Building record MCC5003 - Hull Mill, Distillery Lane, Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 0154 2391 (53m by 46m) |
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Map sheet | TM02SW |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (4)
- CORN MILL (C18, Post Medieval Colchester 1 to Post Medieval Colchester 2 - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
- CORN MILL (C19, Post Medieval Colchester 2 - 1845 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- DISTILLERY (C19, Post Medieval Colchester 2 - 1800 AD? to 1844 AD?)
- LAUNDRY (C20, Early 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1901 AD? to 1990 AD?)
Full Description
Mill site in use prior to C18. By C19 mill had been converted to "the largest gin distillery in England", but by the mid C19 it was back in use as a corn mill before being converted to a laundry c.1900. The mill building was rebuilt in brick in the mid C20. The site is subject to re-development proposals which will result in the demolition of the laundry and destruction of any surviving elements of the earlier mill building(s) and maltings to the SE. The mill house immediately to the E (MCC3253) is a Listed Building and will be retained.<1>
Historic building survey carried out in 2002 on the laundry, consisting of the sorting rooms, washroom, drying/pressing room, boiler shed and reception area.<2>
Archaeological monioring during the demolition and clearance stages of a mid 19th-century malting and early 20th-century laundry, ahead of a housing development, discovered a culvert associated with an early 19th-century distillery and a wheel pit to a mid 19th-century corn mill.<3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SEX61080 DESC TEXT: Letch, Andrew. 2001. Distillery Lane, The Hythe, Colchester: a desk based assessment.
- <2> SEX63140 Historic Building Recording: Letch, Andrew. 2002. Distillery Lane, The Hythe, Colchester, Essex: Historic Building Survey.
- <3> SEX65311 DESC TEXT: Letch, Andrew. 2006. Archaeological Monitoring at Distillery Lane, The Hythe, Colchester, Essex.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
Related Monuments/Buildings (5)
- Related to: Distillery Lane, The Hythe, Colchester (Monument) (MCC5393)
- Related to: Glen Cottage, Distillery Lane, Colchester (Building) (MCC5001)
- Related to: Hull House immediately E of Laundry, Distillery Lane, The Hyth, Colchester (Building) (MCC3253)
- Related to: Maltings, Distillery Lane, Colchester (Building) (MCC5002)
- Related to: The Glen (Hull House), Distillery Lane, Colchester (Building) (MCC5004)
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Record last edited
Jun 8 2017 2:22PM