Monument record MCC5277 - Site of Burnhouse Farm Brickworks

Summary

Earlier C19 brickworks

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Grid reference Centred TM 0193 2306 (431m by 473m)
Map sheet TM02SW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

possibly supplied bricks for the Savilles Distillery,built 1812 (NE) of Burnthouse Farm.
Owner of the land was George Saville who was mayor of Colchester in 1835, He also owned the nearby distillery. Tithe describes it as 'Brick Kiln Field'.

ASSESSMENT
A building dating to c. 1830 still survives on site and specfically in the area of ther brick kiln. Further information is needed to assess the extant building, as potentially important remains may survive intact. Furtehr investigation needed. <1>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Cartographic materials: Tithe. 1838. Colchester Tithe map.
  • --- DESC TEXT: unknown. 1842. Sale Catalogue.
  • --- Cartographic materials: Gilbert, George. 1846 c.. map of c.1846.
  • <1> DESC TEXT: Corder-Birch, A. 1997. Survey of Brickworks in Essex.

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Record last edited

Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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