Site Event/Activity record ECC753 - Survey of 65 High Street, Colchester, 1922
Location
Location | 65 High Street, Colchester |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 9987 2519 (9m by 20m) |
Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
RCHME (Swindon)
Date
1922
Description
RCHME survey of 65 High Street. The building is 'of two storeys with attics; the walls are partly timber-framed and plastered and partly of red brick; the roofs are tiled. The back wing was built probably in the 17th century but the front block was rebuilt early in the 18th century. The North front is of brick and has an early 18th century modillioned eaves-cornice. The upper storey projects on the W side of the back wing. Inside the building the early 18th century staircase has a close string, turned balusters and square newels; in the back wing is a door of moulded battens. 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 57.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC155 65 High Street, Colchester (Building)
Record last edited
Mar 12 2016 10:31AM