NHER 62677 (Monument record) - Post-medieval structural remains, Hampton Court

September-October 2012. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with installation of new sewer to west and south of Hampton Court. The trench excavated revealed a number of post-medieval walls, all of which appear to correspond with structures that can be seen on the late 19th-century Ordnance Survey 1:500 Town Plan map.
The trench hand excavated through the eastern edge of the garden to the west of Hampton Court revealed the remains of six north-east to south-west aligned brick walls. These are likely to have been the remains of post-medieval extensions to the west wing of Hampton Court. The regularity in construction of the walls suggests that these structures were probably built in a single phase, most likely during the 18th or 19th century.
A north-east to south-west brick wall was also observed within the now derelict warehouse to the south of Hampton Court. It is clear from the cartographic evidence that during the 19th century the warehouses on the riverside (NHER 18039) had only extended as far east as the western limits of Hampton Court, the area beyond occupied by areas of garden and fairly substantial structures extending from the rear of 9 Nelson Street. It is highly likely that the wall exposed was associated with one of the latter. An amorphous fragment of brickwork at the north-east end of the warehouse trench also appears to correspond with part of one of these structures. A dark grey sandy silt deposit predated these walls.
No finds were recovered during this work.
Information from report uploaded to OASIS, HER copy awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 April 2018.