Site Event/Activity record ECC3814 - A structural survey of The Old Mill, East Bay, Colchester, 2006
Location
Location | The Old Mill, East Bay, Colchester |
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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
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> SCC72887 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)
- MCC5193 The Old Mill, East Bay, Colchester (Building)
Record last edited
Jul 8 2016 10:35AM