17, King'S Head Street

HARWICH

TM2532NE KING'S HEAD STREET 609-1/1/54 (South West side) 20/06/72 No.17

GV II

House, late C18. Timber-framed and rendered with gabled plain clay tile roof. 2 storeys with attic storey and 2-storey gabled rear extension with stair tower all in black weatherboarding. Lean-to Welsh slate roofed dormer with 2-light casements with cross glazing pattern, set on front wall plate. First floor has flush double-hung sash window with 2 vertical glazing bars. Painted timber fascia board at first-floor level. Ground floor has a flush double-hung sash window with 2 vertical glazing bars and C20 door with rectangular fanlight over. INTERIOR: some framing exposed and, on first floor, an internal straight wall brace on front wall. Adjoining this, the SE flank has wall studs of c1600 with former window opening with 2 small rectangular mullion mortices. Staircase at rear of tight winder form with Chinese Chippendale handrail (part renewed) and continuous curved soffit. Some stonework in cellar particularly flanks with No.16 (qv).

Listing NGR: TM2594632745