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Fenwick Colchester is a large high street department store situated in Colchester, Essex, England, formerly known as Williams & Griffin (1963–2016).. Independent for much of its history, it was formed from the merger of H.E. Williams & Co Ltd (an ironmonger and agricultural machinery business) and another Colchester family business, H.L. Griffin & Co Ltd (a furnishings store), in April 1963.
54 Head Street: 11A and 11B High Street Colchester: House: 17th century: 24 February 1950 ... Colchester: Shop: Later 19th century: 24 February 1950
On 2 October 1973, a fire broke out in the storeroom of the shop at 40-50 High Street, Colchester. The blaze soon spread to the rest of the shop and the building was totally destroyed. The blaze soon spread to the rest of the shop and the building was totally destroyed.
The High Strete was the location of Colchester's market, with the grain market at Corn Hill, les Butterstalls (the butter market) opposite the Moot Hall, the fish market on the south side of the street (which also sold porpoises), the shambles (meat market) around and to the east St Runwalds church (which stood in the centre of the street), the ...
The first corn exchange in the town was designed by David Laing and was erected at the west end of the High Street in 1820. [2] In the early 1840s, civic officials decided that the old corn exchange was inadequate and should be replaced by a new structure on an adjacent site to the east of the old building. [a]
The High Street end has a Doric colonnade. Each end has marble columns. [1] A musicians gallery, with a wrought iron balustrade and gilt lions heads and garlands, is in the centre of the arcade. [2] Number 7 was the photographic studio of William Friese-Greene. [2]
The house is believed to have been built in the Tudor period. [3] In 1731 it was purchased by the baize manufacturer Isaac Boggis for £420. [4] His son, Thomas Boggis, inherited the house, and employed an architect, probably John Alefounder (1732–1787) to remodel the building, turning parts of it into an elegant Georgian residence. [4]
Colchester Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Colchester, Essex, England. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Colchester City Council , is a Grade I listed building . [ 1 ]