Site Event/Activity record ECC4300 - Historic Building Recording at 79 Magdalen Street, Colchester, 2019

Location

Location 79 Magdalen Street, Colchester, CO1 2LA
Grid reference Centred TM 0041 2473 (7m by 16m)
Map sheet TM02SW
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

February 2019

Map

Description

A programme of (Historic England level 2) historic building recording was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust at 79 Magdalen Street, Colchester, in February 2019 in advance of conversion and alteration.<1> The building is a Grade II listed dwelling, originally constructed in the late 18th century as a public house called the ‘Colchester Arms’. The pub shut in 1910 after which it was the subject of significant alteration and modernisation, including the erection of a three-storey extension to the rear of the property. Little survives today that points to either the buildings use as a pub or its 18th century date. The building’s most interesting features are a series of substantial hand-sawn joists in the cellar that originated from an earlier, post-medieval, building.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Historic Building Recording: Baister, Mark. 2019. Historic building recording at 79 Magdalen Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 2LA. CAT Report 1391.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • 79 Magdalen Street, Colchester (Building)

Record last edited

Apr 2 2020 3:28PM

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