Site Event/Activity record ECC518 - DOE Listing of 197 Lexden Road, Colchester, 1959

Location

Location 197 Lexden Road, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 97127 25177 (18m by 22m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Department of the Environment (DoE)

Date

1959

Map

Description

DOE survey of No 197, Lexden Road. Grade II. Picturesque C16 house, opposite the churchyard. Two storeys and attics timber-framed and plastered, the roofs tiled, one gabled dormer, cross wings east and west. The upper storey projects on the south front of the west cross wing, the gable also projects. Central chimney stack with 4 octagonal shafts rebuilt. Some restoration and modern windows. Bargeboards to gable.<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 78.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • 197 Lexden Road, Colchester (Building)

Record last edited

Feb 24 2016 1:02PM

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