Site Event/Activity record ECC524 - DOE Listing of The Sun Inn, Colchester, 1959

Location

Location The Sun Inn, Maidenburgh Street and Ryegate Road, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 99778 25355 (15m by 11m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Department of the Environment (DoE)

Date

1959

Map

Description

DOE survey of The Sun Inn. Grade II. Probable 17th century building, extending between Maidenburgh Street and Ryegate Road. The west front to Maidenburgh Street has been rebuilt with modern brick and a modern addition on the north. But the old building remains behind and on to Ryegate Road is a gabled front, the ground floor faced in brick. Two storeys, timber-framed, plastered and weather-boarded, the roofs tiled.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> LIST: Department of the Environment. 1971. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Colchester (Essex). p.85.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • 7 Maidenburgh Street (The Sun Inn), Colchester (Building)

Record last edited

Jan 29 2018 9:52AM

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