Description

TF6119NE
610-1/9/255

KING'S LYNN
TOWER STREET (East side)
No.21
Trader Building

28/01/83

II

House and possibly shop, now shop and offices. Late C15, restored and altered 1983. Timber-framed with brick. Slate roof. 2 storeys. Brick ground floor rebuilt 1980s. Glazed display front of this date. Kneelers support bressumer of jetty over exposed joists. Close-studded upper floor with 2 arched braces and cement render infilll. In centre a 4-light timber mullioned window with king mullion. Gabled roof. Blocked and truncated internal gable-end stack to south.
INTERIOR. Large chamfered bridging beam runs north-south with mortices for arched braces. Mortice at north end indicated north wall is relocated south. Late C20 partitioning and details. Roof of 3 tie beams carrying rectangular section crown posts, the outer pair with straight braces to ties. Crown purlin arch-braced to the same pair. Collars and 2 tiers butt purlins, the upper tier renewed. 2 niches in south wall and a fireplace.

Listing NGR: TF6194119906

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26507161

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)