Description

KING'S LYNN

TF6120SE KING STREET
610-1/7/69 (West side)
01/12/51 No.5

GV II*

House, now offices. Mid C18 with mid C19 top storey.
Buff brick facade, red brick otherwise. Slate roof.
3 storeys and dormer attic in 4 bays. Pedimented doorcase to
left standing on engaged Ionic columns below a metope frieze.
3 sashes to ground floor and 4 to first floor, all with
glazing bars and under gauged skewback arches. Stone bracket
cornice at original height of building. C19 top floor is lit
through four horned sashes with glazing bars and gauged
skewback arches. Dentil cornice below pierced brick parapet.
Gabled roof with two gabled dormers. Internal gable-end
stacks.
INTERIOR. Passageway entrance leads to rear and a square
staircase hall. Very fine C18 staircase round open well. Open
string. 2 turned balusters per tread, the tread ends with
scroll carving. Ramped and wreathed handrail. Matching dado
panelling. Fluted Ionic engaged columns support staircase at
each turn. Gallery formed at first floor. Round-arched
staircase window at this level, with glazing bars. Plaster
modillion coving and elaborate chandelier rose. Ground floor
front room is enriched with large-frame panelling. Over
fireplace is an eared plaster picture frame on brackets with
flanking scrolled consoles. Within apron is a fruit and flower
swag, above is another, and fruit and flower trails decorate
the sides. Main room above with similar plasterwork and
panelling. Remainder of principal rooms also with large-framed
panelling. Front range and rear wings with staggered butt
purlin roofs.

Listing NGR: TF6162120084

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555298

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)