Description

KING'S LYNN

TF6120SE KING STREET 610-1/7/82 (West side) 01/12/51 No.15

GV II*

Early C16 hall house, refronted in mid C18. Red brick with plaintile roof. C18 facade to King Street of 2 storeys and dormer attic in 4 bays. Round-arched carriage entrance to left. 3 flush-frame mid C18 sashes to right and 4 to first floor, all with glazing bars and segmental gauged skewback arches. Timber bracket eaves cornice. Gabled roof with 3 dormers, the outer 2 with pediments, the central one with a segmental pediment. South stack shared with 15A, internal gable-end north stack. Main entrance is in range to north of rear courtyard. 2 storeys in 5 first-floor bays and dormer attic In centre is a 6-panelled door protected by a large timber doorcase with a pediment. The upper pair of door panels are glazed. To left is the former hall window: 6 lights, transomed, the mullions ovolo-moulded. To right of door are 2 mid C18 sashes with flush frames and glazing bars. 5 similar, but slightly younger, sashes to first floor. Moulded timber eaves cornice. Gabled roof with 2 flat-topped dormers fitted with C19 sashes. Rebuilt ridge stack over door. At west end is a 2 storey and dormer attic cross wing, one bay of which protrudes into courtyard. This in gault brick. Sashes. South gable in red brick of multiple dates. West front is whitewashed. Gabled roof with internal south gable-end stack. INTERIOR. Ground-floor east room in street range has large-framed panelling and an egg-and-dart cornice. Big mid C18 architrave to panelled door. Present kitchen occupies position of original hall lit by the hall window: sunk quadrant bridging beam with tongue and bar stops. Similar bridging beam in room to right of door, and C18 large-frame panelling. West end mostly late C20 in character, the roof of 2 tiers staggered butt purlins and collars. Roof of courtyard range similar but with canted collars.

Listing NGR: TF6162020141

External Links

• Wikidata Q17555027

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