Tower House

Tower House, located at Nos 7 and 9 Market Place in Harleston, is a large building dating from 1873. It is constructed of grey brick with stuccoed dressings and stands three storeys tall. The building features six windows facing the Market Place and three windows along with a tower that faces The Thoroughfare, which has a splayed corner. The structure has chamfered quoins and moulded architraves around the windows, with the first floor adorned with cornices and pulvinated friezes. The windows are sashes without glazing bars. A parapet and a heavy moulded cornice complete the top of the building. The ground floor exhibits horizontal rustication with a dentilled cornice; No 7 has large windows with fluted pilasters, while No 9 has modern ground floor windows. On the north-west corner facing The Thoroughfare, there is a tall, thin tower designed in an Italinate style, featuring rusticated quoins and a heavy moulded cornice with modillion brackets above the clock stage, which is embellished with ornate iron balcony railings. The tower is topped by a tall octagonal cupola with a lead-clad dome and a weather vane. At the base of the tower, there is a round-headed doorway with an iron grille in the arch. The building also includes Nos 1 and 1A Church Street.