records a brickyard in a similar location (HER Ref MWA12237).

On Market Street, within the historic settlement core is the site of a steam powered corn mill (HER Ref MWA218).

The HER records the locations of a number of post medieval buildings including three 18th century houses on the High Street (HER Ref MWA2484, MWA2487 & MWA2488). The sites of a further two 18th century houses are recorded on Bridge Street (HER Ref MWA2485 & MWA2479). An archaeological watching brief on Bridge Street (Event No EWA6770) recorded the foundations of a brick-built wall (HER Ref MWA8758). 200m east of Bridge Street is the site of a Post Medieval manor house (HER Ref MWA207) which incorporated building material from the Abbess's lodgings and is now the site of the vicarage, in the grounds of which is a sundial (HER Ref MWA208). Other sites of notable Post Medieval houses are 'Little Jims Cottage' (HER Ref MWA2473) on Fairfields Hill, and The Ark (HER Ref MWA2477) on Grendon Street. Adjacent to Bassett’s Bridge, south of Grendon Road is the site of the village Pound (HER Ref MWA6519).

Immediately to the north of the proposed development area is Pooley Hall Garden (HER Ref MWA12568), a formal garden associated with Pooley Hall manor house.

The sites of two historic inns are also recorded by the HER, the Spread Eagle (HER Ref MWA13194) opposite the gate house to Polesworth Abbey and the Bulls Head (HER Ref MWA13196) on Tamworth Road.

To the east of the settlement is Wood Park (HER Ref MWA13158), which placename evidence suggests may be the location of a medieval park.

6. The Standing Buildings

There are 16 listed buildings and structures within the search area. The listed buildings are largely concentrated within the historic settlement core, around the Abbey site, Pooley hall is the only suburban listed building. There are five Grade II* listed buildings, the remainder are grade II listed (Appendix).

Listed Buildings

The most immediate listed building, some 170m north of the proposed development area is Pooley Hall and attached Chapel (HER Ref 309314). The listed building description describes Pooley Hall as...

“Country house, now 2 houses, and attached former chapel. Said to have been built in 1509 by Sir Thomas Cokayne. Altered 1692 and C18 some C19/C20 and C20 alterations. English bond brick with sandstone dressings. Old plain- tile roofs; brick ridge, external and lateral stacks, Complex plan of 3 separate ranges linked by curtain walls. Domestic Tudor style. Principal fronts are towards the canal, Pooley Hall to left is 2 storeys; 4-window range, On the left is a 2-sore 6-light embattled bay, largely of stone; 3-light return sides and end lights to first floor are blocked, Wide external stack has upper parts rebuilt; 2-

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light wood mullioned window in base. Irregular fenestration, mostly of 3-light windows. Stone mullioned windows of [-centred arched lights throughout. Left return side has 4-light and 2-light attic windows, and external stack. To rear is a twin-gabled 2-bay front rebuilt in 1692. Blacked door to left. Late C20 half- glazed door and porch. Leaded wood casements with top lights, of 4 lights to ground floor and 3 lights above, with segmental arches, Lower lean-to addition across left return side. Right return side has stone buttress and blocked 3-light muilioned window to first floors Leaded 3-light C18 windows, Interior is said to have beamed ceilings and C16 and C17 panelling. Former chapel is linked by a curtain wall with a lead-latticed glazed corridor with central Cl9 ribbed door or; its west side. Chapel is Perpendicular style. bays. East window of 3 stepped lancets with 4-centred hood mould. Shallow-pitched roof has embattled gable parapets. South side has one-, 2- and 3-light straight- headed windows. West front has chamfered 4-centred doorway with moulded spandrels, hood mould and panelled stops, and ancient panelled door with applied ribs. Straight-headed 3-light window above. Small 2-storey turret to left has single light. Upper part is octagonal, with small opening to alternate sides, North side has doorway. Pooley Hall Farmhouse to north has a 3-storey embattled tower, with splay courses between storeys. Blocked straight-headed 4-centred doorway on right; altered and blocked openings above, Chamfered stone mullioned windows, of 2 lights to ground floor and 3 lights above. Stair turret on left has canted top corner. Irregular one-storey C20 range on right. To rear is a 2-storey 2-window range with stone-coped gable parapet and kneelers. Rebuilt west wall has 3- and 4-light stone mullioned windows with cornices. Left return side has chamfered Tudor-arched doorway with hood mould, probably C20, and panelled door, C21' four-light mullioned window to left. Small C16 brick mullioned 3-light window above, Lateral stack on right has shaft with pilaster strips and string course. Right return side has brick diapering. 2-storey porch has blocked 4-centred doorway and single light above, Similar blocked doorways to left and right. 2- and 3-light brick chamfered mullioned windows. Interior not inspected.”

