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“Tudor” buildings

Archaeology in Essex this summer …

Jul 29, 2024

archaeology, buildings, Events, television reviews

“Tudor” buildings, Brentwood, Essex, weald hall

… will take place at Weald Hall near Brentwood, which dates from c.1540. It was demolished in 1953 after wartime damage and now forms a Country Park. This news was heavily featured on Look East last Monday. By Super Blue
The medieval heart of Plymouth survived the architectural carnage of the 20th century….

Mar 30, 2024

battles, buildings, law

“Tudor” buildings, barbican, barbican conservation area, cottages, demolition, Luftwaffe, new street, Plymouth, plymouth herald

“….People hardly ever take the time to be a tourist in their own city, and it is easy to walk through this particular street without taking too much notice….” So begins this article. And oh, how true it is. I live on the outskirts of Gloucester, but beyond seeing the cathedral against the sky, I…
RAM RAIDERS REVEAL TUDOR/MEDIEVAL HOUSE

Apr 27, 2019

buildings, humour

“Tudor” buildings, Colchester Archaelogical Trust, crime, Dedham, Essex, ram-raiding

A group of ram-raiders in Dedham, Essex drove their vehicle into the facade of a plain, old Co-Op, causing considerable damage–and revealing behind the 1950’s front a timbered-framed merchant’s house built around 1520, with earlier medieval features such as a hearth and a large cauldron blocking the doorway, possibly as a talisman to ward off…