FININGS HOUSE AND DRYING HOUSE AT ISINGLASS FACTORY

FININGS HOUSE AND DRYING HOUSE AT ISINGLASS FACTORY, WEST STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1376101
Date first listed:: 13-Aug-1998
List Entry Name:: FININGS HOUSE AND DRYING HOUSE AT ISINGLASS FACTORY
Statutory Address:: FININGS HOUSE AND DRYING HOUSE AT ISINGLASS FACTORY, WEST STREET

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Date:: 2005-10-31
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1376101
Date first listed:: 13-Aug-1998
List Entry Name:: FININGS HOUSE AND DRYING HOUSE AT ISINGLASS FACTORY
Statutory Address 1:: FININGS HOUSE AND DRYING HOUSE AT ISINGLASS FACTORY, WEST STREET

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: FININGS HOUSE AND DRYING HOUSE AT ISINGLASS FACTORY, WEST STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Essex
District:: Braintree (District Authority)
Parish:: Coggeshall
National Grid Reference:: TL 84229 22466

Details

TL8422 COGGESHALL WEST STREET 691/9/10015 Finings House and Drying House at Isinglass Factory II

Former drying house and workshop to tannery, later finings house to isinglass factory. Three builds. Northern part probably late C18 or early C19, southern part early to mid C19 but shown on 1853 Tithe map and one storey part to north probably early C19/ Northern part has base of red brick. Timber framed above and clad in weatherboarding with pantiled roof. Three storeys. There is a central access opening in the ground floor of the west elevation with a small inserted window to the north. Loading doors at first floor level of north end with a smaller loading door at the south end. Blocked opening in east elevation. The east elevation orignially had adjustable louvres. Internally there are four structural bays and steep wooden steps/ Second floor has been removed. Timber bolted knees to posts and beams. Three large wooden bats were used for preparing liquid finings (isinglass in solution) but the original use of the building was a drying house for hides and skins to the original tannery.

Listing NGR: TL8422922466

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Legacy System number:: 470091
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.