Monument record MCC199 - Cistern Yard tenements, North Hill, Colchester (site of)
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 99348 25493 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
County | ESSEX |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
RCHME survey of tenements on N side of Cistern Yard. The western part was built probably in the 17th century but the eastern is of early 18th century date. The whole range stands partly on the N wall of the town. A doorway at the E end of the S side has an oval plaster panel, above it, with the date 1702. On the N side the upper storey of the W block projects. Inside one tenement are two 15th century moulded beams, reused'. <1> The plaster plaque was removed to the Museum when the building was demolished in 1932, and re-desicovered in 1995.<5>
A black & white photograph of the Middleborough end of Balkerne Hill showing the back of the jettied c17th tenements in Cistern Yard (now demolished).<2>
Black and white photograph of c17th tenements in Cistern Yard from south-west.<3>
Black & white photograph facing north-west towards the c.17th tenements at Cistern Yard (now demolished).<4>
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SCC388 Photograph: Unknown. 1932. Cistern Yard. B/W Print.
- <1> SCC3 Monograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1922. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): Essex, (North-East). Volume III. No 81.
- <2> SCC386 Photograph: Unknown. Balkerne Hill / Middleborough.
- <3> SCC387 Photograph: Unknown. 1932. View of Cistern Yard from South East. B/W Print.
- <4> SCC388 Photograph: Unknown. 1932. Cistern Yard. B/W Print.
- <5> SCC44 Article in serial: Shackle, Richard. 1994. Some Colchester Pargetting. Colchester Archaeological Group Bulletin Vol. 37, pp.24-29.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (5)
- Event - Interpretation: Photograph of Cistern Yard tenements from North, Colchester (Ref: ECC2055) (ECC2055)
- Event - Interpretation: Photograph of Cistern Yard, Colchester, 1932 (Ref: ECC2057) (ECC2057)
- Event - Interpretation: Photograph showing south side of Cistern Yard, Colchester, 1932 (Ref: ECC2056) (ECC2056)
- Field Survey: Plaster ceiling from a house in Cistern Yard, Colchester, 1932 (Ref: ECC3843) (ECC3843)
- Event - Survey: Survey of Cistern Yard, Colchester, 1922 (Ref: ECC818) (ECC818)
Record last edited
Jan 31 2017 9:02AM