NHER 46577 (Building record) - 17 Littleport Street

1972. Listed Grade II.
House, now a residential home for the elderly. Early 18th century, altered c1860 by reduction in length of facade, addition of east wing and rear. Brick. Roofs of machine tiles (main front block), pantiles (west block), slate (rear wing). Five-bay facade, reduced to four in 19th century. Original centre bay broken forward. 2 storeys and dormer attic In former centre bay is a mid 19th century gault-brick gabled porch with side lights. Sashes are early 19th century to ground floor with glazing bars and gauged skewback arches, mid 19th century to first floor, also with gauged skewback arches. Platband between floors. Hipped roof. East return shows two bays of blind windows of 18th century, then follows a two-storey, four-bay 19th century extension. Rear wing also 19th century with a large tripartite window to ground floor under a gauged skewback arch, two sashes to first floor and an iron balcony. Hipped roof.
INTERIOR. Details are early 19th century. Behind 19th century porch is original doorway, now without doors. Pair of unfluted Ionic columns right and left with Ionic pilaster strips at right angles to them. Seven-vaned fanlight. This leads to staircase hall which retains portions of stud cornice. Staircase is open string, stick balusters, ramped and wreathed handrail. Principal ground-floor room is to east, entered from hall through a curved panelled door. Former saloon, with apsed ends.
Information from (S1).
See also (S2).
S. Spooner (NLA) 8 September 2006