The Minories is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. Commercial. 5 related planning applications.

The Minories

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1950
Type
Commercial
Address
The Minories, 74, High Street, CO1 1UE
OS grid reference
TM 000 252
Coordinates
51.88974, 0.90514
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Minories is an early 16th-century timber-framed building that was remodeled in the later 18th century for Thomas Boggis, a baymaker. The main block features a red brick front with coping and two hipped gables behind it, with tiled roofs. It stands three storeys high and has a five-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars. Above the central Doric porch is a two-storeyed bay window, and there is a modillioned cornice below the third storey, along with a band between the ground and first floors. The arched doorway has a semi-circular fanlight and a six-panel door.

The garden elevation is also made of red brick and has a plastered parapet, a moulded brick cornice, and a three-window range on the upper storey, with the central window being Venetian. The ground floor has five windows, a band, and brick quoins at the corners. The rear wing has undergone significant external alterations and has a hipped roof on the south side. Inside this wing, there is a staircase from around 1600 with carved square newels. The main block's interior features contemporary work, including exposed moulded ceiling beams and many late 18th-century elements, particularly a fine open-string staircase from around 1774. Additionally, there are 16th-century brick cellars with several arched recesses.

Nos 67 to 75 (consecutive) and No 1 Queen Street form a group.

Local climate

The Minories sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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