Archaeological monitoring and recording was undertaken by Colchester Archaeological Trust between April 2014 and March 2017 during groundworks to the west and south of East Hill House. The groundworks (installation of services) on the western side of East Hill House took place mainly in a courtyard to the east of the Coach House. Resurfacing work in the southern part of the courtyard revealed a large well F3 with a rubble lining that was probably of late medieval or early post-medieval date, possibly in the 14th or 15th century. The well had an internal diameter of c.1.65-1.7 m. The backfill of the well was dug out by the contractors to a depth of c.3.6m below the top of the surviving brickwork.The lower 2.7-2.75m of the well had a rubble lining, while the upper c.300mm was of brick, which suggests it continued in use into the 19th century. The finds from the backfill included a few potsherds, mainly from stoneware vessels and from plates in Staffordshire-type earthenwares. A quantity of glassware was also recovered, including bottles, jars and bowls; both whole and broken. In addition, there were the remains of several white enamelled 'tin' vessels, consisting of a small can or mug and a few bowls, including a couple of possible chamber-pots. Some pieces of worked stone were also retrieved, including two small marble slabs, a cylindrical bollard, and several other carved fragments that perhaps derived mainly from garden features. Among the other finds were the remains of a leather shoe, some animal bone fragments, a metal door handle, a small iron-spoked pulley wheel, and a small corroded metal model car of 20th-century type. Other remains in the courtyard included a stone-and-mortar foundation F1, late medieval or post-medieval, that contained fragments of peg-tile but was otherwise not closely dated. It was sealed by a cobbled surface that was recorded in several places in the courtyard and was probably of 19th-century date. To the south of East Hill House, a few post-medieval/modern brick features were uncovered in a narrow pipe trench. Deposits of dark greyish-brown, post-Roman topsoil (L3) were uncovered in several places during the watching brief; only the uppermost parts of these deposits were exposed. In the courtyard to the east of the Coach House, L3 was observed at or close to the bottom of several trenches, at a depth of c.700-750mm below the modern ground level. Elsewhere on the site, the trenches were fairly shallow and the evidence for L3 was less conclusive. Dark greyish-brown topsoil was visible in places inside the Coach House at c.300-400mm below the modern floor level . Also, dark topsoil was observed in places in the bottom of the pipe trench to the south of East Hill House at approximately 700mm below the modern ground level.<1>