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79, London Road

A Grade II Listed Building in King's Lynn, Norfolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7473 / 52°44'50"N

Longitude: 0.4023 / 0°24'8"E

OS Eastings: 562247

OS Northings: 319333

OS Grid: TF622193

Mapcode National: GBR N3R.LKF

Mapcode Global: WHJP7.46TQ

Plus Code: 9F42PCW2+WW

Entry Name: 79, London Road

Listing Date: 7 June 1972

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1290764

English Heritage Legacy ID: 384195

ID on this website: 101290764

Location: St James' End, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE30

County: Norfolk

District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Electoral Ward/Division: St Margarets with St Nicholas

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: King's Lynn

Traditional County: Norfolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk

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Description


KING'S LYNN

TF6219SW LONDON ROAD 610-1/11/124 (West side) 07/06/72 No.79

GV II

House, now Guest house. c1840 (shown on map of 1846 but not on one of 1830). Brown brick with slate roofs. Stucco dressings. 3 storeys. Presents east facade to London Road, south (entrance) front to South Everard Street. East front in 2 bays. Ground floor with rusticated corner and centre pieces separating 2 sashes with glazing bars under gauged skewback arches. First floor similar except rusticated elements replaced by thin paired Tuscan pilasters and the sashes become French windows under hoods. Decorated iron balcony rails. Cornice over this floor. Top floor with plain corner and centre pieces separating the smaller sashes. Glazing bars and gauged skewback arches. Parapet below hipped roof. South front has a main block to east in 3 bays, and a 2-storey west block also in 3 bays. Main block entered through double-leaf doors set within doorcase comprising a pair of stucco Tuscan pilasters with 2 columns in antis, of same order. Simple hood. Windows are sashes with glazing bars and gauged skewback arches. 2 upper window bays to west are blind. Stucco string courses at first and second floors, the former extending into the west block. Ground floor of this of three 4-centred wall arches, the eastern 2 with blind windows, the other with a sash as before. 2 first-floor sashes separated by a blind window to first floor. Hipped roof.

Listing NGR: TF6224719333

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