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Finings House and Drying House at Isinglass Factory

A Grade II Listed Building in Coggeshall, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8703 / 51°52'13"N

Longitude: 0.6746 / 0°40'28"E

OS Eastings: 584229

OS Northings: 222467

OS Grid: TL842224

Mapcode National: GBR QKD.PCM

Mapcode Global: VHJJL.N801

Plus Code: 9F32VMCF+4R

Entry Name: Finings House and Drying House at Isinglass Factory

Listing Date: 13 August 1998

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1376101

English Heritage Legacy ID: 470091

ID on this website: 101376101

Location: Coggeshall, Braintree, Essex, CO6

County: Essex

District: Braintree

Civil Parish: Coggeshall

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: Coggeshall with Markshall

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

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Description


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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