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HER Number:7903.02
Name:NEWMAN HOUSE - Post Medieval house

Summary

A complex of buildings referred to in the 1652 Parliamentary Survey and recorded on a 1669 drawing.

Grid Reference:SV 8995 1068
Parish:St Marys, St Marys, Isles of Scilly
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 7903.02

Monument Type(s):

  • HOUSE (17th Century - 1601 AD to 1700 AD)

Full description

The 1652 Parliamentary Survey reported that the "tenement or dwelling house ... commonly called Doctor Coles Lodgings situate on the side of the Hugh Hill neare the castle and the bakehouses" (the latter probably Newman House, see 7903.01) and consisting of one room below stairs and two above "is now a quarter for one of the captains of the garrison and which might bee worth p.a. 10s" (b1). This might be part of the complex recorded on the 1669 drawing at approximately the grid rererence given. Three two-storey buildings and one single storey building are shown (b2, b3).
(b3) - Parkes, C, 1994, Pers Comm, ,


<1> Pounds, NJG, 1984, The Parliamentary Survey of the Duchy of Cornwall, PT 2, 37 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4153.

<2> Bowley, RL (Ed), 1980, The Fortunate Islands, 53 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5086.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO4153 - Bibliographic reference: Pounds, NJG. 1984. The Parliamentary Survey of the Duchy of Cornwall. PT 2, 37.
[2]SCO5086 - Bibliographic reference: Bowley, RL (Ed). 1980. The Fortunate Islands. 53.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • ECO3128 - Garrison Walls, Isles of Scilly, conservation plan

Related records

7900Part of: THE GARRISON - Post Medieval fortification (Monument)