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Summary

18th - early 20th century hamlet on site of Manor Lodge, following its disuse and partial demolition in 1708.

Monument Type(s):

• HOUSE (Post Medieval to Industrial - 1715 AD? to 1900 AD?)
• PUBLIC HOUSE (Industrial - 1800 AD? to 1900 AD?)
• METHODIST CHAPEL (Industrial to Modern - 1818 AD to 1923 AD?)

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Full Description

<1,2> Following the partial demolition of the former medieval manor house, Manor Lodge, in the early 18th century, a small hamlet developed on the site. As early as 1715, a pottery kiln [PIN4605] had been constructed in the Wolsey Tower. By the end of the 18th century the Turret House was extended and had become a farmhouse with attached barns. From c1840-1896 the Manor Castle Colliery [PIN5466] operated immediately to the north.

<3> In the 19th century brick cottages were constructed in the inner court. Dwellings and a pub (The Norfolk Arms) were built into the ruinous South Range. A Methodist chapel was built within the Inner Courtyard in 1818. Throughout the 19th century this hamlet had a reputation as a slum and was the site of iniquitous activities such as cock-fighting. Towards the end of the 19th century a range of about 50 miners' cottages were constructed along Manor Lane, immediately east of the Inner Court ruins. Though the Manor Castle pit had closed, several other pits still operated in the immediate vicinity.

<4> Trial trenching encountered remains associated with the farm occupying the Turret House, and structures and deposits associated with the 18th-20th C housing built into the South Range. This included evidence for re-use of earlier materials, and the recovery a range of pottery dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.

<5> Excavation of the south range revealed further details of the post-medieval occupation of the structures. A number of cellars (all of different type) were excavated that may have belonged to the 16th century structure; the backfilling deposits contained material relating to domestic and craft/industrial activity during the 18th and 19th centuries.

<6> Excavations in the northern part of the Inner Court identified further evidence for the continued re-use and occupation of the site. Buildings in the Long Gallery and Inner Court were reused first as workshops for a pottery [PIN4605], and subsequently as dwellings, with adjoining vegetable plots, with evidence for small scale industry.

<1> Icosse, 2005, Sheffield Manor Lodge: Archaeological Desk Study, p66 (Grey Literature Report). SSY2455.

<2> ARCUS, 2008, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment for the Pennine Village Sites, Manor Lane, Sheffield (Grey Literature Report). SSY2475.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, Manor Lodge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The Long Gallery and Inner Court Excavations and Building Recording, p5 (Grey Literature Report). SSY2441.

<4> ARCUS, 2009, Manor Lodge, Sheffield (Grey Literature Report). SSY2476.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2010, Manor Lodge, Sheffield: Interim Report on the 2009 Excavation (Grey Literature Report). SSY1988.

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, Manor Lodge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The Long Gallery and Inner Court Excavations and Building Recording (Grey Literature Report). SSY2441.

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