Weavershed House
WEAVERSHED HOUSE, CROWN STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1273806
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Weavershed House
- Statutory Address:
- WEAVERSHED HOUSE, CROWN STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2003-08-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/10657/37
- Rights:
- © Dr T.D. Andrews. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1273806
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jun-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 27-Jan-1982
- List Entry Name:
- Weavershed House
- Statutory Address 1:
- WEAVERSHED HOUSE, CROWN STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WEAVERSHED HOUSE, CROWN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Colchester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dedham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 05944 32817
Details
DEDHAM CROWN STREET 1. 5214 Weavershed House [formerly listed as Whitmore Place excluding the south-east block (formerly the TM 0531 27/13 25.6.52 Old Workshouse)] II GV 2. Formerly the Old Workhouse 1725-1835, when closed and converted into several tenements. Original elevations largely discernable. Originally early Georgian brick, with mouldings, and enrichments. Built round a courtyard, with an L-planned building at north-east and north-west side, with a more elaborate building on the south-east side. This last probably the Masters' House. The L-plan building north wing has 2 storeys and attics, plastered first storey and brick ground storey walls. Jettied gable to street with restored exposed framing, and casement windows. Roof ridged, gabled, peg-tiled. A large external red brick chimney.-stack with tabled offsets at north-east return. The wing parallel to the street is of red brick in Flemish-bond, 2 storeys and 3 bays with ridged, gabled and peg tiled roof. Three gabled dormers with small-paned windows, eaves. Two small-paned sashes on first storey with one set of casements central: 2 millions and one transom. First floor band, central front door with elaborate cut-brick, rubbed lintel; and a pair of small-paned sashes either side, under straight arches with exposed boxes.
Listing NGR: TM0594432817
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 417015
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 06-Jul-2026 at 10:17:27.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.