The remainder of the Grade II* listed buildings are associated with the Abbey site, some 550m east of the proposed development area, these include the Abbey Gate (HER Ref 435599, 435600 & 435601), consisting of the late 14th century Abbey gatehouse in regular coursed sandstone and first floor timber-frame under a plain-tile roof. The listing includes part of a group of attached buildings. To the south of the gatehouse is the church of St Editha (HER Ref 435566), formerly the Abbey Church with 11th century origins, an early l2th century nave and north aisle, the 14th century tower has 17/18th century upper stages. The chancel and north porch were added by a “drastic” restoration in 1869. A wall east of the south easternmost corner of the nave is Grade II listed in its own right (HER Ref 435567), being 11th century in date.

Those buildings listed at Grade II are again largely concentrated within the settlement core, the only exception being Fosters Yard (HER Ref 435605) on Market Street, some 440m south east of the proposed development area. It is a mid 18th house with late 19th century alterations in Flemish bond brick with dog-tooth cornice under an old plain-tile roof. Ankar Bridge (HER Ref 435561), 380m south east of the proposed development area is 18th century in date, but widened to the east in 1924.

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The remaining Grade II listed buildings front Bridge Street and High Street and include the Old School and attached wall (HER Ref 435564), the Polesworth Congregational Church (HER Ref 435604), the Vicarage (HER Ref 435598) and sundial (HER Ref 435568), a row of four 18th century cottages (HER Ref 435562) and a 16th century cottage (HER Ref 435565).

Some 45m south of the church is the 17th or early 18th century tithe barn (HER Ref 435602) and to the north west of the church is a late 17th or early 18th century dovecote (HER Ref 435603).

Unlisted Buildings of Local Architectural or Historical Interest

There are 10 unlisted buildings regarded by Warwickshire County Council as heritage assets and recorded by the HER within the search area. Again, the majority of these buildings are concentrated within the settlement core. The most immediate to the proposed development area is a row of three terraced houses on Tamworth Road (HER Ref MWA2470), some 250m south of the proposed development area, west of the junction of Pooley Lane and Tamworth Road.

There are four buildings on Bridge Street, some 380m east of the proposed development area, these include a shopping complex (HER Ref MWA2483), a 19th century house (HER Ref MWA2482), a house and shop (HER Ref MWA2478) and The Red Lion Inn (HER Ref MWA2481). On the High Street is an 18th or 19th century house (HER Ref MWA2489). South of the river, on Market Street is the Market Hall (HER Ref MWA2474) and the Chetwynd Arms (HER Ref MWA2476) and on The Gullet a Baptist Chapel (HER Ref MWA2454).

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7. Conservation Area

The Polesworth Conservation Area was designated in 1995 (Figure 3). Conservation Areas, including that within Polesworth, identify “areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character and appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance”. The Polesworth Conservation Area includes the historic settlement core, the Abbey site and the northern end of Market Street, south of the river Ankar. The proposed development area is located approximately 300m west of the westernmost boundary of the Conservation Area to the rear (west) of Bridge Street.

Although situated on higher ground and overlooking the Conservation Area, there is no direct relationship between the proposed development area and the Conservation Area. The distance, extensive tree screening along the canal bank and limiting new buildings to the western edge of the proposed development area will maintain this. Therefore the proposed development will have no impact upon the Conservation Area.

Figure 3 Polesworth Conservation Area, Proposed Development Area in Red. After North Warwickshire Borough Council.

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8. Cartographic Sources

All maps reproduced with north to top of page, following Ordnance Survey standard unless indicated otherwise with appropriate north arrow and key.

The Warwickshire County Record Office (WCRO) was visited on August 9th 2016 as part of this assessment to view historic maps of the proposed development area. There a number of 17th, 18th and early 19th century county maps, including those drawn by William Kip in 1610, Emanuel and Thomas Bowen in 1777 and James Pigot in 1832, which record the location of Polesworth within the county but do not record any significant detail of the village. Kip’s map does record the church.

A map in the Warwickshire Record Office, described as the Polesworth Enclosure Map of 1771-1772 (WCRO Ref QS75-87) is in fact of the village and parish of Warton to the north east of Polesworth.

Figure 4 Tithe Map for the Township of Pooley (1849).

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The first available map showing the proposed development area is Tithe Map for the Township of Pooley drawn in 1849 (WCRO Ref CR032/39 (Figure 4)). The map identifies the proposed development area as The Lynch and records that it was, at the time under pasture. The proposed development area was, therefore un-developed at the time.

