Site Event/Activity record ECC4271 - Historic Building Recording at The Rising Sun and Maponite Buildings, 3 Hythe Station Road, Colchester, 2018

Location

Location The Rising Sun and Maponite Buildings, 3 Hythe Station Road, Colchester, CO2 8JZ
Grid reference Centred TM 0155 2474 (31m by 79m)
Map sheet TM02SW
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

November 2018

Map

Description

A programme of historic building recording (Historic England Level 3) was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust in November 2018 at the The Rising Sun and Maponite buildings, 3 Hythe Station Road, Colchester.<1> A total of nine buildings were recorded on the site, ranging in date from the late 18th century to the late 19th century. The most prominent buildings on the site are range of mid 19th-century warehouses, one of which may have been a bonded warehouse. The earliest building on the site is a late 18th-century public-house, the Rising Sun. All the buildings have a large amount of modern alterations, most prominently in the warehouses, which have had modern floors inserted, with stairways and lift shafts added. The Rising Sun has had a modern bar and W.Cs added, but still retains a selection original Georgian features, including brick fireplaces and vertically-planked doors.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Historic Building Recording: Baister, Mark. 2018. Historic building recording at the Rising Sun and Maponite buildings, 3 Hythe Station Road, Colchester, Essex CO2 8JZ. CAT Report 1359.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • The Rising Sun Public House, 1 Hythe Station Road, Colchester (Building)
  • Warehouses, Hawkins Road, The Hythe, Colchester (Building)

Record last edited

Apr 15 2020 8:44AM

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