6, West Street

HARWICH

TM2632SW WEST STREET 609-1/3/116 (South West side) 20/06/72 No.6

GV II

House. Early C19 with earlier origins. Timber-framed and plastered with gabled roof of concrete interlocking pantiles. 2 storeys with attics and cellars with 2 hipped dormers each with a double-hung sash window with central vertical glazing bar and moulded surround. Front has painted timber modillioned cornice and 3-window range of flush double-hung sashes with central vertical glazing bar and moulded surrounds. Ground floor 2 similar windows and central doorcase with open pediment consoles and semicircular fanlight with radial glazing bars. Door with 6 raised-and-fielded panels and one stone step. 2 large rendered stacks on rear wall and extensively renovated white weatherboarded rear lean-to. INTERIOR: central entrance corridor with simple contemporary panelling below dado and doors with architraves. Chinese Chippendale staircase as dogleg but breaking into 2 separate flights to attics. At base of stairs is painted timber ogee arch. Roof is of fully-framed joggled purlins.

Listing NGR: TM2607432494