Figure 5 Second Edition Ordnance Survey Sheet III.13 (1:2500).

There is no available copy of the first edition Ordnance Survey. The second edition Ordnance Survey was published in 1903 (WCRO Ref III.13 (Figure 5)). The map records the proposed development area as it was recorded by the early 19th century tithe map, with the exception of three terraces having built on the southern end (area not included in current application as under separate ownership). The proposed development area is again, un- developed.

The remainder of the Ordnance Survey maps viewed recorded the proposed development area as it is recorded by this early edition. These maps are not, therefore re-produced for this assessment.

9. Site Visit

The proposed development area was visited on the 4th August 2016 in order to assess the present state of the site and the wider context of the proposed development area within the landscape. The proposed development area is rough grazing located on the east of Pooley Lane, on the western fringe of the settlement (Figures 2, 6, 7 & 8). The western boundary is an established property boundary with Pooley Lane, consisting of agricultural hedging, the northern boundary is dense woodland (Figure 11) belonging to Pooley Hall, the eastern boundary is again dense woodland on the steep embankment leading to the Coventry Canal

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(Figure 10). The southern boundary is the mixed residential fences of no.s 16 to 22, The Lynch and Pooley Heights.

The site visit did not reveal any clear evidence for the presence of archaeological remains, nor was there any clear indication of significant ground disturbance, however a small area of recent ground disturbance (Figure 9) hints at ground disturbance or build up within the proposed development area.

10. Appraisal of the Development Impact

Description of the Proposed Development

The proposed development consists of the construction of new residential units and associated infrastructure on private land to the west of Pooley Lane, Polesworth. As yet there are no definitive proposal drawings, but an indicative master plan has been produced to indicate a proposed layout (Figure 17). The residential units will be limited to the westernmost part of the development area, with only a balancing pool constructed to the east, this will maintain the existing public footpath and maintain existing green space along the west bank of the Coventry Canal. New access will be constructed off Pooley Lane.

Physical Impact

Archaeology

The proposed development area does not include any known or identified below ground heritage assets. The archaeological heritage assessment indicates that the proposed development area is located within a varied archaeological landscape on the fringe of the historic settlement core, the proposed development area itself, however is un-attested archaeologically and there may be as yet un-identified archaeological remains within the proposed development area. The preservation of potential archaeological remains within the proposed development area is difficult to predict. As such a programme of pre-determination assessment is required, this archaeological heritage assessment serves as part of that pre- determination assessment, adhering to policy NW14.

Groundworks associated with the proposed development will have a detrimental effect on any earthfast archaeological remains, if any that might be contained within the proposed development area. There is the potential within the proposed development area to re-locate residential units in order to avoid potential archaeological remains identified. Following consultation with the Planning Archaeologist, Warwickshire County Council a programme of archaeological attendance may be required as mitigation. This mitigation can be conditioned as reserved matters on an approved outline planning application.

Standing Buildings

There are some 16 Listed Buildings and structures and a further 10 recorded by Warwickshire County Council as heritage assets within 1km of the proposed development area. The nearest being Pooley Hall (HER Ref 309314). There will be no direct physical impact on these listed buildings from the development.

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Impact on Setting

Archaeology

Although located within a varied archaeological landscape with known sites of archaeological significance, there is unlikely to be any direct impact upon the setting of these known and currently identified archaeological remains.

Standing Buildings

There are 16 Listed Buildings in the vicinity of the proposed development area. Only Pooley Hall is in close enough proximity as to be potentially impacted by the proposed development. The remainder of the listed buildings are dispersed throughout the village and are sufficiently remote as to be un-affected by the proposed development.

Pooley Hall and Chapel was Grade II* listed in 1951 for is historical and aesthetic qualities. Its setting is characterised by its semi rural location and aesthetic/historical appearance. The proposed development involving the construction of residential units on an adjacent plot will have no impact upon these qualities. Pooley Hall will remain in a semi-rural location, with agricultural land to the north, east and west. The dense woodland along its southern boundary, and belonging to Pooley Hall will maintain the setting, concealing the proposed development area as it already does with the existing Lynch development (Figures 12 & 13).

The remainder of the listed buildings within the immediate vicinity of the proposed development are more remote and will, therefore not be affected by the proposed development.

The proposed development will, therefore have a limited, but less than substantial impact upon the setting of Pooley Hall.

