27, King'S Head Street

HARWICH

TM2532NE KING'S HEAD STREET 609-1/1/60 (North East side) 20/06/72 No.27

GV II

House. Late C18 with earlier origins. Timber-framed with red Flemish-bond brick front with plain parapet. Gabled concrete pantile roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics and cellars. Front has 2 flat-roofed dormers with cross-glazing pattern casements. First floor has one flush double-hung sash window with small panes and rubbed brick flat arch, either side of a central blind window. Ground floor has 2 similar windows and central doorcase with Ionic cornice and entablature over eared architrave. Six-panel door, 2 upper panels glazed, is slightly recessed at head of 3 stone steps. Glazed cellar light within high plinth fronted with wrought-iron bars. Parapet rendered and raised brick bands below this and between storeys. Suffolk verge board to north-west gable and 2 very tall stacks behind rear wall. To the rear is a low 2-storey block under catslide concrete tile roof and 3-storey hipped concrete tile roofed stair tower. Windows here are double-hung sashes with 2 vertical glazing bars. INTERIOR: an eared architraved fire surround and old doors with butterfly hinges.

Listing NGR: TM2597032753