Site Event/Activity record ECC758 - Survey of 85 & 86 High Street, Colchester, 1922

Location

Location 85 & 86 High Street, Colchester
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

Map

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> 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)

  • Frere House, 85 & 86 High Street, Colchester (site of) (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 12 2016 10:25AM

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