Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 819: summary

Historic building recording at the Flagstaff House complex of Colchester Garrison: November 2014
by Chris Lister (with contributions from -)

Date report completed: May 2015
Location: Flagstaff House complex of old Colchester garrison, Napier Road, Colchester, Essex
Map reference(s): TL 9976 2458 (c)
File size: 17,735 kb
Project type: Historic building recording
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: ordnance depot, garrison HQ, offices, officers' accommodation

Summary. A programme of historic building recording was carried out by the Colchester Archaeological Trust on eight buildings at the Flagstaff House complex, part of the decommissioned holdings of Colchester Garrison in November 2014. Construction started on the Flagstaff House complex in 1868 and the complex originally served as the headquarters' offices and stores for the garrison. The structures included in the historic building record comprise the ‘Annexe’, a late 19th-century building used as offices; building FLG 2, an office block dating to 1938; buildings FLG 10, 11, 12 and 13, wagon sheds dating to c 1900; and a pair of brick sheds, designated buildings 3 and 3a for the purposes of this report, which also date to c 1900.