Site Event/Activity record ECC747 - Survey of 38 High Street, Colchester, 1922
Location
Location | 38 High Street, Colchester |
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Grid reference | TL 9965 2519 (point) |
Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
RCHME (Swindon)
Date
1922
Description
Survey by RCHME of 38 High Street. The building 'has a late 14th century cellar. The house above is perhaps of the 17th century but has been entirely altered. The cellar has rubble walls and a cross-wall running E and W.; the ceiling has heavy beams resting on posts with massive curved brackets. In the cross-wall is an original doorway with moulded jambs and two-centred arch; the crown is broken away and the doorway has been reset c1500; an original splay probably of this doorway remains further W. The cross-wall has also two niches with pointed heads and a moulded and embattled bracket of c1500. The front cellar has two recesses with curved backs and a lamp-niche with a triangular head. Condition- Good' <1> (Now demolished)
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 55.
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Record last edited
Feb 23 2016 11:15AM