Site Event/Activity record ECC1011 - Survey of 1 Greenstead Road, Colchester, 1922

Location

Location 1 Greenstead Road, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TM 0102 2531 (14m by 14m)
Map sheet TM02NW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

RCHME (Swindon)

Date

1922

Map

Description

RCHME survey of 1 Greenstead Road. Two tenements 'was built early in the 16th century and has a 17th century wing at the back. The front has been faced with modern brick. Inside the building the ground floor has original moulded ceiling beams, one in the east tenement being unusually elaborate with a band of running foliage; below its junction with the wall-plate is a carved shield with foliage. In the front wall is a carved shield with foliage. In the front wall is a window of c1600 with moulded frame and mullions.' <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1922. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): Essex, (North-East). Volume III. page 70.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • 1 Greenstead Road, Colchester (site of) (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2016 9:43AM

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