39, WEST STREET (See details for further address information)

HARWICH

TM2532NE WEST STREET 609-1/1/132 (South West side) 25/09/51 No.39 (Formerly Listed as: WEST STREET (South West side) Nos.38A & 39)

GV II

Includes: No.3A NEWHAVEN LANE. House. Mid C17 and C18. Timber-framed with rendered brick front and parapet. Gabled roof of clay plain tiles. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics, and 2 hipped dormers with moulded eaves and 2-light casements. Rebuilt panelled parapet and projecting deep bands below this and at first-floor level. First floor has one double-hung sash window with small square panes and one narrow similar window. Ground floor has similar double-hung sash window and pedimented doorcase with Ionic frieze breaking forward over Corinthianesque pilaster capitals with grotesque masks. Recessed 6-panel door with top panels glazed and 3 stone steps. Gable end stack to north. Long 2-storey gabled, plain clay tile roofed block to rear incorporating No.3A Newhaven Lane. This has large square, ridgeline stack and Welsh slate lean-to roofed stair tower rising above eaves line. INTERIOR: entrance passage has partition of panelling and elliptical rear arch with keystone and panelled pilasters. Front ground-floor room has fine corner cupboard with semi-domed head, semicircular shelving and later, enclosing doors. (Wall behind of brick is curved to accommodate cupboard.) Boxed spine beams in front rooms. First-floor front room has jowled post exposed. Early C19 fire surround on first floor. Sections of C17-style panelling and C18 panelled and boarded doors. A projecting single bay of framing to rear has chamfered spine beam and contemporary bridging joist. Wide elliptical-plan fireplace. Ground floor of this was probably original kitchen. Tight winder stair to attic in rear. All roofs have joggled side purlins, probably of 'A' frame type. High quality and complete C17/C18 interiors.

Listing NGR: TM2592532640