A trial trenched evaluation, comprising three 5m long trenches, was undertaken at 38-40 Crouch Street, Colchester, in advance of a proposed mixed residential and commercial development on the site. Further evidence was found for the medieval house of the Crouched Friars. This included a large stone-and-mortar foundation, of probable medieval date, 0.65m below the modern ground-level. An early post-medieval foundation may have resulted from the conversion of some of the friary buildings into a private residence. There was no definite evidence for medieval burials, although a probable Roman inhumation was discovered at the rear of the site (F8 in Trench 3). <1> This evaluation followed an earlier evaluation in July 2004 in the narrow car park on the western side of the site (CAT Report 277). <2>