Watching brief undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust in 2004 during groundworks. A sequence of clay floor layers separated by tread layers was found. The nature of the associated building is not known but it was presumably timber due to the lack of stone building debris. The pottery assemblage suggests the building was abandoned sometime in the mid-late C13. Parts of the late C18 Union Workshoue were also uncovered in the foundations of the present building. (1) (information summarised from source)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2004, An Archaeological Watching Brief During Groundworks Associated with the Construction of a New Extension to the Rear of 'Sylvanden', Church Road, New Romney, Shepway, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17065.