Site Event/Activity record ECC3814 - A structural survey of The Old Mill, East Bay, Colchester, 2006

Location

Location The Old Mill, East Bay, Colchester
Grid reference TM 00686 25240 (point)
Map sheet TM02NW
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Shackle, R. (Mr)

Date

2006

Map

Description

A structural survey was undertaken by Richard Shackle in 2006. This is the last 18th century granary in Colchester. The building is a small timber-framed building with waether-boarding and an asbestos roof - a watercolour painting by Edward Ayres c.1775 shows it with a thatched roof and doorway in the west gable. It is a four bay building of Baltic pine and oak on a brick plinth. In 1923 the Doe family converted the granary into a feed mill. Two ginding mills were installed in the ground floor, and on the upper floor large metal hoppers for storing grain. A large lorry shed was added to the south side of the building in the 1930s and a brick building against the east gable during WWII. The machinery was used to griind grain for pet food up until 2002.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Article in serial: Shackle, Richard. 2006. The Old Mill, East Bay, Colchester; and eighteenth century granary. Colchester Archaeological Group Bulletin Vol. 46, pp.22-27.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • The Old Mill, East Bay, Colchester (Building)

Record last edited

Jul 8 2016 10:35AM

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