Description

HARWICH

TM2532NE CHURCH STREET
609-1/1/14 (South West side)
20/06/72 No.26

GV II

Trinity House dormitory, former house, c1500 and late C16.
Timber-framed with rendered brick front and roofs or concrete
pantiles with 2 markedly differing ridge lines.
PLAN: 2 storeys with long rear extension with gabled peg-tile
roof and short parallel 2-storey range with slate roof.
EXTERIOR: front has parapet and raised band above first-floor
window heads. 3 double-hung sash windows with small panes and
blind window screen on first floor. Ground floor has 2 similar
windows, a garage door and recessed entrance with 6-panel
door. Early C19 moulded architrave and flat hood. Passage door
with 4 panels and fanlight. Flanks of rear extension have C20
pargeting, possibly a replica of former fragment. One half of
frontage range is one bay of a long wall jetty house of late
C15 or early C16. One flank truss is closed but with former
central door opening on first floor. Other flank was 'open'
with arch braces to tie beams. Roof was of crown post type and
may survive in part.
To rear, at right-angles, is late C16 two-storey timber frame
and 3 bays, formerly jettied at W end with framed bressumer of
one large quadrant moulding.
INTERIOR: the W bay formed one small chamber on each floor and
upper has curious internal wall bracing, curving up from wall
posts and then down to stop at a stud. 'Tye' beams are tenoned
into top plates and substantially contemporary roof with
simple collar rafter couples. One frieze window of 3 lights
survives on flank wall of larger first-floor chamber. Entrance
hall has early C19 arch on shaped corbels with dentilled
soffit.

Listing NGR: TM2599032652

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26483057

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas