2A, King'S Head Street

HARWICH

TM2632NW KING'S HEAD STREET 609-1/2/49 (South West side) 20/06/72 No.2A

GV II

House. Late C17 and late C18. Timber-framed and plastered with red Flemish-bond brick front. Asymmetrical clay pantile roof with gables and Suffolk very boards. Gabled pantiled rear staircase tower and further extension with C20 concrete pantiles. INTERIOR: 2 storeys and low attic storey part in roof. Front has parapet with coping stepping up to centre. Second floor has 3 horizontal proportioned attic windows with recessed double-hung sashes and small panes under flat rubbed brick arches. First floor has one square double-hung sash with square panes each side of central blind window all with flat rubbled brick arches. Ground floor has 2 similar, but deeper, windows and central doorcase with moulded architrave, reeded frieze and flat door hood. Door recessed with flush panelled flanks with 2 glazed lights over 4 flush panels each with reeded frames. Late C17 timber-frame with principal members chamfered with lamb's tongue stops. 2 equal bays and central narrow stack/staircase bay, stack now gone. INTERIOR: winder stair in stair tower has heavy turned balusters. One rear frame post has jowl-like head with bold cyma profile.

Listing NGR: TM2606832650