NHER 12082 (Building record) - 9 Stonegate Street

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Summary

A 17th- or 18th-century brick house with a later façade and an extra storey that was added in the early 19th century. Some of the rooms contain original wooden panelling. Over 200 late 18th-century Delft-style tiles were found in a fireplace in the house in the 1980s.

Protected Status/Designation

Location

Map sheet TF61NW
Civil Parish KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

June 1972. Listed, Grade II.
See (S1).

June 1974. Building Survey.
Examined by Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME):
Late 18th century brick house with contemporary panelling. Early 19th century alterations and other panelling.
See report (S2) in file.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S3).

See report in file notes (S4) for account of remarkable find of 17th- to 18th-century Delft tiles in fireplace.
See also photographs (S5).
E. Rose (NAU), 28 July 1988.

The Art Department at Norwich Castle Museum considered all the tiles mentioned above to be late 18th century.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 September 1988. Information from (S4).

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"House. 17th century with late 18th-century brick skin. An extra storey added early 19th century. Brick. Roof of black glazed pantiles. Three storeys, irregular bay system. Panelled door set to right within panelled reveals, the doorcase with reeded jambs and a metope frieze under the hood. Traceried overlight. One late 18th-century sash to right with glazing bars and a gauged skewback arch. One sash to each floor above door with similar details, and one sash to each floor to left of door, those to the ground and first floors are tripartite. Similar details. Second floor windows are early 19th century. Low parapet and gabled roof. West internal gable stack.
Interior: Ground-floor west room with a chamfered bressumer to the fireplace. Panelled bridging beam. Rear west room has 17th-century panelling and, in the west wall, are three wall arches: outer two are semi-circular, centre one elliptical. These are supported on pilasters with exaggerated reeding. Two principal first-floor rooms also panelled. Staircase with stick balusters.
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the full listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 March 2025.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 493.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1195402.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Richmond, H. and Taylor, R. (RCHME). 1974. RCHME Building Survey. 9 Stonegate, King's Lynn. Building Report. June.
  • <S3> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S4> Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
  • <S5> Photograph: Rose, E.. 1988. EGM 30-37.
  • TILE (18th Century - 1767 AD to 1799 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 17 2025 10:28PM

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