Description

HARWICH

TM2632NW CHURCH STREET
609-1/2/7 (South West side)
25/09/51 No.6

GV II

House, early C19 and earlier. Timber-framed with rendered
brick front, ashlared render flank and gabled Welsh slate roof
behind parapet. 3 storeys with cellars and catslide roofed,
2-storey rear extension. Further 2-storey extension making 'L'
plan form.
EXTERIOR: second floor has a slightly recessed double-hung
sash window with small panes, either side of a blind window.
First floor similar but with deeper windows. Ground floor has
one similar double-hung sash and a broad double-hung sash with
6 large panes. Central doorcase has eared architraves and
boldly projecting pediment. Door has 2 glazed lights over 4
raised-and-fielded panels. One rendered ridgeline stack at
northern gable end and similar stack on southern end of front
parapet both with echinus-like moulding under cap.
INTERIOR: northern ground-floor room has mid C16 in situ
mantel beam with moulded chamfer and foliate decoration. Its
flanks have cupboard recess with elliptical arched headed
niche with cherub keystone and panelled side cupboards. Cellar
party wall with No.5 of stone rubble and 2 walls of c1600
brickwork with 2 pointed arched recesses. Pair of brackets
reused on C20 rear porch are from C15 jetty or part/tie beam
junction with moulded chamfers and carved spandrels (star
motif).

Listing NGR: TM2610232548

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585964

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)