In April 1950 three cellars fronting onto Watling Street , east of its junction with St Margaret's Street and west of Rose Lane were excavated. The excavation was coded CXVI A, B and C. Cellar A lay on the south side of the street 29-30 Watling Street), whilst cellars B and C lay on the north (20-24 Watling Street).

Cellar B was investigated by the excavation of three small trenches. In Trench I was a Saxon pit and a further four pits were found in Trench II, two were of Roman date whilst two were Medieval. Three Roman pits were found in Trench III.

A single small trench was dug in Cellar C and was found to be very disturbed by modern drains. However, overlying a deposit of dark charcoally occupation earth which yeilded Belgic pottery sherds, was a loam floor of Roman date was seen in the north end of the trench covered by occupation material.

Frere, S., Bennett, P., Rady, J., Stow, S., 1987, Excavations Intra- and Extra-mural Sites 1949-55 and 1980-84 (Monograph). SKE29800.