Description

HARWICH

TM2231SE MAIN ROAD, Dovercourt
609-1/5/166 (South side)
20/06/72 Nos.505-511 AND 511A (Odd)

II

Also known as: The Monks' Houses MAIN ROAD Dovercourt.
Terrace of 5 cottages. Early C16 and C19. Timber-framed with
rendered brick front and brick exposed on west flank. Gambrel
roof of clay plain tiles. 2 storeys with 3 brick stacks one on
gable.
EXTERIOR: first floor has 6 small square windows, 3 having 6
square panes and being deeply recessed and the others are
2-light casement with cross glazing pattern. Ground floor, 5
large recessed windows with 16 panes and top hung night vents.
3 open gabled porches with machine-made clay plain tile roofs,
ornamental raking brackets and foliated spandrels. Plain C20
boarded doors with strap hinges.
INTERIOR: high quality early C16 timber frame, jowled posts,
chamfered and stopped spine beam and bridging joists and
cranked partition wall bracing. The front was without a jetty.
No.505 is a later extension. Possible former public building.

Listing NGR: TM2387031064

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500429

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)