Alma Inn (Part)

HARWICH

TM2532NE KING'S HEAD STREET 609-1/1/63 (North East side) 20/06/72 No.25 Alma Inn (part)

GV II

Public house, early to mid C16 and C19. Timber-framed and pebbledashed with clay plain tile roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics. Front has timber parapet and, on first floor a tripartite and canted oriel bay window with double-hung sash windows with small square panes. Ground floor is of 5 bays with pilaster piers, a double door, 2 single doors and 2 bays of windows. Stallrisers and lower part of doors have raised-and-fielded panels. Continuous fascia between console stops. All window and door glass is etched. Rear elevation to yard has black glazed pantiles and flat-roofed dormer. Here frame is exposed showing C16 original brick nogging infill and 2 frieze windows of moulded mullions. Short bay to the NW has black tarred weatherboarding. Rear ground floor has part Welsh slate, part patent glazed single-storey extension. To the rear at right-angles is a 2-storey timber-framed extension linking with Eastgate Street range (qv). This is rendered with Welsh slate roof and C19 double-hung sash windows with small panes. Large stack penetrates roof and ground floor is recessed to allow through route. INTERIOR: main block is 2 bays of elaborately moulded timber-framing some exposed. Moulded bridging joists and spine beams, formerly jettied to street. Upper floor has jowled post and part of central tie beam exposed with mortice for missing tie beam brace. North wall has remains of contemporary stack, hearth now forming cupboard with reused mantel beams. Framing in NW wall appears 'open'. Roof rebuilt and some suggestions for the loss of a 3rd wall.

Listing NGR: TM2594832766