Archaeological investigations were undertaken at Coventry University along Much Park Street. A medieval stone boundary wall lay between two houses in the 13th century. A stone outbuilding stood on its north side to the rear of the frontage with yard space and access to the street. In the 14th century a two-bayed vaulted cellar was added to the building. Architectural fragments from the cellar indicated high status with molded windows and decorative stonework. The property to the south was not excavated but had a flagstone yard with a stone-lined well, mentioned in a property sales deed, c.1349.
In the mid-1800s the site was occupied by Pizzie and Cramps Ribbonworks, which removed many medieval remains, and the well was backfilled. The factory cellars and store rooms incorporated the medieval cellar, modifying it with internal brick walls to make it fit for purpose. A yard to the north of the factory had small properties whose foundations were constructed of reused medieval stonework, mapped in 1888.
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