6, Church Street

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