Site Event/Activity record ECC4433 - Historic Building Recording at Orchard Cottage, Seven Star Green, Eight Ash Green, 2020

Location

Location Orchard Cottage, Seven Star Green, Eight Ash Green, CO6 3QB
Grid reference Centred TL 9388 2579 (12m by 14m)
Map sheet TL92NW
County ESSEX
Civil Parish EIGHT ASH GREEN, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

February 2020

Map

Description

A programme of historic building recording was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust in February 2020, in order to informa a planning application for demolition.<1> The building is a small (c.15m x 8m in size), one-and-a-half-storey, timber-framed/brick-built structure located on the east side of Seven Star Green, a historic parcel of common south of Halstead Road in Eight Ash Green. Despite a large number of modern additions, extensions and alterations, enough historical fabric (including a large fireplace and a first-floor supported by a substantial binding-beam) remains to suggest the building was initially constructed sometime between the 15th and 17th centuries, possibly as a small hall-house.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Historic Building Recording: Baister, Mark. 2020. Historic building recording at Orchard Cottage, Seven Star Green, Eight Ash Green, Essex, CO6 3QB. CAT Report 1536.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Record last edited

Apr 2 2020 10:32AM

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