Corner Block, North Return To Stour Street Harwich Radio And Cycle Supplies The Dragon House Chinese Restaurant

This is a corner block of shops situated on South Street in Manningtree, with a return front to Stour Street. The building dates from the 17th century or earlier, and has been altered and added to in later periods. It is timber framed and plastered, with a large red plain tiled roof that is hipped to Stour Street. The roof has three gabled dormers facing South Street and one facing Stour Street, along with a rear chimney stack. The building forms an "L" shape.

It is two storeys high, with attics and cellars. The first floor has four vertically sliding sash windows, with glazing bars on the left and smaller panes on the right. These windows have moulded surrounds. The shop front for Harwich Radio and Cycle Supplies is on the right, consisting of a single light window to the left of a glazed door approached by steps, and a four-light window to the right. The shop front has a 20th-century fascia with original end pediments. The Dragon House Chinese Restaurant is located to the left, with a central door and windows on either side, and a fascia above. The return front to Stour Street has three first-floor windows and two ground-floor windows on the right, and a tripartite window on the left. These windows are mainly vertically sliding sashes with small panes, with some 19th-century casements.