Site Event/Activity record ECC901 - Survey of Winnock's Almshouses, Military Road, Colchester, 1922

Location

Location Winnock's Almshouses, Military Road, Colchester
Grid reference TM 00104 24714 (point)
Map sheet TM02SW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

RCHME (Swindon)

Date

1922

Map

Description

RCHME survey of Winnock's Almshouses on south side of Military Road, 'a long block of tenements of red brick. It was built c1678 and is a good example of the brickwork of the period. The N front is divided into two bays by pilasters and into storeys by a continuous entablature; the middle bay has a plain pediment and the two middle doorways are combined to form an architectural composition with pilasters surmounted by half-balls and a broken voluted pediment; under the pediment are two sunk panels with the initials and date IWM 1678. The doors to the six tenements are original and have each two large panels, bolection-moulded. The back is plain but the doors to the ground floor mostly have old frames'.<1>

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 66.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Winnock's Almshouses, Military Road, Colchester (Building)

Record last edited

Feb 8 2016 3:21PM

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