Conservation Area

The proposed development area is located approximately 300m west of the Polesworth Conservation Area (Figure 3), although in an elevated position. The nearest part of the Conservation Area is along Bridge Street, which is generally inward looking, with only limited views to the west and the proposed development area (Figure 15). The clearest view of the proposed development area from within the Conservation Area is from Polesworth Bridge (Figure 14); this view is dominated by the modern Lynch development. The dense woodland along the Coventry Canal embankment conceals the proposed development area itself from this view (Figure 16). The retention of these trees (not included within the proposed development area), along with limiting the residential units to the western edge of the proposed development area will further reduce any potential impact upon the Conservation Area.

11. Conclusion

Although within a sensitive heritage location, the proposed development will not greatly affect the significance of the known heritage assets. This assessment has confirmed that the proposed development area has a shared boundary with a known heritage asset, the Grade II*

Pooley Hall and that the easternmost boundary is formed by the Coventry Canal, a heritage asset.

The heritage assessment has concluded that the proposed development does not have an adverse impact on the special qualities of the listed building.

It is possible that the proposed development area contains, as yet unidentified earthfast archaeological remains relating to previous occupation activity. The proposed groundworks will be limited to areas of proposed disturbance. The archaeological potential of these areas could be established through a programme of archaeological attendance, the extent and scope of this can be confirmed in conjunction with the Planning Archaeologist, Warwickshire County Council and conditioned as reserved matters on an approved outline planning application.

This heritage assessment addresses all the anticipated heritage concerns of the local planning authority and should, therefore complete the planning application.

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13. Colour Plates

Figure 6 Proposed Development Area (Looking North West).

Figure 7 Proposed Development Area (Looking South West).

Figure 8 Proposed Development Area (Looking South).

Figure 9 Recent Ground Disturbance within Proposed Development Area Suggesting Possible Dumping.

Figure 10 View Towards Coventry Canal from Proposed Development Area Showing Tree Screening (Looking East).

Figure 11 View Towards Pooley Hall from Proposed Development Area Adjacent to Pooley Lane Boundary (Looking North-North West).

Figure 12 Proposed Development Area from Public Footpath at Southern End of Pooley Hall Gardens (Looking South- South West).

Figure 13 Proposed Development Area from Public Footpath Crossing Pooley Hall Driveway (Looking South).

Figure 14 Proposed Development Area (Approximate Location Arrowed) from Polesworth Bridge (Looking West-North West).

Figure 15 Proposed Development Area (Approximate Location Arrowed) from Bridge Street (Looking West).

Figure 16 Proposed Development Area (Left) from Coventry Canal Towpath.

Figure 17 Proposed Development, Indicative Master Plan.

Appendix Archaeological Remains & Standing Buildings within 1km of the Proposed Development Area

MonUID RecordType Name MonType FromDate ToDate Period Summary Polesworth (Romano- Romano- MWA20656 FS British) Field 667 FINDSPOT 351 354 British Romano-British artifact found during metal detecting Romano- Polesworth (Romano- British to MWA20759 FS British) Field 45 FINDSPOT 43 410 Migration Romano-British artifact found during metal detecting Polesworth (Migration) Fields 45 MWA20760 FS &674 FINDSPOT 410 800 Migration Migration artifacts found during metal detecting Polesworth MWA20766 FS (Mediaeval) Field 674 FINDSPOT 1300 1539 Medieval Mediaeval artifacts found during metal detecting Polesworth MWA20773 FS (Mediaeval) Field 45 FINDSPOT 1293 1294 Medieval Mediaeval artifact found during metal detecting Polesworth (Romano- Romano- MWA20780 FS British) Field 45 FINDSPOT 307 361 British Romano-British artifact found during metal detecting The site of the Abbess' lodgings were part of Polesworth Site of Abbess's Abbey which is medieval in date. Parts of the lodgings were Lodgings at MONASTERY, later reused in the building of a manor house on the same site. MWA206 MON Polesworth Abbey LODGINGS 1066 1539 Medieval The site is located 200m east of Bridge Street. Findspot - Medieval Find spot - a fragment of a cross dating to the Medieval period MWA219 FS cross fragment FINDSPOT 1066 1539 Medieval which was found 40m south of High Street, Polesworth. Congregational CHAPEL, A nonconformist chapel built in brick with a tile roof. It was Chapel, High Street, CONGREGATIONAL built in the Imperial period and is situated on High Street, MWA2486 BLD Poleshill CHAPEL 1751 1913 Imperial Polesworth. Various finds from this area suggest that there was a pottery Site of Pottery Kiln, POTTERY KILN, kiln here during the Imperial period. It would have been MWA5705 MON Potters Lane KILN 1751 1913 Imperial located in the area of Potters Lane, Polesworth. Post- The site of a factory that made clay pipes. It was built in the Site of Clay Pipe medieval Post Medieval period and continued to be used until the Factory in Potters to Imperial period. The factory was situated on Potters Lane, MWA6117 MON Lane FACTORY 1540 1900 Imperial Polesworth. Vicarage Sundial, Post- MWA208 MON Polesworth. SUNDIAL 1540 1750 medieval A steam mill which was built during the Imperial period for the Steam Mill, Market purpose of grinding corn. It was situated on the western side MWA218 BLD Street, Polesworth STEAM MILL 1751 1910 Imperial of Market Street, Polesworth. A canal, canal basin and wharf where vessels would have CANAL, CANAL loaded and unloaded goods. They were built during the Imperial canal, BASIN, CANAL Imperial period. The canal basin and wharf are situated 100m MWA4387 BLD Polesworth WHARF, BUILDING 1751 1913 Imperial south of Tamworth Road, Polesworth. A toll road whose upkeep was paid for by the extraction of a Turnpike Road from Post- toll from travellers. It was built in the late post-medieval period MWA4801 MON Polesworth to Austrey TOLL ROAD 1725 1750 medieval and ran between Polesworth and Austrey. Site of Tramway between Polesworth The site of a tramway, which was built during the Imperial MWA6511 MON and Dordon TRAMWAY 1751 1913 Imperial period. It ran between Polesworth and Dordon. Mineral Railway Imperial The site of a mineral railway that was built during the Imperial MWA6512 MON between Pooley Hall MINERAL RAILWAY 1885 1960 to period. The railway line ran between Pooley Hall and the main

and Main Line Modern line. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. Site of P.Med timber The site of a timber-framed thatched building that was divided house, Bridge Street, Post- into three cottages. It was built in the Post Medieval period MWA2485 MON Polesworth HOUSE 1540 1750 medieval and was situated on Bridge Street, Polesworth. Site of 18th Century A house dating to the Imperial period. The site of the house is MWA2484 MON House, High Street HOUSE 1751 1913 Imperial on High Street, Polesworth. Site of 18th century houses, High Street, The site of two houses built in brick during the Imperial period MWA2488 MON Poleswort HOUSE 1751 1913 Imperial and situated on the High Street, Polesworth. Shopping complex, Bridge Street, MWA2483 BLD Polesworth BUILDING, HOUSE 1751 1913 Imperial 19th century house, Bridge Street, A house built from brick with a tile roof. It was built during the MWA2482 BLD Polesworth HOUSE 1751 1913 Imperial Imperial period and is situated on Bridge Street, Polesworth. House/shop, Bridge MWA2478 BLD Street, Polesworth HOUSE 1751 1913 Imperial Polesworth Market, A market place, a two-storey building built in brick that dates to MWA2474 BLD Market Street MARKET PLACE 1751 1913 Imperial the Imperial period. It is situated on Market Street, Polesworth. Three terraced A group of three terraced houses built in brick with tile roof houses, Tamworth date to the Imperial period. They are situated on Tamworth MWA2470 BLD Road, Polesworth HOUSE 1751 1913 Imperial Road, Polesworth. Medieval Polesworth Vicarage, which was built during the Imperial VICARAGE, to period. The building incorporates some Medieval elements. It MWA8913 BLD Polesworth Vicarage BUILDING 1066 1913 Imperial is situated 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth. Late Findspot - Bronze Neolithic Age arrowhead in to Early Find spot - a barbed and tanged arrowhead of Bronze Age MWA221 FS Polesworth parish FINDSPOT -2500 -700 Iron Age date was found 60m west of Market Street, Polesworth. Site of 18th Century The site of a house built of red brick with a tile roof which was MWA2487 MON House, High Street HOUSE 1751 1913 Imperial constructed in the Imperial period in High Street, Polesworth. Medieval Pooley Hall Chapel, to Post- MWA227 BLD Polesworth CHAPEL 1066 1750 medieval A chapel built in the Medieval period is situated at Pooley Hall. Pooley Hall, a manor house constructed in brick with stone Pooley Hall, MANOR HOUSE, Post- dressings. It is Post Medieval in date. It is situated 100m east MWA228 BLD Polesworth HOUSE 1540 1750 medieval of Pooley Lane. A nonconformist Baptist chapel, built in the Imperial period, is Baptist Chapel, The CHAPEL, BAPTIST situated at the junction of The Gullet and Fairfields Hill, MWA2454 BLD Gullet, Polesworth CHAPEL 1751 1913 Industrial Polesworth. The Coventry Canal, a waterway for transporting goods, was MWA4373 MON The Coventry Canal CANAL 1751 1913 Industrial built during the Imperial period. The site of a pottery kiln, used for the firing of pottery ware, Post-Medieval Pottery POTTERY KILN, Post- dating to the Post Medieval period. It was situated north of MWA8128 MON Kiln, Polesworth KILN 1540 1750 medieval Potters Lane, Polesworth. Findspot - Imperial Findspot - pottery sherds dating to the Imperial period were MWA8749 FS pottery sherds FINDSPOT 1751 1913 Imperial recovered from Potters Lane, Polesworth. MWA2473 MON Site of 'Little Jims HOUSE 1540 1750 Post- The site of a timber-framed house, known as 'Little Jim's

Cottage', Fairfields medieval Cottage'. It was built in the Post Medieval period and was Hill situated on Fairfields Hill, Polesworth. The site of a tile kiln that produced patterned tiles. The kiln Site of Medieval Tile was Medieval in date and was situated in Potters Lane, MWA276 MON Kiln in Potters Lane TILE KILN, KILN 1066 1539 Medieval Polesworth. Site of 'The Ark', Grendon Street, Post- MWA2477 MON Polesworth HOUSE 1540 1750 medieval Site of P.Med timber Post- MWA2479 MON house, Bridge Street HOUSE 1540 1750 medieval The site of a lime kiln, a kiln in which lime is made. It dated to the Imperial period and was situated on the northern side of Site of Lime kiln in Limekiln Bridge, Polesworth. The lime kiln is marked on the MWA6520 MON Polesworth LIME KILN, KILN 1751 1913 Imperial Ordnance Survey map of 1885. The site of a pound, a pen where livestock would be rounded Site of Pound in up. It dated to the Imperial period and was situated MWA6519 MON Polesworth POUND 1751 1913 Imperial immediately south of Bassett's Bridge, Polesworth. The site of a mine from which coal would have been extracted. It dates to the Imperial period and is situated 200m southwest Site of Coal Pit SW of of Pooley Hall. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of MWA6527 MON Pooley Hall MINE, MINE SHAFT 1751 1913 Imperial 1885. The site of a canal basin, an area of open water where vessels were able to load and unload goods. The canal basin dated to Site of Canal Basin N CANAL, CANAL the Imperial period and was situated 600m north of Pooley MWA6522 MON of Pooley Hall BASIN 1751 1913 Imperial Hall. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. Pooley Hall Colliery Wharf. The site of a canal and canal wharf where vessels would have been loaded and unloaded. It was Pooley Hall Colliery CANAL, CANAL constructed during the Imperial period and was situated 1km MWA4386 MON Wharf WHARF 1751 1913 Imperial northwest of Polesworth. 19th and 20th Century Outbuildings and Post-Medieval The foundations of a building which date to the Imperial period. Pottery, Bridge Street, They were situated on the west side of Bridge Street, MWA8185 MON Polesworth BUILDING 1751 1913 Imperial Polesworth. Medieval Polesworth Bridge over the River Anker was first built in the to Medieval period. It is situated on Bridge Street, 225m north MWA212 MON Polesworth Bridge ROAD BRIDGE 1066 2050 Modern west of Abbey Green Park, Polesworth. The site of a blacksmiths workshop where metal would have been worked. It dated to the Imperial period and was situated Site of Smithy at BLACKSMITHS immediately northeast of Bulls Head Bridge, Polesworth. It is MWA6521 MON Polesworth WORKSHOP 1751 1913 Imperial marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1901. Post- medieval The foundations of a brick wall dating to the Post Medieval or Wall at 2A Bridge to Imperial period. The foundations were recorded on the east MWA8758 MON Street WALL 1540 1913 Imperial side of Bridge Street, Polesworth. Post- MWA7504 MON Polesworth Library FLOOR 1540 1750 medieval WATERMILL, CORN Medieval The site of a watermill that was first built in the Medieval period MWA209 MON Site of Polesworth Mill MILL 1066 2050 to and used for milling corn. It continued in use until the 20th

Modern century. The site is 150m northwest of Abbey Green Park, Polesworth. The site of a railway signal box that was built during the Site of Signal Box at SIGNAL BOX, Imperial period. It was situated 100m southeast of Polesworth MWA6514 MON Polesworth Station RAILWAY 1751 1913 Imperial Station, and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. Ridge and Furrow Medieval An area of ridge and furrow cultivation of Medieval or Post north of Pooley Hall, RIDGE AND to Post- Medieval date. The ridge and furrow survives as an earthwork. MWA10271 MON Polesworth FURROW 1066 1750 medieval It is situated 200m north of Pooley Hall. A brickyard is shown on the Polesworth tithe map c.1850. The site is situated to the immediate south west of Bull's Head MWA12237 MON Brickyard, Polesworth BRICKYARD 1800 1880 Imperial Bridge. Public open space identified by Jonathan Lovie in 1997. Contains remains of Polesworth Abbey; churchyard, vicarage Abbey Croft, public and former Abbey gatehouse. Recommended for inclusion on MWA12497 MON space, Polesworth PUBLIC PARK 1914 2050 Modern Local List by Lovie. Post- medieval Pooley Hall garden, to Lawns, herbaceous and rose borders, kitchen garden with MWA12568 MON Polesworth GARDEN 1540 2050 Modern glass, orchard. Dovecote 100m NW A dovecote, used for housing doves and pigeons, that is built of St Editha's Church, Post- of brick with a tiled roof. It is Post Medieval in date. It lies MWA210 BLD Polesworth BUILDING 1540 1750 medieval 400m north west of Edgerley Farm. Tithe Barn, Post- A tithe barn built from timber and brick which is Post Medieval MWA211 BLD Polesworth BARN, TITHE BARN 1540 1750 medieval in date. It is situated 60m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth. Range of P.Med timber houses, Bridge Post- A range of Post Medieval timber-framed houses on Bridge MWA2480 BLD Street, Polesworth HOUSE 1540 1750 medieval Street, Polesworth. The Red Lion, an inn dating to the Imperial period which The Red Lion, Bridge originally had a thatched roof. The inn is situated on Bridge MWA2481 BLD Street, Polesworth INN 1751 1913 Imperial Street, Polesworth. A timber framed house of cruck construction with a thatched 64 High Street, CRUCK HOUSE, roof. The house is Medieval in date and is situated on High MWA213 BLD Polesworth HOUSE 1066 1539 Medieval Street, Polesworth. 18th/19th century house, High Street, A house built in the Imperial period which is situated in High MWA2489 BLD Polesworth HOUSE 1751 1913 Imperial Street, Polesworth. Post- medieval Nethersole School which was built in the Post Medieval period. Nethersole School, to Part of the school was rebuilt in the Imperial period. It is MWA7850 BLD Polesworth SCHOOL 1540 1913 Imperial situated 50m north of High Street, Polesworth. A building constructed during the Imperial period as a school. It is built of red and black bricks that are arranged in a School House, chequered pattern. The building is situated on the corner of MWA216 BLD Polesworth SCHOOL 1751 1913 Imperial Bridge Street and High Street in Polesworth. Site of Corn Mill E of The site of a corn mill that was built during the Imperial period. MWA6505 MON Polesworth Bridge CORN MILL 1751 1913 Imperial It was situated east of Bridge Street, Polesworth. Chetwynd Arms, The Chetwynd Arms, an inn built in red brick with a tile roof Market Street, with a stable block to the rear. It was built during the Imperial MWA2476 BLD Polesworth INN, STABLE 1751 1913 Imperial period and is situated on Market Street, Polesworth.

