Site Event/Activity record ECC496 - DOE Listing 83 & 84 High Street, Colchester, 1950
Location
| Location | 83 & 84 High Street, Colchester |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred TM 00005 25268 (23m by 25m) |
| Map sheet | TM02NW |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Department of the Environment (DoE)
Date
1950
Description
DOE survey of No 83 (Gate House) & 84 High Street (East Lodge). Grade I. C16 and C17 building with fine C17 plastered front. Built for William and Susan Boyes. William was a baymaker and mayor. Two storeys and attics, timber-framed and plastered, the roofs tiled. Very picturesque front with 4 projecting gables with moulded bressumer, barge boards and pendants the upper storey also projects with a moulded bressumer and brackets and a wall post dated 1680 and initialled BW and S at the east end, and there are 4 projected bay windows on the 1st floor; the ground floor has 2 projecting bay windows one entrance bay, and a cart entrance. The plaster on the front is rusticated.<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC4 LIST: Department of the Environment. 1971. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Colchester (Essex). page 63.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC160 The Gate House & East Lodge, 83 & 84 High Street, Colchester (Building)
Record last edited
Jan 21 2016 8:12AM