Evaluation by H Moore of TVAS revealed two 19th century pits that were likely to have been dug at a similar time to the construction of the hotel.

Watching brief by J English of SyAS on drainage trench works revealed no evidence of any activity dating to earlier than the 19th century. (351)

Watching brief by P Jones of SCAU during building extension work revealed late 19th and 20th century rubble over post-medieval garden soils and river clay.

Watching brief by P Jones of SCAU following an evaluation last year revealed that the site appears to have been on the shoreline of a river channel that would once have lain largely below Bridge Street and possibly the neighbouring Montpelier House. Finds indicate that the site was probably not reclaimed until the 17th or 18th centuries, and the only archaeological features revealed were the truncated remains of some of the walls of the (probably late 18th or early 19th century) Lancasterian School that once stood on the site, and four cess and/or well pits.

Historic building recording carried out by C Currie of CKCA in advance of the conversion of farm buildings to residential use. The buildings appear to be a good example of `model’ farm construction dating from a time of agricultural optimism between 1847 and 1869.

Survey by Plateau of a 19th century soft water collection, filtration and reservoir complex, originally built to serve Nork House.

Evaluation by B Sharma of GAP prior to residential and commercial redevelopment. No evidence of activity dating to earlier than the latter part of the 19th century was observed.

Watching brief by N Shaikhley of SCAU during the excavation of the foundation trenches for a new building revealed only a 19th century brick foundation wall and some late 19th or early 20th century stoneware jars.

Watching brief carried out by J Stevenson of SCAU revealed undated, probably modern, burials and loose human bone in the graveyard, together with a 19th century brick tomb. Parts of a foundation were observed; these were apparently associated with the tower, but contained some elements that were difficult to interpret.