Out now! Feature article in Current Archaeology Issue 390 on Urban Archaeology's work at the Grade 2* listed Dulverton House. Refurbishment for The King's School during Lockdown transformed this building into a new Sixth Form centre, but its origins lie many centuries ago.
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| Dulverton House (left) with the arches of St Peter's Infirmary |
Archaeological recording and excavation demonstrated that parts of the south wall of the 11th century chapel of St Bridget survived within the building, and that the primary phase of the Infirmarer's Lodging dates to the early 14th century, with dendrochronology dates by HLF funded Gloucester Dendrochronology Project. The Lodging consisted of a two storey building, with cross-wings housing a chapel, and a guest chamber. A late 15th century kitchen extension yielded important evidence of the use of fish, bird and small mammals in the monastic diet.
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Plan of the primary early 14th century phase of the Infirmarer's Lodging |
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Early 14th century carved oak bracket in the main undercroft. It was mutilated in the Reformation or 17th century |
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Longitudinal cross-section of the early 14th century Lodging |
After Dissolution the building, which had developed into a complex of wings and extensions, housed a Prebend (canon) of the new cathedral, before becoming part of King's school in the 1950s, with the fabric of the building providing much evidence for the changing use and interior decoration of the building.
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Late 18th century silk-effect wallpaper |
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Archaeologist Kevin Wooldridge puzzling out the fireplace sequence in the kitchen |
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