Site Event/Activity record ECC535 - DOE Listing of 1-6 Military Road, Colchester, 1950

Location

Location 1-6 Military Road, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TM 00112 24712 (31m by 16m)
Map sheet TM02SW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Department of the Environment (DoE)

Date

1950

Map

Description

DOE survey of No's 1 to 6 Military Road, Winnock's Terrace. Grade I. Built in 1678 by John Winnock. Long range of 6 tenements in red brick, and a good example of the brickwork of the period. Two storeys, the roofs tiled. The north front is divided into 3 bays by pilasters and there is a moulded brick band between the storeys; the north and south bays have a parapet, the centre bay a pediment. Six window range of broad double hung sashes with glazing bars, original doors of 2 panels with bolection moulding, the 2 centre doorways combined into one architectural composition by 3 pilasters topped by half balls and a broken voluted pediment; In the main pediment are also 2 sunk inscription panels: within the pediment are 2 sunk panels, one with the initials WIM and the other with the date 1678.<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 93.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Winnock's Almshouses, Military Road, Colchester (Building)

Record last edited

Feb 24 2016 1:17PM

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