Description

HARWICH

TM2632NW MARKET STREET
609-1/2/96 (South East side)
Nos.5 AND 6

GV II

Shop. Mid/late C16. Timber-framed and rendered with gabled
concrete interlocking tile roof. 2 storeys with attics. Front
has stump of rendered, central ridgeline stack and 2 hipped
roofed dormers with 2-light casements. First floor has two C20
double-hung sash windows with 2 vertical glazing bars and a
blind window recess. C19 shop front with central canted
recessed entrance, cast-iron ventilators over shop front and
fascia with consoles at each end.
INTERIOR: 2-storey C16 timber frame of 2 equal bays and
unjettied. Wall bracing of Colchester type, in NE gable and
central end tie beam with wavy arch braces and unusual
nailed-on studs. This wall represents an unusually early
example of 'economy' carpentry with lower half of studs halved
under braces. Roof was of side purlin-type later raised.
Joists are stop-chamfered with soffit tenons and there are
remains of 2 windows in rear wall, one with ovolo mullions and
ancient leaded light glazing in situ with diamond panes nailed
to mullions.

Listing NGR: TM2605732688

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500564

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