Description

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SY 3391
2/76

MARINE PARADE (north side)
The Old Watch House

(Formerly listed as The Shell Shop (The Old Watch House))

GV
II
C19 front. Two storeys. Two window bays. Peaked slate roof above left hand bay with parapet continuing over right hand bay. Stuccoed front. In left hand bay, wide sash window on first floor and modern shop front on ground floor. In right hand bay, sash window without glazing bars above; below it, a ledged door with glazed panel in lower part. In south-west return, two widely spaced first floor windows. Grade II for group value.

Nos 14 to 20 (consec), Cobb House flats, the Old Bonded Store flats and shops
and The Old Watch House form a group. The Customs House, Cobb Road, partly closes the vista at the south-west end of Marine Parade.

Listing NGR: SY3378691686

External Links

• Wikidata Q26523625

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair