The counties of the southwest of England have an exceptional range of industrial buildings, ruins and below ground archaeology. Archaeology and Heritage offers a full range of services to record and analyse our industrial cultural heritage in the southwest and further afield.

We are able to record and analyse industrial buildings prior to refurbishment or demolition. We record both the architecture of the building and the archaeology of the processes that operated within them. An initial assessment can aid and inform the application for consent and helps to eliminate risk of delays, by defining the building or complex’s importance, historic interest and sensitivity to development. The initial assessment is a mostly desk based exercise, where the history of the site is traced. The building is briefly examined, a photographic survey undertaken and a report prepared.

It is often a condition of Listed Building Consent, Conservation Area Consent and Planning Permission that the building(s), and evidence of their industrial operation are recorded before the works commence and during opening up and demolition works.

Often the history of an industrial building is hidden below ground. Where works impact beneath the ground within buildings and factories and there is a planning condition for archaeological fieldwork, we can excavate record and analyse the industrial archaeology using the most appropriate methods.

We also identify and analyse the materials, machinery and objects used in the buildings for industrial processes, as vestiges of machinery, plant or fittings often provide a guide to an building’s historic operation.

Where industrial remains survive as ruins or beneath the ground we will excavate, survey and record the remains. We also analyse how the industrial processes operated historically and what has been removed historically above ground.

Should you require expert advise on the development of an industrial building, please contact us for our full range of services.

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