Description

HARWICH

TM2632NW WELLINGTON ROAD
609-1/2/112 (North East side)
Nos.1-16 Angelgate Cottages
(terrace)

GV II

16 houses, former coastguard cottages. 1858. Red Flemish-bond
brickwork with Gault dressings and large storey-height diaper
patterns of black headers. Roofs are of C20 imitation slate
with hipped ends.
PLAN: U-plan form, 2-storey courtyard group with long NW-SW
terrace of 9 units, shorter detached terrace to NE of 3 units
and terrace of 4 units to east.
EXTERIOR: standard unit has eaves cornice of paired brick
dentils, a raised Gault brick band at first-floor level and
projecting contemporary porch with lean-to roof, shared by
pair of adjoining units. First floors have 2 grouped
double-hung sash windows with 2 vertical glazing bars with
segmental-arched brick heads and keystones. The ground floors
have 2 similar but narrower windows, each with a central
vertical glazing bar and stone sills with rectangular corbels.
Each porch has semicircular arch-headed door, on each flank
and 2 grouped semicircular-headed, cross pattern glazing bar
casements with decorative brick aprons and false sills below.
All arches have brick keystones and the spandrels rendered.
Very large ridgeline stacks, one for each 2 units.
No.16 at NE corner is larger unit with similar detail but a
pyramidal roofed main block.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: walled yards to rear each with
contemporary outhouse.

Listing NGR: TM2613832702

Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)