Ipswich UAD child record record IPS 1133 - Building 1

Layers of alluvium along the edge of the former channel were sealed by land reclamation dumps and deposits of accumulated soil of 13th/14th-century date. These were overlaid by a possible clay floor, suggesting occupation of the recently reclaimed land.
A substantial masonry building (Building 1) was constructed over the former channel on deep foundations of rammed earth and gravel, probably in the 14th- or 15th century. The full extent and form of the building are unknown but it probably fronted on College Street/Key Street to the south of the site. Building 1 remained in use until at least the late medieval period when it was modified by the insertion of a half-cellar. Another building (Building 2) on shallower stone foundations was constructed to the west of Building 1. Layers of compacted gravel to the west of those buildings might have been part of a contemporary road or sequence of yard surfaces.
In the 17th- or 18th century a brick building (Building 3) with a half-cellar was constructed against the north side of Building 1, presumably fronting on Star Lane to the north of the site, (S1).