6, King'S Quay Street

HARWICH

TM2632NW KING'S QUAY STREET 609-1/2/65 (South West side) 20/06/72 No.6

GV II

Shop with flat. Early C19 and possibly earlier. Timber-framed and ashlared plaster with hipped C20 concrete pantile roof. Outbuilding to NW of red Flemish-bond brickwork with lean-to Welsh slate roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with cellar. Front has, on first floor, 2 flush double-hung sash windows with single vertical glazing bars. Ground floor has recessed entrance with C20 door of 6 glazed panels and one similar double-hung sash window. Glazed light to cellar with iron grille. C19 shop front wrapping round to SE flank with cornice hood, fascia and 5-light window with central transom and ventilator strips over. Large panel with moulded frame on stall riser. South-west flank has a flat-roofed dormer with double-hung sash window with 6 panes. First floor has double-hung sash window as main elevation. Ground floor has shop front return with simple pilasters and C19 window with 3 top hung ventilators. One small double-hung sash window with plain glass. Outbuilding has door to loft on first floor under segmental-arched head. Corner to Castlegate Street is curved with brick corbelling over to right-angles under eaves. Within curve is entrance door, under segmental-arched head and with large glazed pane over 2 flush panels. Blue and white metal street nameplate on wall over. Castlegate Street elevation has one 6-pane double-hung sash window with segmental-arched hood, on ground floor. Small C20 window in old opening, under eaves, and small double-hung sash window with wooden lintel on ground floor. Large red brick stack on NW flank of main block. INTERIOR: smallish floor joists exposed in ceiling of ground floor.

Listing NGR: TM2602032803