Poor quality perhaps but a really early and important view of Church Street showing on the right the only known photo of The Bull Inn which closed in 1892 and is one of Coggeshall's oldest buildings. The yard, stables and cottages behind the Inn had an access from Back Lane (Queen Street) where there was also a hand pump which supplied many people with fresh water. The Church Street frontage was a single story and the pub sign can be see on its roof with it seems, decorative bulls horns on each side the pointed ends broken off. (or am I just imagining that?)
The jettied building next to it was Hope Lodge so named because it was a children's home for the 'Royal Society for the Protection of Children' which it was thought gave hope for the rescued children housed within. In 1907 there were 24 children in the home together with a residential Minister, Mr Harri Oliver and Matron, Miss Cook.
Courtesy Coggeshall Museum
1880 or older
Ref; 103/31