Summary
Rectangular room in the west wing with an incomplete mosaic floor, and ceramic hypocaust flues surviving in situ in the walls. The room has been identified as changing room of bath-house.
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Monument Types
- VILLA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BATH HOUSE (Roman - 300 AD to 409 AD (at some time))
Description
Rectangular room in the west wing which has been identified as the changing room of the bath-house. It has an incomplete mosaic floor and ceramic hypocaust flues surviving in situ in walls. The mosaic was lifted and relaid using cement in 1978, and Goodburn undertook recording and consolidation of the underlying hypocaust system during thses works. The room also contains a truncated coppice stool rooted in wall, left in situ after the C19th excavation [SNA62028].
In the biodeterioration survey, the colonisers of room 10 was noted to be similar to those of room 5. Patterns of growth clearly reflected the routes of moisture through the walls and salt crystallisation was also found to follow these routes. The main form of deterioration was physical degradation caused by the black biofilms. Unlike in room 5, these had become racked and dried in room 10 with a consistency of hard bitumen. In areas where flaking was advanced, considerable amounts of stone / mortar was embedded in the underside. Of particular concern was the tubuli where this process had removed flakes of terracotta from the vent [SNA62022].
References
- SNA62022 - Unpublished document: Dr R D Wakefield. 2000. Microbiological Survey of Chedworth Roman Villa, stonework, plaster and mosaics.
- SNA62028 - National Trust Report: Atkins Heritage. 2007. Chedworth Roman Villa Conservation Management Plan Gazetteer.
- SNA62075 - Unpublished document: Skinner, Lucy and St George, Ina. 2003. Report on Conservation Cleaning of the West Bath House, Chedworth Roman Villa.
- SNA62076 - Unpublished document: Park, S. 2004. Annual Condition Survey, its problem and solution - a case study of Chedworth Roman mosaic floors in situ.
Other Statuses and References
- HER/SMR Reference (External): 547
Associated Events
- ENA25 - Field Survey, Photogrammatic Survey rooms 5, 10, 12 ,14, 15, 22, 23, Chedworth Roman Villa (Ref: INT 111)
- ENA4055 - Field Survey, Microbiological survey of stonework, plaster and mosaics, Chedworth Roman Villa
- ENA4056 - Field Survey, Condition Survey, Mosaic Cleaning Conservation and Repairs, Chedworth Roman Villa
- ENA90 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Mosaic in Room 10 lifted and relaid, Chedworth Roman Villa (Ref: INT 25)
- ENA91 - Archaeological Intervention, Hypocaust Recording and consolidation, Room 10, Chedworth Roman Villa (Ref: INT 26)
Associated Finds
None Recorded