Site Event/Activity record ECC546 - DOE Listing of 17, 18, 18a and 18B North Hill, Colchester, 1950

Location

Location 17, 18, 18a and 18B North Hill, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 99411 25409 (24m by 22m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Department of the Environment (DoE)

Date

1950

Map

Description

No 17, No's 18, 18a and 18B (formerly listed as No 18 (Durlston House)) North Hill. Grade II. Good late C16 structure with late Georgian front of grey gault brick with coping. Two storeys, attics and cellars, timber framed and plastered, the roofs tiled. 9 window range of double hung sashes with glazing bars, in plain reveals. Two doorways, each approached by a flight of steps. No 18 has an C18-C19 oriel window over the central door case. In the interior the north room has exposed stud work and the earlier front with projecting upper storey can be seen in the front wall; there are painted inscriptions round the tops of the walls of the room.<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 100.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • 17, 18, 18a & 18b North Hill, Colchester (Building)

Record last edited

Feb 24 2016 1:24PM

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