101 AND 103, MAIN ROAD

101 and 103 Main Road are mid-19th century shops with flats located in Dovercourt, Harwich. The building features brick rendered with Roman cement ashlaring on the front, painted brick on the sides, and a Welsh slate Mansard roof.

The exterior consists of three storeys and attics. The front has two plain flat-roofed dormers, a cornice, and a moulded frieze that continues around the building. The second floor includes four recessed double-hung sash windows with small panes, each having moulded surrounds and floating cornices above. The first floor has four double-hung sash windows similar to those above, with moulded surrounds and thin panelled pilasters that have consoles supporting pediments; the outer two are segmental, while the inner pair are triangular.

The ground floor features projecting flat-roofed shops with canted corners, a modillioned cornice, and a deep fascia with console ends. The eastern unit has a window with two large panes, with mullions designed as thin columns topped with capitals and semicircular upper corners. There is a recessed entrance door with two superimposed fanlights. The western unit is similar but has a corner entrance and a return on the Orwell Road frontage.

On the west elevation, there is one dormer with a lean-to roof, and on the second floor, a square double-hung sash window. The first floor features a double-hung sash window beneath a moulded semicircular arch with a keystone. The ground floor has an entrance door flanked by pilasters that connect to projecting string bands. A cast-iron street name plate is mounted on the wall.

The east elevation includes a small pane double-hung sash window with a segmental arch, located over a simple entrance door on the upper two floors. The rear elevation has a 20th-century metal fire escape and a double-hung sash window with segmental heads, along with two large stacks. The interior has not been inspected.