Site Event/Activity record ECC486 - DOE Listing 11A and 11B High Street, Colchester, 1950

Location

Location 11A and 11B High Street, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 99485 25174 (14m by 30m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Department of the Environment (DoE)

Date

1950

Map

Description

DOE survey of No's 11A and 11B High Street. Grade II*. C17 house with good late Georgian front and it formerly had a fine interior ground floor room with painted panelling of circa 1700. The front is of three storeys, grey gault brick with parapet, 5 window range; the 1st floor has a large oriel window with arched treatment, fluted columns and decorations of medallions and swags, double hung sashes with glazing bars; the 2nd floor oriel has segmental arch treatment and large moulded cornice. Modern ground floor shop window, ground floor and basement used as shop and restaurant. The rear ground floor room now demolished had some exceptionally interesting painted panelling of circa 1700; the room was completely panelled, with bolection moulding and dentilled cornice, and there were paintings of architecture and landscape in the panels; panelled overmantel to fireplace in west wall.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> LIST: Department of the Environment. 1971. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Colchester (Essex). page 53.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • 11 High Street, Colchester (Building)

Record last edited

Oct 14 2019 2:23PM

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