Hampton Court Palace, Chapel Royal, Royal Pew, Phase II & III

Oxford Archaeology was commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces to work with Martin Ashley Architects at the Royal Pew in the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey. The investigation and recording work was required as a condition of Scheduled Monument Clearance during exploratory works to ascertain the current structural integrity of the Royal Pew and during the resulting building repair works. The work was carried out in three phases with phase 1, consisting of initial investigation works, undertaken between October 2005 and January 2006. Further investigation was undertaken during Autumn 2006 with recording of three Tudor windows within the antechapel and watching briefs during investigation of the hearth within the Winter Pew and Dendrochronology sampling within the roof. The final phase took place between June 2007 and October 2007 with ongoing watching brief and investigation work during repairs to the pew structure.