Building record MCC4667 - West Mersea Hall, 4 High Street, West Mersea
Summary
C16 timber-framed house to the south-east of West Mersea Church.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 0096 1245 (24m by 28m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM01SW |
| County | ESSEX |
| Civil Parish | WEST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
C16 timber-framed and plastered, aligned E to W, four bays wide, with a big hipped roof. The County Series at 1:2500 scale Epoch 1a (1874-87) shows a N-S aligned wing at the east end of the hall, removed.<1>
The Hall is also marked (and a group of buildings, presumably including outbuildings, to the north-east of the hall and around a sub-circular shaped pond, now the location of the Museum) and labelled on Chapman and Andre's 1777 map.<2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SEX56253 Photograph: unknown. 1970-1993 c.. ECC Historic Buildings Photo Print Archive. 1 frame, 4/1979.
- <1> SCC72929 Monograph: Bettley, James and Pevsner, Nikolaus. 2007. The buildings of England: Essex. p.822.
- <2> SCC1124 Cartographic materials: Chapman, John and Andre, Peter. 1777. A Plan of Colchester Borough. In chains.
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Record last edited
Jan 16 2017 11:43AM