Essex Heritage Guide - Historic Buildings
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Paycockes is a wealthy cloth merchant's house built around 1510, a fine example of Tudor domestic architecture. The interior features wonderfully carved beams and linenfold panelling, and a display of Coggeshall lace.
25 West Street, Coggeshall, Colchester, Essex, England, CO6 1NS
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Heritage Highlight: One of the finest Tudor merchant's houses in England. Superb woodwork.
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One of the finest medieval barns in England, Widdington Prior's Hall Barn was built in the mid 15th century and consists of a central section with aisles to either side. The whole is supported by an amazing system of crown post timber framing. It took an estimated 400 oak trees to create the barn structure.
Widdington, Essex, England
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Heritage Highlight: One of the finest medieval barns in East Anglia
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A historic gunpowder mill set in beautiful parkland. The Royal Gunpowder Mills date to at least the 17th century, and possibly earlier. We do not know when the first mills in the area started producing gunpowder, but we do know that in 1662 a local curate boasted that mills in his area had blown up five times in the last seven years (thankfully with no loss of life).
Beaulieu Drive, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, EN9 1JY
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An extravagant early 15th-century gatehouse, the last surviving part of the powerful Abbey of St John at Colchester. The gatehouse was built around the year 1400 to create a more elaborate defence around the abbey grounds following the upheavals of the Peasant's Revolt.
St John's Gate, Colchester, Essex, England
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A local landmark, Thaxted Mill was built in 1804 and continued in operation until 1907. After years of neglect, it is now restored and grinding flour once more, under the care of a local charity. There is a small rural bygones museum on two floors of the mill.
Fishmarket Street, Thaxted, Essex, England, CM6 2PG
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Heritage Highlight: Good early 19th century traditional tower mill design
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Guarding the Thames estuary from the time of Henry VIII through WWII, Tilbury Fort remains a stunning example of an artillery fort. The fort has an impressive array of moats and bastioned outworks and hosts a fascinating exhibition on the history of the site.
No 2 Office Block, The Fort, Tilbury, Essex, England, RM16 7NR
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A late 14th-century gatehouse and a nearby medieval bridge are all that remain of the great abbey founded by the Saxon King Harold. The gateway was built in 1369 and formed the main entrance to the abbey precinct.
Abbey Park, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
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