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Latitude: 51.8059 / 51°48'21"N
Longitude: 1.0237 / 1°1'25"E
OS Eastings: 608554
OS Northings: 216246
OS Grid: TM085162
Mapcode National: GBR TQM.MNL
Mapcode Global: VHKGF.PVKY
Plus Code: 9F33R24F+9F
Entry Name: Cinque Port Wreck House James and Stone Shipyard
Listing Date: 10 April 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1235278
English Heritage Legacy ID: 425918
ID on this website: 101235278
Location: Brightlingsea, Tendring, Essex, CO7
County: Essex
District: Tendring
Civil Parish: Brightlingsea
Built-Up Area: Brightlingsea
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Church of England Parish: Brightlingsea All Saints with St James
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SCHEDULE
BRIGHTLINGSEA
The following building shall be added:
TM 0816-0916 WATERSIDE
(West Side)
8/72 Cinque Port Wreck House,
James and Stone Shipyard.
II
Warehouse. Late C18. Flemish bond red brick, partly rendered. Hipped slate
roof. Rectangular plan aligned N-S. Two storeys. 4 bays on main facade,
expressed by pilasters with elliptical arches. C20 windows; high level
inserted C20 doorway in southernmost bay on east facade. Two-bay end walls
have similar pattern of pilasters with elliptical arches. History: The
building is called the "Cinque Ports Warehouse" in the 1829 parish Ratebook -
a reference to the Status of Brightlingsea until 1811 as the only limb of the
Cinque Ports north of the Thames Estuary. The Lord Warden of these ports was
entitled to a third of the value of all wrecks within his area. In 1850 there
had been an inscription made over the upper doorway by its owner James Argent,
formerly Receiver of the Wrecks for the town also giving this title.
Subsequently known as "Old Wreck House". In the late C19/early C20 it was
used by the Bridges family block making concern. In 1934 taken over as part
of John James Shipyard. Believed to be last example of such a wreckhouse
within the former area of jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports and a rare
surviving example of this type of building. (C Dove, The Liberty of
Brightlingsea, 1974 and other notes 1988).
Listing NGR: TM0855416246
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