Monument record CHV 021 - Medieval building at Chevington Hall

2005: An archaeological evaluation carried out at Chevington Hall prior to the construction of an extension, located a medieval building. This was identified through the presence of a sequence of floors and a probable post setting. The layered floors and the pottery evidence found at the site suggests that there were a number of phases to the building, dating between the 13th and 14th C. The substantial post setting indicates that this was an aisled house and the presence of early medieval roof tiles shows that that there were a number of high status buildings at this site (S1).

Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2004 (S4)

Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2005 (S2).

2006: A bonded flint wall, probably the dwarf wall of an immense timber-framed building was found during excavations as part of the ongoing refurbishment work at the Hall. The full extent of the building went beyond the limits of the excavation but was 10m wide and in excess of 19m long. It was sealed beneath the remains of a floor and double-hearth chimney of a demolished 16th-century building and part overlaid by the present 17th-century Hall (Fig. 6). The layers associated with the later building were left intact, but evidence from the evaluation, suggests that the earlier timber-framed building was aisled; possibly a barn and associated with the Abbot of Bury St Edmund’s palace that once occupied the site. The medieval pottery assemblage dates from 12th to 13th centuries, and consists mainly of coarse wares but also included a glazed Hedingham-ware jug and from the early post-medieval occupation an imported Raeren drinking jug. Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2006 (S3).
Full report to follow.