Description

HARWICH

TM2532NE KING'S HEAD STREET 609-1/1/59 (North East side) 25/09/51 No.26 and frontage wall to south-east

GV II*

House and frontage wall to SE. Early and late C16. timber-framed and rendered with gabled plain clay tile roof. 2 storeys with attics with 2-storey extensions of rear and SE flank. EXTERIOR: gabled front elevation has 2-light casement to attic, double-hung sash window with 2 vertical glazing bars to first floor and entrance with moulded surround and 6-panel door. Southern flank extension has richly moulded frieze window on 3 exposed sides above a lean-to machine-made clay plain tile roof and C19 double-hung sash window in former door opening. This is linked to a high, ancient, knapped flint front boundary wall also linking to No.27 (qv). The rear of this wall reveals rubble construction. INTERIOR: 2-bay high quality timber-frame, at right-angles to street with spine beam in rear bay. Probably originally jettied to street. All posts are jowled and principal timbers are flat-chamfered with plain stops. A crown post with straightish arch braces has been reused to support ceiling on first floor. Door of elaborate linenfold panelling is now on ground floor. Until recently a brick spiral staircase (as part of stack) existed behind rear of C16 wing. 2-storey rear extension probably of C18 with gabled clay plain tile roof and reused timber. The small southern flank extension is of considerable interest and is a box-like structure, windowed on the 3 sides of upper floor. Elaborate moulded 'cornice' at front and rear eaves and joisted ceiling beneath roof. West front elevation (now concealed) has 2 short ogee-profile wall braces to a central stud below the window sill. Cross-wing may have formed part of a single dwelling with The Alma Inn (qv), to the NW. (RCHME: Essex NE: London: 1922-: 136 (22)).

Listing NGR: TM2595632764

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)