Description

KING'S LYNN

TF6120SE KING STREET 610-1/7/88 (West side) 01/12/51 No.21 Old School Court

GV II

Formerly known as: No.21 King's Lynn High School for Girls KING STREET. House. Fragments of walling to south side indicate early C17 origins, but now mainly C18. High School for Girls 1902-79, converted to flats 1982-86. Brick, the facade rendered and scored to imitate ashlar. Plaintile roofs. Rusticated quoins throughout. 2 storeys and dormer attic in 5 bays, the central bay strongly projecting to contain passage to rear. Double-leaf doors with doorcase of panelled pilaster strips. One sash with glazing bars over door. 2 similar sashes to each floor right and left of centre bay, except for those to ground floor left, which contain plate glass. All windows in thin moulded surrounds. Modillion timber eaves cornice below gabled roof. The gabled roof of the centre bay ends in a shouldered gable end with a doorway leading to a balcony: iron railings. 2 gabled dormers each side in main roof with sashes with glazing bars. Internal gable-end stack to left, a rendered C17 stack right of centre and a small central stack. North gable wall is late C20 except for a short portion with its C18 platband. Passageway through a porch has a stone arch at line of main wall and another marking west exit. Rear enriched with a copper ogee verandah on 2 octagonal iron posts. A 2-storey mid C19 block runs west from south end: sashes with glazing bars and gauged skewback arches. INTERIOR. Main staircase to north of front range of c1790: open string with 2 turned balusters to each tread and wreathed handrail. First floor front room of this part with a late C18 marble fire-surround sporting a leaf trail (oak) to the sides and a floral frieze below the mantle. Floral plaster cornice and acanthus rose. Remainder of rooms in this block not seen.

Listing NGR: TF6162120176

External Links

• Wikidata Q26585737

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