The Balkerne Gate was the main (west) gate into the walled Roman town and one of six gates around the circuit of the Town Wall. The Gate incorporated an existing free-standing monumental arch (with two archways) built to celebrate the Claudian conquest...

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Norman W tower incorporating Roman brick.

Late C17 and late C18 malthouse.

Early C14 hall house extensively altered in the late C16 and late C18.

Areas of gravel defined during a watching brief and excavation in advance of redevelopment at 38-42 Crouch Street, Colchester, on the site of the (later) medieval Crouched Friars friary, were interepreted as the remains of a minor Roman road or street, aligned NE to SW across the site and heading towards the Balkerne Gate. The known extent of this metalling suggests a street c.4m in width. It should be noted, however, that areas of thin gravel surfaces were recorded during the excavation of medieval burials on the adjacent site (to the west) at number 42, Crouch Street, Colchester, excavated in 1988 (CAR 9, 248). Finds of early Roman, 1st-early 2nd century pottery, from a narrow gravel filled trench on its south side, indicate that the street was laid out in the early Roman period.

C12 church with Norman wall paintings, vaulted apse (nave and chancel also originally vaulted) and Norman work of various periods. Bettley and Pevsner (2007, p.305) describe it as 'the most remarkable Norman parish church in Essex'.

Anglo-Saxon and later church, remodelled in 1758 and with partial C19 restorations.

Anglo-Saxon church with C14 work.

Mid C14, late C15 and early C17 range of shops and houses amalgamated in late C19/early C20.