Description

HARWICH

TM2632NW KING'S QUAY STREET
609-1/2/72 (South West side)
20/06/72 No.20

GV II

House. Early C17 and early C19. Timber-framed and rendered
with front parapet with gabled dark concrete pantiled roof
with Suffolk verge boards. One flat roofed C20 dormer. 2
storeys and attics with an early C19 double-hung sash window
with small panes, on each floor. Simple doorcase with moulded
pilasters, consoles and flat hood. South gable is of white
weatherboarding and substantial stack at north gable. 2-storey
rear extension, timber-framed with gabled roof and single
flat-roofed dormer. A timber frame of 2 unequal bays with
quadrant moulded spine beams and bridging joists. (Stack bay
to north).
INTERIOR: roof has 3 bays with 'A' frames with joggled side
purlins and a single collar to each pair of principals. Front
was originally jettied with each joist pegged to inner
bressumer. Fireplace is substantially original with cambered
mantel beam with stopped quadrant moulding. Stair winds up
behind stack and has elegant board arched head at top. Mixture
of pine and elm framing and well-preserved example of the
period.
(RCHME: Essex NE: London: 1922-: 136 (30)).

Listing NGR: TM2608932670

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585976

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)