Description

HARWICH

TM2632NW ST AUSTIN'S LANE
609-1/2/105 (North West side)
20/06/72 No.15
Antique shop
(Formerly Listed as:
ST AUSTIN'S LANE
(North West side)
Half Moon Public House)

GV II

Shop with flat over and to rear. C16 and C18. Timber-framed
with brick facades to frontages. Roof, part clay plain tiles
and part Welsh slate with hip to street corner. The St
Austin's Lane frontage has a c1800 red Flemish-bond brick
facade and C19 cast-iron street nameplate. The brick return
front to Eastgate Street is rendered with raised band between
storeys.
EXTERIOR: first floor has one flush double-hung sash window
with small panes and one similar tripartite window, cellar
access, entrance door and C19 public house front wrapping
round to Eastgate Street (mostly C20 replica). This has
mullioned and transomed windows, pilasters, painted fascia and
panelled stall risers. All windows here have flat gauged brick
arches with steeply raked voussoirs.
To Eastgate Street, first floor has one double-hung sash
window with small panes. Ground floor has 2, recessed C19
double-hung sash windows each with a single vertical glazing
bar. Remains of an early C16 timber frame survive, formerly
jettied to both frontages with dragon beam and plain joists
with central tenons and diminished haunches. Part of a tie
beam and one substantial post, also survive from an earlier
frame. An adjoining stack is also of C16.

Listing NGR: TM2601232748

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500698

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)