Site of 12th century buildings at 32-33 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford (EHER 5882)

Now destroyed. Excavation in 1974 recorded a series of medieval buildings dating from the 12th century. In the late and post-medieval period the main block was extended and finally demolished in the early 19th century.

1947. Archaeological excavation. The Moulsham Street frontage was found, in excavation, to have been occupied by a series of small medieval buildings from the late 12th century on. <1> A Roman side road (see EHER 5881) was not used in medieval times though it formed a property boundary. The medieval buildings on the Moulsham Street frontage were of post hole construction, giving way to a rectangular block on cills set on the ground. The block was extended in the late medieval period and was demolished in the early 19th century. <2> The line of the Roman side street was followed for some 40m by the medieval property boundary. On the Moulsham Street frontage a two-roomed post hole building gave way to a rectangular block with walls on cills. In late medieval times and later the main block was extended to the rear. <3> NRHE data transfer: no new information.