Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 2066: summary

Archaeological monitoring and recording at Thrift Farm, Moulsham Thrift, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8BP: November 2023 – June 2024
by Dr Elliott Hicks and Laura Pooley

Date report completed: July 2024
Location: Thrift Farm, Moulsham Thrift, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8BP
Map reference(s): TL 70050 04567 (centre)
File size: 10,096 Kb kb
Project type: archaeological monitoring
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Summary. Archaeological monitoring and recording was carried out at Thrift Farm, Moulsham Thrift, Chelmsford, Essex during groundworks to convert a barn and single-storey blocks into a dwelling. Thrift Farm was constructed between 1865 and 1867, and gradually extended over the following decades. Current groundworks consisted of a service trench which did not encounter any archaeological remains, and ground reduction over a small area after the demolition of two modern structures. Found underneath one of these structures (Store 8), was a brick wall foundation constructed out of unfrogged bricks. The store had been built to replace a small outbuilding (probably a stable) which was part of the original 1860s farm complex, and the brick wall foundation is likely all that remains of this earlier structure.