Description

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG5207SW SOUTH QUAY 839-1/15/175 (North East side) 05/08/74 No.20 Custom House

GV II*

House. 1720. For John Andrews, a very important herring merchant. Bought 1802 by H.M. Government for use as a Custom's House, sold 1986 to Port of Yarmouth Commissioners. Red brick laid in Flemish bond with stone quoins and dressings. Slate roof. Single-pile plan. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys on a basement; 8-window range in all. Central double doors occupying 2 window bays with an early C19 porch on a pair of Greek Doric columns. Basement and all other windows under segmental stone arches with keystones. Ground and first-floor horned sashes with 9/9 glazing bars; 6/6 second-floor horned sashes. Parapet partly conceals shallow-pitched gabled roof. Pair of stacks on rear wall plane. To right and left of facade is a narrow bay with an arched entrance to Row 103 (north) and Row 104 (south). Above is one 9/9 sash as before. Rear with a 2-storey outshut and a 2-storey gabled rear extension. INTERIOR: entrance hall with large-framed panelling to north side. Open-string staircase with 3 balusters per tread: a turned baluster separating an iron-twist and a barleysugar baluster. Carved floral tread-ends and a moulded ramped and wreathed handrail. Main north room on ground floor has a bolection-moulded fireplace and large-framed panelling all round. Corresponding south room with an C18 rosette and dart surround to the C20 tile fireplace. Large-framed panelling and a moulded cornice . North attic room with re-used C17 small-framed panelling. C19 roof of common rafters, a purlin and collars.



Listing NGR: TG5240407242

External Links

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Recommended Books

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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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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover