Cornwall & Scilly Urban Survey Historic characterisation for regeneration ST AUSTELL CORNWALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT Objective One is part-funded by the European Union Cornwall and Scilly Urban Survey Historic characterisation for regeneration ST AUSTELL Kate Newell June 2002 CORNWALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT A service of the Historic Environment Section, Planning Transportation and Estates, Cornwall County Council Kennall Building, Old County Hall, Station Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY tel (01872) 323603 fax (01872) 323811 E-mail
[email protected] Acknowledgements This report was produced as part of the Cornwall & Scilly Urban Survey project (CSUS), funded by English Heritage and the Objective One Partnership for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (European Regional Development Fund). Peter Beacham (Head of Urban Strategies and Listing), Roger M Thomas (Head of Urban Archaeology) and Ian Morrison (Ancient Monuments Inspector for Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly) liaised with the project team for English Heritage and provided valuable advice, guidance and support. Nick Cahill (The Cahill Partnership) acted as Conservation Supervisor to the project, providing vital support with the characterisation methodology and advice on the interpretation of individual settlements. Georgina McLaren (Cornwall Enterprise) performed an equally significant advisory role on all aspects of economic regeneration. Additional help has been given by Terry Clarke (Conservation Officer, Restormel Borough Council) and Victoria Northcott (Assistant Conservation Officer, Restormel Borough Council) and Keith Everitt (St Austell Bay Regeneration Officer, Restormel Borough Council). The Urban Survey Officers for CSUS are Kate Newell and Stephanie Russell. Kate Newell was the lead officer for the assessment of St Austell. Bryn Perry-Tapper is the project’s GIS/SMR Supervisor and has played an important role in developing the GIS, SMR and Web elements of the project and training the team.