Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 2097: summary

Historic building recording at Slough Wood Cottage, Slough Road, Danbury, Essex, CM3 4LX
by Chloé Hill & Sarah Veasey

Date report completed: December 2024
Location: Slough Wood Cottage, Slough Road, Danbury, Essex
Map reference(s): TL 80211 03029
File size: 10,772 kb
Project type: Historic building recording
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Summary. A programme of historic building recording was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust at Slough Wood Cottage, Slough Road, Danbury, Essex on the 14th October 2024. Slough Wood Cottage is timber-framed, likely constructed from timber sourced from the adjacent Slough House Wood. Using cartographic evidence and a log of timber at Slough House, we can suggest a construction date of between 1820 and 1839. When originally constructed, it comprised two adjacent double-pile, single-fronted cottages which have since been combined into one dwelling. Some original features survive within the cottage, including some doors and the floorboards. The exterior of the cottage has a concrete render with imitation pargeting, likely added when the cottages were merged.