A gatehouse associated with Polesworth Abbey which is Medieval Medieval in date. The walls are constructed in ashlar except Polesworth Abbey to Post- over the gateway where they are of timber. The gatehouse is MWA204 BLD Gatehouse GATEHOUSE 1335 1750 medieval located 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth. Polesworth Medieval The possible extent of the medieval settlement based on the MWA9573 MON Settlement SETTLEMENT 1066 1539 Medieval Ordnance Survey map of 1885. A colliery is shown on the Polesworth tithe map c.1850. The site is situated approximately 65m to the south west of Bull's MWA12238 MON Colliery, Polesworth COLLIERY 1800 1880 Imperial Head Bridge. Tramway connecting Birch Coppice Colliery Imperial No 1 and Polesworth to Tramway for transport of coal from Birch Coppice Colliery No MWA13151 MON Canal Basin TRAMWAY 1751 2050 Modern 1. Site of Wood Park, MWA13158 MON Polesworth PARK 0 0 Undated Possible site of a medieval park. Site of The Hermitage, CHAPEL, HOLY MWA13159 MON Polesworth WELL 0 0 Undated Possible site of chapel built above St Edith's Well Spread Eagle Inn, MWA13194 MON Polesworth INN 0 0 Undated Historic inn opposite gate house to Polesworth Abbey. NUNNERY, ABBEY, Early MARKET, FAIR, medieval Polesworth Abbey, a nunnery house governed by an abbess. BENEDICTINE to The Abbey dates to the Early Medieval period and lies 200m MWA203 MON Polesworth Abbey NUNNERY 801 1539 Medieval east of Bridge Street, Polesworth. Medieval 32 High Street, HOUSE, TIMBER to Post- A timber framed house dating to the medieval period is MWA215 BLD Polesworth FRAMED HOUSE 1066 1750 medieval situated on High Street, Polesworth. Bulls Head Public Imperial House, Tamworth to MWA13196 MON road, Polesworth PUBLIC HOUSE 1751 2050 Modern Public house dating to the Imperial period/ The site of a canal basin, an open area of water where vessels could load and unload goods. It dates to the Imperial period Site of Canal Basin S CANAL, CANAL and was situated 120m south of Bulls Head Bridge, MWA6506 MON of Bulls Head Bridge BASIN 1751 1913 Imperial Polesworth. Site of Midlands FACTORY, Works: Brick, BRICKWORKS, Terracotta and TERRACOTTA Sanitary Pipes, WORKS, CLAY Imperial Tamworth Road, DRAINAGE PIPE to The site of terracotta, brick and sanitary pipe factory situated MWA217 MON Polesworth WORKS 1860 1930 Modern on the southern side of Tamworth Road, Polesworth. Tramway connecting Birch Coppice Colliery Imperial and Polesworth Canal to Tramway for transport of coal from Birch Coppice Colliery to MWA13152 MON Basin TRAMWAY 1751 2050 Modern Polesworth. CHAPEL, Early The possible site of a chapel associated with Polesworth BENEDICTINE medieval Abbey, which was founded in the Early Medieval period. The Mound E of MONASTERY, to mound is visible as an earthwork and is situated 250m east of MWA7495 MON Polesworth Church MOUND 801 1539 Medieval Bridge Street, Polesworth.

A manor house that is Post Medieval in date and which Site of Manor House incorporated building material from the Abbess's lodgings that at Polesworth MANOR HOUSE, Post- had existed on the same site. The site of the manor house lies MWA207 MON Vicarage HOUSE 1540 1750 medieval 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth. The parish church of St. Editha which is Medieval in date. The Polesworth Abbey church was associated with Polesworth Abbey. It is located MWA205 BLD Church CHURCH 1066 1539 Medieval 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth. Burials, Polesworth Four monastic burials were uncovered in trial trenches along Abbey Cloister, the north and east sides of the former cloister of Polesworth MWA8965 MON Polesworth BURIAL 1066 1499 Medieval Abbey. They were Medieval in date. The site of the cloisters of Polesworth Abbey dating to the Site of Cloisters of MONASTERY, Medieval period. They were situated 200m east of Bridge MWA5646 MON Polesworth Abbey CLOISTER 1066 1539 Medieval Street, Polesworth. Medieval The parish church of St. Editha. The building incorporates Church of St Editha, to Medieval masonary and is situated 200m east of Bridge Street, MWA5645 BLD Polesworth CHURCH 1066 1900 Imperial Polesworth. Possible site of market place, Weekly market granted to the Abbey in 1242. Location MWA13149 MON Polesworth MARKET 1066 1539 Medieval uncertain. The site of a quarry dating to the Imperial period. It is marked Site of Quarry on on the Ordnance Survey map of 1883. The site is located on MWA6536 MON Tamworth Road QUARRY 1751 1913 Imperial the west side of the M42 at Tamworth. The site of Pooley Hall Colliery where coal was mined. It was Pooley Hall Colliery N in use during the Imperial period and was situated 550m north MWA6507 MON of Pooley Hall MINE, COLLIERY 1751 1913 Industrial of Pooley Hall.

Listed Buildings PrefRef Name Grade 435561 ANKER BRIDGE II 435564 NUMBER 2 AND ATTACHED WALL AND SCHOOL HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALL AND THE OLD SCHOOL II 435566 CHURCH OF ST EDITHA II* 435568 FORMER SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES EAST OF THE VICARAGE II 435599 II*

435601 II*

435602 TAME BARN APPROXIMATELY 45 METRES SOUTH OF HIGH STREET AND 120 METRES NORTH WEST OF CHURCH OF ST EDITHA II 435604 POLESWORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH II 435598 THE VICARAGE II 435600 II*

435603 DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 85 METRES SOUTH OF HIGH STREET AND 100 METRES NORTH WEST OF CHURCH OF AT EDITHA II

435605 FOSTERS YARD II 435562 II

435565 II

435567 WALL EAST OF SOUTH EAST CORNER OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST EDITHA II 309314 POOLEY HALL, ATTACHED FORMER CHAPEL AND POOLEY HALL FARMHOUSE II*

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