Monument MPM1833 - Paving, Lady Hamilton House

Historic paving in garden of Lady Hamilton House, St Thomas's Street, location recorded by museum archaeologist in 1993. It has not been verified if the paving still survives at this site as it is not possible to view from the road. The paving probably dates to between 1764 and 1774 when contracts were first issued for the paving of Portsea (then Portsmouth Common) and Portsmouth. The contracts state that materials used to pave the areas included square pitchers and planters, Purbeck stone for kerbs and steps, and brick gutters. Horse ways and carriage ways were to be paved with new Guernsey Pebbles.

Fox, Russ, 1990s, Historic Paving (Stone) (Unpublished document). SPM430.