Building record MCC3135 - House and workshop off West Stockwell Street, Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 9955 2528 (36m by 13m) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
County | ESSEX |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
The complex has three distinct phases, although there have been many alterations to the structures throughout its history. The earliest phase (Phase 1) dates to 1830 and consists of the brick house. Phase 2 consists of the large workshop west of the 1830 house and dates to 1876-97. Phase 3 is the wooden shed to the east of the converted 1830 house and dates to 1897-1903.
The 1830 brick house is a two-storey building constructed of red brick with dimensions of 237 x 111 x 66mm laid in Flemish bond. Only the east wall and the lower portion of the south wall remain of the original fabric, the rest of the building, including the roof, has been rebuilt in later materials.
The workshop is a six-bay, open-plan, rectangular building, 19m long x 9m wide, with large-section timber posts that carry straight tie beams with straight braces. The original roof trusses appear to have been carried on king posts, but these have been removed. The timber-frame is independent of the brick walls of the properties to the north, south and west of the workshop and this suggests that the original frame was inserted into the open space between these buildings.
The wooden shed is a single-storey, mono-pitch structure, constructed from timber and consisting of an office and a kitchen.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC1107 Historic Building Recording: Lister, Chris (CAT). 2013. Historic building recording of a 19th-century house and workshop off West Stockwell Street, Colchester, Essex. CAT report 691.
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Record last edited
Aug 11 2015 2:42PM