Site Event/Activity record ECC769 - Survey of George Hotel, Colchester, 1922
Location
Location | George Hotel, High Street, Colchester |
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Grid reference | TL 99731 25234 (point) |
Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
RCHME (Swindon)
Date
1922
Description
RCHME Survey of George Hotel. The hotel 'is of three storeys, timber-framed and plastered; the roofs are tiled. There are remains in the middle of the house of a 15th century building with a main block and cross wings; the cellars also are medieval but probably of rather later date. The building was probably brought into its present form in the 17th century when the earlier house was entirely enveloped and wings were added at the back.
Inside the building the cellars consist of two parallel rooms running E and W and each of six bays with heavy ceiling beams and rubble walls; in the dividing wall is an early 16th century doorway with chamfered jambs and two centred head of brick; in the same wall are two fireplaces with four-centred heads and each with a vent-hole above the arch; there are also two early 16th century niches in the cellar, one with a two and one with a four-centred head. On the ground floor the kitchen has a ceiling-beam with curved brace resting on a corbel carved with a bearded head. On the ground floor the kitchen has a ceiling-beam with a curved brace resting on a corbel carved with a bearded head. On the second floor at the head of stairs is an original king-post with a moulded base and embattled capital; it apparently formed part of the middle truss in the hall of the 15th century house. In the roof are the original moulded 16th century beam carved with foliage and nude figure is incorporated in the later roof.' <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 59.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC168 The George Hotel, 116-117 High Street, Colchester (Building)
Record last edited
Mar 13 2016 9:51AM