Monument record MCC199 - Cistern Yard tenements, North Hill, Colchester (site of)

Summary

17th and 18th century tenement buildings, now demolished.

Location

Grid reference TL 99348 25493 (point)
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)

  • --- Photograph: Unknown. 1932. Cistern Yard. B/W Print.
  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1922. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): Essex, (North-East). Volume III. No 81.
  • <2> Photograph: Unknown. Balkerne Hill / Middleborough.
  • <3> Photograph: Unknown. 1932. View of Cistern Yard from South East. B/W Print.
  • <4> Photograph: Unknown. 1932. Cistern Yard. B/W Print.
  • <5> Article in serial: Shackle, Richard. 1994. Some Colchester Pargetting. Colchester Archaeological Group Bulletin Vol. 37, pp.24-29.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 31 2017 9:02AM

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