The Sun Public House is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1952. A No explicit period mentioned Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Sun Public House
- WRENN ID
- tattered-thatch-onyx
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1952
- Type
- Public house
- Period
- No explicit period mentioned
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sun Public House is a building that dates back to the 14th century and later, featuring a timber frame and plastered exterior with ridged, gabled, and hipped roofs covered in peg tiles. The building has a complex L-shaped plan and includes two red brick chimneys topped with modern materials. The ridge height is interrupted on the east side, where there are two bays with a full-height carriage arch leading to the rear yard.
The western range has a parapet with a dentilled wooden cornice, and the first storey is supported by an underbuilt jetty, which is now painted brick. A semi-hexagonal bow window is located in the third bay of the range, featuring three small-paned sashes, including the bow window itself. There are also two pedimented doorcases in the second and fifth bays, followed by an archway and a pair of small-paned sashes in exposed boxes. The first storey has modern casements, except for the bow window, and two sliding sashes to the right of the archway.
At the rear (west), there is an Elizabethan stair tower with rich detailing and a jettied gable supported on brackets. The stairs are located externally under a pentice and are also covered in peg tiles. Inside, two construction phases are visible: one to the west with a bay and a chimney bay that lacks a chimney, and to the east, a tall one-bay structure with a former frontal long-wall jetty supported by finely wrought joists that are richly moulded and soffit-tenoned.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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