The British Flag Public House

HARWICH

TM2532NE WEST STREET 609-1/1/151 (North East side) 20/06/72 The British Flag Public House

GV II

Public house and flat. Late C18 or early C19. Red Flemish-bond brick front and clay plain tile gabled roof to front range. 2 storeys, attics and cellars and of 'L' plan form. EXTERIOR: front has 2 flat-roofed dormers with 2-light small paned casements. Boxed and eaves cornice gutter and 2 flush square double-hung sash windows with small panes and moulded surrounds on first floor each with slightly curved rubbed brick arches. Ground floor has C19 public house front with canted-out fascia and blindbox. One shop window-like element with projecting fascia and 2 lights. Adjoining glazed entrance door with thin reeded jambs and raised-and-fielded panel in lower half. Southern part of facade has a C20 window and window/door unit similar to above. The Currents Lane elevation is pebbledashed and of 2 storeys with clay pantiled roof and large central ridgeline stack. Beyond this a painted brick former cottage with Welsh slate roof, gabled to NE and hipped to SW. This has central door opening with rectangular fanlight and segmental-arched head and 2 recessed double-hung sash windows with single vertical glazing bar on first floor.

Listing NGR: TM2599832610