Site Event/Activity record ECC747 - Survey of 38 High Street, Colchester, 1922

Location

Location 38 High Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 9965 2519 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

RCHME (Swindon)

Date

1922

Map

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> Monograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1922. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): Essex, (North-East). Volume III. page 55.

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Record last edited

Feb 23 2016 11:15AM

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