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Capital Gardens Nursery

A Grade II Listed Building in Harwich, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9324 / 51°55'56"N

Longitude: 1.2639 / 1°15'50"E

OS Eastings: 624481

OS Northings: 231018

OS Grid: TM244310

Mapcode National: GBR VQQ.VRF

Mapcode Global: VHLCF.VPKH

Plus Code: 9F33W7J7+WH

Entry Name: Capital Gardens Nursery

Listing Date: 20 June 1972

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1280854

English Heritage Legacy ID: 366602

ID on this website: 101280854

Location: Upper Dovercourt, Tendring, Essex, CO12

County: Essex

District: Tendring

Civil Parish: Harwich

Built-Up Area: Harwich

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: The Harwich Peninsula

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

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Description



HARWICH

TM2431 MANOR LANE, Dovercourt
609-1/6/195 (North West side)
20/06/72 Capital Gardens Nursery

II

House. c1600, converted to 2 cottages in C18, then back to one
in C20. Timber-framed and plastered with gabled roof of plain
clay tiles. 2-bay plus stack bay baffle entry house, 2-storey
and attics with single storey timber-framed and rendered on
east end with gabled plain clay tile roof.
EXTERIOR: front elevation (originally back) has 4 late C18
Gothick cast-iron pointed arched windows with central small
opening light and small panes. Two C20 doors, replicas of late
C18 originals with planted intersecting tracery heads. Central
stack rebuilt in C20.
INTERIOR: stairs inside former front door with part of well
curved against stack. Some posts are jowled and arch brace to
tie beam on one side of stack bay. One surviving external wall
brace is sharply cranked and rises from post to end tie beam.
Chamfered spine beams with lamb's tongue stops and square
joists with usual tenons near soffit and diminished haunches.
One curved wind brace remains in side purlin roof.
Stop-chamfered mantel beam and exposed brick back of fireplace
to parlour.


Listing NGR: TM2448131018

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