Site Event/Activity record ECC758 - Survey of 85 & 86 High Street, Colchester, 1922
Location
Location | 85 & 86 High Street, Colchester |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 9998 2525 (25m by 18m) |
Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
RCHME (Swindon)
Date
1922
Description
RCHME survey of 85 & 86 High Street. 'House, now two houses (85 & 86 High Street), is of two storeys with attics timber-framed and plastered; the roofs are tiled. It was built late in the 16th century and extended W in the 17th century. There is a late 18th century wing at the back. The upper storey formerly projected both at the front and the back of the main block but has been under built. Inside the buildings are some exposed ceiling-beams and there is an original doorway with hollow-chamfered frame and four centred head. Condition- Good, much altered. <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 58.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC161 Frere House, 85 & 86 High Street, Colchester (site of) (Monument)
Record last edited
Mar 12 2016 10:25AM