Friday 13 May 2011

Copford Place - Colchester - Jan 2011

Copford Place is a 18th century Grade II listed building in the village of Copford, 5 miles west of Colchester

British History Online has this to say about it.....

"Apparently late 17th century, a two storeyed, sevenbayed, doublepile house that forms the south range of Copford Place; it contains a chimneypiece dated 1698 and other fittings of about that date. The house probably then faced the road and was of red brick like the stable to the north. In the early 19th century the house was extended northeast by two bays to create an east entrance and given plain classical white brick fa¸ades. In 1947 it was converted into private accommodation for elderly people, and in 1980 taken over by Help the Aged which in 1998 refurbished the house as self contained flats"








 

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