Description

HARWICH

TM2531 MAIN ROAD, Dovercourt 609-1/7/164 (South side) Nos.101 AND 103

GV II

Shops with flats. Mid C19. Brick rendered with Roman cement ashlaring on front, painted brick elsewhere and Welsh slate Mansard roof. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attics. Front has 2 plain flat-roofed dormers, cornice and moulded frieze, which is continued on all sides. Second floor has 4 recessed double-hung sash windows with small panes, moulded surrounds and floating cornices over. First floor has 4 double-hung sash windows with small panes, moulded surrounds and thin panelled pilasters with consoles carrying pediments, the outer 2 segmental and inner pair triangular. Ground floor has projecting flat-roofed shops with canted corners, modillioned cornice and deep fascia with console ends. Cresting of wrought-iron partially damaged. Eastern unit has window of 2 large panes, mullions as thin columns with capitals and semicircular upper corners to glass. Recessed entrance door with 2 superimposed fanlights. West unit is similar but with corner entrance and return on Orwell Road frontage. West elevation has one dormer with lean-to roof and, on second floor, a squarish double-hung sash on front. First floor has a double-hung sash under a moulded semicircular arch and keystone. Ground floor has entrance door with pilasters linked to projecting string bands. Cast-iron street name-plate on wall. East elevation has a small pane double-hung sash window and segmental arch, on the upper 2 floors over a simple entrance door. Rear elevation has C20 metal fire escape and double-hung sash window with segmental heads. 2 large stacks. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: TM2575331679

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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