Historic Building Recording and Watching Brief: 50 High Street, Tring, Hertfordshire

In the winter of 2006 Archaeological Services and Consultancy Ltd (ASC) carried out historic building recording and a watching brief of 50 High Street, Tring, Hertfordshire, in response to proposals for the conversion of the building to a restaurant. The present evidence suggests that the building is a mid 17th century infill between two early post-medieval structures, all three of which were set within medieval burgage plots. The site is known to have been the Plough Inn, and as is often the case with public houses, the building and its outhouses were altered on numerous occasions. The remaining building shows evidence for extensions to the north and south in the 18th century and for it being heightened, probably in the early 20th century. No archaeological features were revealed in the yard to the rear of the property or within the underpinning pits within the cellar. The cellar floor is clearly deep enough to have destroyed any archaeological features and the yard area has been severely disturbed by later building works and the installation of services.