Building record MCC5193 - The Old Mill, East Bay, Colchester

Summary

Mid/late C18 granary, later animal feed mill.

Location

Grid reference TM 0068 2524 (point)
Map sheet TM02NW
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

Mid/late C18 granary, later animal feed mill.

A structural survey was undertaken by Richard Shackle in 2006. This is the last 18th century granary in Colchester. The building is a small timber-framed building with weather-boarding and an asbestos roof - a watercolour painting by Edward Ayres c.1775 shows it with a thatched roof and doorway in the west gable. It is a four bay building of Baltic pine and oak on a brick plinth. In 1923 the Doe family converted the granary into a feed mill. Two ginding mills were installed in the ground floor, and on the upper floor large metal hoppers for storing grain. A large lorry shed was added to the south side of the building in the 1930s and a brick building against the east gable during WWII. The machinery was used to grind grain for pet food up until 2002.<1>

A historic building appraisal wasundertaken by the Heritage Collective in April 2019 to inform a planning application for redevelopment.<2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Article in serial: Shackle, Richard. 2006. The Old Mill, East Bay, Colchester; and eighteenth century granary. Colchester Archaeological Group Bulletin Vol. 46, pp.22-27.
  • <2> Heritage Statement: Heritage Collective. 2019. Heritage Statement Addendum. East Bay Mill, 19 East Bay, Colchester.

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Apr 23 2020 9:55AM

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