Site Event/Activity record ECC742 - Survey of 12 High Street, Colchester, 1922
Location
Location | 12 High Street, Colchester |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 99494 25176 (8m by 24m) |
Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
RCHME (Swindon)
Date
1922
Description
Survey by RCHME of 12 High Street. 'Of three storeys; partly of brick and partly of plastered timber-framing. The cellar is probably medieval but the house was rebuilt c1700. The front is of brick with a band between the upper storeys and a modillioned eaves cornice. Inside the building the cellar has the front and part of one side wall of rubble; the floor above is supported on heavy chamfered beams. On the upper floors is some early 17th century panelling and the top of the staircase is of c.1700 with heavy twisted balusters wall at the rear of the house is of brick and probably of late 16th century date- condition good'.<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC3 Monograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1922. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): Essex, (North-East). Volume III. page 54.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC151 12 High Street, Colchester (site of) (Monument)
Record last edited
Feb 23 2016 11:18AM