Monument record MCC7830 - Colchester - St Helens Chapel, Maidenburgh Street
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 9975 2539 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
The building has been restored and partly rebuilt in 'modern' times.<1><2> In the C14 this was a chantry, later supressed. Subsequently it became a Quaker Meeting House; then a furniture store; and a finds store for Colchester Museum. Thoroughly restored 1883-6 by William Butterfield. The graveyard does not belong to the chapel as such but to the time when it was in use as a Quaker Meeting House. It is fairly small, lies W of the chapel and has been thoroughly tidied.<3> The chapel was bought and restored by P. Round in 1883.<4>
Site Assessment = Interior walls are all covered with C19 plaster. A ceiling of similar date hides the roof timbers; the wood block floor is modern. Quaker graveyard has been levelled, probably in the C19. The ground has been lowered on the N side of the chapel, thus exposing the Roman work.<3>
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SEX76 DESC TEXT: RCHME. 1922. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex - Volume 3. Vol 3, p.50.
- <2> SEX35453 DESC TEXT: unknown. 1971. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest:Colchester. p.89.
- <3> SEX148 Monograph: Rodwell, Warwick J with Rodwell, KA. 1977. Historic Churches - A Wasting Asset. pp.37-38.
- <4> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TL92NE3.4, 1976.
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Record last edited
Sep 23 2019 3:47PM