Description

THETFORD

TL8683 KING STREET
617-1/5/76 (North side)
03/04/51 King's House

GV II

House, said to have had C17 origins and to have been used as
King James I's hunting lodge. Rebuilt 1763, converted to
municipal offices 1950-51. Flint and re-used ashler. Facade
with gault brick skin and red brick dressings. Slate roofs. 2
storeys in 5 bays. Central C20 glazed door in panelled
reveals. Doorcase of reeded and fluted engaged Ionic columns
supporting entablature and pediment. Two 6/6 unhorned sashes
right and left under red brick gauged skewback arches. 5
similar to first floor, except for left 2 sashes, which are
horned replacements. Modillion cornice below parapet with a
central achievement. Gabled roof with 3 gabled dormers fitted
with 2-light casements. Internal gable-end stacks. House is
formed of 3 gabled roofs running east-west. East return with
conservatory butting onto curved flint wall to south studded
with re-used ashlar fragments with carving. West return with a
2-storey flint extension with red brick dressings and a hipped
slate roof. 2 bays with two 6/6 sashes each storey. Medieval
fragments re-used. INTERIOR: plan altered to form offices.
Staircase with wrought-iron balusters and ramped and wreathed
handrail. First-floor council chamber is plain. Roofs of
principals and taper-tenoned butt purlins.

Listing NGR: TL8696083161

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490497

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)