Building record MCC155 - 65 High Street, Colchester

Summary

17th century house

Location

Grid reference TL 99879 25199 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full 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>

A watching brief was maintained during the redevelopment of 65 High Street in 1976. Practically all the site was destroyed because of cellars but a metre-wide strip of stratigraphy survived between the northern cellar and High Street frontage. This contained a north-south Roman drain and two human skeletons. In addition there were two wells and a fragment of foundation, probably Roman in date.<2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1922. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): Essex, (North-East). Volume III.
  • <2> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1992. CAR 6: Excavations at Culver Street, the Gilberd School, and other sites in Colchester 1971-85. 6. 5/76b.

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Jan 23 2017 12:57PM

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