Wessex Archaeology excavated the area in 2019 ( Hollis Croft Excavations ). They targeted the Orange Branch public house as "Area K".
Their report included
"In 1787–9 the Orange Branch was operated by John Harrison, perhaps as part of the truck system used to exploit workers at his steel works on the other side of the road. By 1853 the Orange Branch was at number 28 and was operated by Joseph Allen, joiner and victualler, and inhabited by his wife Sarah, three children and 20-year-old servant Alice Wardley." "Worker’s housing was directly excavated at the rear of the Orange Branch public house". A penny was found in the vicinity of the pub. "The cellars were well-preserved and a sequence of repair, redevelopment and blockage attested to alterations and use of the cellars over time" "Walls west of the cobbled yard were shown to be the upper parts of a series of cellars which had been maintained and rebuilt over time. In the 20th century a cart-way or entrance was installed in the east of the area, reducing the size of the former buildings, although the fabric of the earlier buildings was partially retained"