The Landmark Trust Public Open Days - Peake's House
Peake's House stands in the Dutch Quarter, which has retained its old street plan. Originally three cottages and with Colchester being a centre of the cloth trade, they probably belonged to weavers, the long mullioned windows designed to give light to the men at their looms. The satisfying late Elizabethan interiors of a prosperous merchant’s house provide a particularly atmospheric existence within its walls.
East Anglia, with its close trading ties to Europe, was well placed to take a
The building will be open between 10am & 4pm on Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th September.
Entry is free but tickets need to be pre-booked via EventBrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peakes-house-colchester-p
Peake’s House, East Stockwell Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1ST
Sat 11 Sep 2021 and Sun 12 Sep 2021