Description

HARWICH

TM2632NW KING'S QUAY STREET
609-1/2/75 (South West side)
20/06/72 No.27
(Formerly Listed as:
KINGS QUAY STREET
(South West side)
Nos.25-27 (Consecutive))

GV II

House. Late C18 early C19. Timber-framed with red Flemish-bond
brick front and unequal pitch roof with clay machine-made
plain tiles on front, continuous with Nos 25 & 26 (qv). Rear
roof is low-pitched of Welsh slate as long catslide. 2
storeys, attics and cellars with 2-storey outhouse at rear of
yard with rendered walls and Welsh slate gabled roof. 2-light
casement dormer with 6 small panes and C19 Gothick cusped and
pierced bargeboards.
EXTERIOR: front has plain parapet, square C19 window with 3
square coloured glass lights over 2 casements and blind window
recess as No.26 (qv). Both openings have rubbed brick flat
arches. Ground floor has projecting canted bay window with
hipped clay plain tile roof with similar C19 window of 5
casements with 5 coloured lights over. Recessed entrance door
has moulded architrave, console shouldered frieze and
cornice/hood. Door has 2 small glazed lights over 2
raised-and-fielded panels and 2 flush panels.
INTERIOR: a simple panelled partition to entrance hall as Nos
25 & 26 (qv). Stairs rise through stack. Early C19 painted
marble fireplace to ground-floor room with mantel shelf and
shell motif at corners. 2 simple panelled doors with moulded
architraves. Enlargement of earlier building and apparently a
separate build from Nos 25 & 26.

Listing NGR: TM2614032548

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570112

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)