Joscelyne Chase

Specialties

Surveyors and estate agents providing a wide range of property services including residential sales and lettings, commercial agency, property management, valuations and professional work in the Braintree area, along the A120 corridor and across north Essex.

History

Established in 1777.

The origins of Joscelyne Chase date back to 1777 and in 1994 it was adjudged by Essex County Council to be the fourth oldest in continuous business in the county. The Joscelynes have been in Essex for hundreds of years and one of them, Joseph, a baker in Bradford Street Bocking purchased in 1791, 62 High Street Braintree to which his fourth son Benjamin moved his business as a cabinet maker from London.

Henceforth the business was continued by each succeeding eldest son for six generations down to the present Benjamin who retired from the business as recently as 1998. His younger brother Brian also retired shortly after and as there were none of the next generation in the business it was amalgamated with John Chase and Co (another local Chartered Surveyor) to become Joscelyne Chase.