Church House

THORNAGE THE STREET, TG 03 NW (West side) 1/122 Church House II

House and shop C17-C19. Brick, coursed flint with brick dressings, black unglazed pantiles. C17 3 bay range to west, refronted late C18; 2 early C19 wings infilled to east; north-east extension of shop. West front: 2 storeys and attic; brick on rendered plinth; gable end stacks. 2 ground floor and 2 upper floor 16 pane sashes with glazing bars reaching close to ground and to floor at first floor level, having exposed sash boxes with moulded frames; segmental arches. Central door with wide segmental dummy fanlight. Doorcase of round fluted pilasters under a narrow entablature. Central dummy window to upper floor with glazing bars in relief. Left hand gable: coursed flint on flint plinth with brick dressings; decorative brick pattern work of lozenges; 2 first floor windows with ovolo moulded wooden mullions; 2 blocked attic windows. One bay, 2 storey wing to rear left hand side built over older cellar. Recessed 16 pane sashes with glazing bars, that to ground floor horned. 2 storey wing to right hand side of coursed flint with scattered C19 and C20 windows. Shop extension facing road, east: hipped pantile roof behind entablature; C19 glazed shop front of large panes with glazing bars. Central door with rectangular fanlight. Moulded pilasters to doorcase and angles. Interior: west range: central open string staircase with wreathed mahogany handrail; square sectioned wooden balusters. Fireplace in first floor left hand room with rendered eliptical arch, jambs having roll moulded chamfers with jewel stops. Ground floor left hand room to rear with late C18 duck's nest grate.

Listing NGR: TG0498736242