No. 9 New Street, Worcester. Archaeological Watching Brief (OASIS ID: borderar1-254986)

Border Archaeology was instructed by Julian Alder of PLJ Ltd on behalf of Crystalight Ltd to carry out a programme of archaeological recording with respect to the conversion to residential use of a mid-18th -century range to the rear of No. 9 New Street Worcester. The building served as an Oddfellows Hall from 1923 and was subject to a programme of rebuilding, alteration and extension in 1928-9. It is later shown as a 'Club' on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map of 1965. The results of the archaeological observation were largely negative, the drainage runs (Areas 1 and 3-4) being of relatively shallow depth; however, where excavations went deeper, namely, on the eastern elevation (Area 2) and to the rear of the building (Area 5), limited evidence of earlier activity was recovered comprising a small number of pottery sherds of medieval and post-medieval date from Area 2 together with evidence of a floor and walls in Area 5, possibly relating to the existing mid - 18th -century basement complex.