30, West Street

HARWICH

TM2532NE WEST STREET 609-1/1/124 (South West side) 25/09/51 No.30

GV II

House. C18 and early C19. Timber frame and rendered with pebbledashed front and large span gabled clay plain tile roof. 2 storeys and attics. EXTERIOR: front has 2 flat-roofed dormers with 2-light C19 casements each with a single horizontal glazing bar. Large eaves overhang with boxing of probable former coving and gutter on long metal gutter brackets. First floor has 2 large tripartite double-hung sash windows with small panes. Ground floor has 4 flush double-hung sash windows with small panes and central moulded door surround incorporating rectangular fanlight with margin glazing variant of alternate narrow and square glass panes. 6 raised-and-fielded panel door and 2 stone steps. Rear has large extensions and central 3-storey stair tower now part buried in later 2-storey parallel pitched roof block. Stair tower originally had hipped roof. INTERIOR: very complete C18 interior with southern ground-floor room panelled with moulded surrounds and dado rail. Eared architraved fire surround with dentilled cornice mantel. Central ground-floor corridor with panelled partitions and arch near rear with panelled pilasters and ogee keystone. Other front room has simple plaster cornice and reeded fire surround. One eaved fire surround on first floor. Dogleg C18 staircase with moulded handrail and barley-sugar balusters in apparently contemporary stair tower as No.31 (qv).

Listing NGR: TM2596832599