Site Event/Activity record ECC744 - Survey of 23 & 24 High Street, Colchester, 1922

Location

Location 23 & 24 High Street, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 9955 2517 (14m by 31m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

RCHME (Swindon)

Date

1922

Map

Description

Survey by RCHME of 23 & 24 High Street. The building 'is of two storeys, timber-framed and plastered; the roofs are tiled. The house was built probably in the 16th century but there is little to indicate the date. At the back of No 23 is a detached brick building of c.1660 with moulded band-course between the storeys and between it and the main building is a gallery formerly open and divided into two bays by an oak post in the form of a column with a moulded capital and egg ornament. One window at the back of No 24 has a 17th century moulded bracket beneath the sill. Inside the building both parts have some late 16th or early 17th century panelling. The back staircase of No 24 is of c.1600 and has a moulded rail, symmetrically turned bausters and similar but larger newels with ball caps; a doorway at the foot of the stairs has a rounded head of the same date. The detached building has on the S wall a reset overmantel, made up of early 17th century material; it has arcaded panels and moulded pilasters carved with two full length and one terminal figure. Condition- Fairly good.'<1> (Now demolished)

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 55.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • 23 & 24 High Street, Colchester (site of) (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 6 2020 9:09AM

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