The Weaver's House

Laser beams meet timber beams

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On Monday 21 March, some curious symbols and devices appeared in the Spon Street area.

Black and white chequered squares and number 25 on a sign in Spon Street.
One of the symbols on Spon Street.
A tripod with a white ball on top
What is this mysterious item?

A group of PhD students from the University of Warwick were engaged in laser scanning the medieval buildings of Spon Street. The team was led by Mark Webb from the Department of Archaeology, University of Leicester and Alan Chalmers, Professor of Visualisation at the International Digital Laboratory, University of Warwick.

A man uses a tripod to scan a medieval church
Laser scanning outside St John’s Church on Spon Street
White spheres placed outside the church
The white spheres are uses as anchor points to join the scans together.

Together the team will use the scans to create a virtual reality, multi-sensory model of late medieval Spon Street. We were very excited that The Weaver’s House was to be included in the project!

A group of people standing outside
The team on site at The Weaver’s House.
White spheres balance on furniture inside The Weaver's House.
White spheres inside The Weaver’s House.
A man using a tripod to laser scan a small medieval house.
Laser scanning the house.

It will take many weeks for all the scans to be meshed together but we have been given a preview of how the scans will start to take shape.

Side view of Weaver's House constructed from laser scans
Laser scan of The Weaver’s House.

We’re really excited to see the project progress to its next stage and will hopefully be able to bring more news on it soon!

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