NHER 31034 (Building record) - 1, 2, and 3 Bank Cottages (also known as Bank Cottage, Marsh Cottage and Bank House), High Street, Clay next the Sea

Known as 1, 2 and 3 Bank Cottages or Bank Cottage, Marsh Cottage and Bank House.

October 1960. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Terrace of three cottages, late 18th-century façade to older core, rendered and colour-washed, pantiles, raised gable parapet. Double range, three bays, two storeys...Very large external stack to right gable, part rendered, part coursed flint, part brick. Left gable and stack against adjacent house. Rear range of two storeys and four irregular bays; varied treatment of flint and brick, vertical brick joints; gable to forth bay…"
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Beers (HES), 24 November 2020.

February 1995. Field Observation.
The south gable wall has a remarkable stack in four stages; the base is rendered, the next two stages are of flint and brick with brick quoins, the fourth stage is all of stretcher bond brickwork with sand mortar, possibly 17th century. The actual chimney is rendered.
Attached to the north but not listed is a taller building of two storeys and attic in grey brick weathering to red; the ground floor however has been rebuilt with possibly reused red brick, a bond of one stretcher to every ten headers, with a modern door and three windows (is this a recent replacement and was the building a bank hence the name?).
Two of the modern windows however have 17th century brick hoods above them on the older build. There are four recessed brick panels below four first floor sashes; a moulded brick cornice; and two recent dormers in a black glazed pantile roof. The north gable wall has a thickened base (remains of an attached building?) in brick and flint, and a brick gable similar to the brickwork of the façade ground floor.
This would seem to be a grand 17th-century house much mutilated but might incorporate the same older core as the lower cottages.
E. Rose (NLA), 9 February 1995.

October 2020. Minor Amendment to Listing.
The mapped location of this record has been corrected.
When Listed in October 1960, this record was located at TG 04488 43968. This incorrectly placed it at 3 Maisons Bienvenues, High Street, Clay next the Sea. It has been moved approximately 100m to the south of this point and is now located at TG 04500 43870, Bank Cottages, High Street, Clay next the Sea.
See Minor Amendment notification (S2) for further details.
P. Beers (HES), 24 November 2020.

Additional Sources:
Published summary (S3) and aerial photograph (S4).