NHER 12909 (Building record) - 6 King Street

6 King Street.

December 1951. Listed Grade II.

November 1977. Field Observation.
Nos 6 and 8 visited by E. Rose (NAU).
No. 6 is early Georgian in its façade, two storeys, four bays, end windows narrower on first floor. Said to be dated 1739 and 1882 on date stones (not found by E. Rose). Listing (S1) takes second date as the date of the façade, but in fact it is obviously the former.
Older roof, perhaps 17th century, extends over a building with modern ground floor to south.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 2 November 1977. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.

Listed building revision of 1993 (S1) agrees with above with respect to façades but states No. 6 is internally late 16th-century with chamfered beams, refronted in the early 18th century and restored between 1983 and 1988. Roof of butt purlins at front, clasped purlins at rear; 18th-century panelling, winder stair.
E. Rose (NLA), 10 March 1999. Amended by A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 24 July 2019.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"House, now offices and domestic. Late 16th century, refronted early 18th century, restored 1983-1988. Brick. Plain tiled roof to front, pantiled to rear. Two storeys and dormer attic in four bays. Façade dated 1739. Segmental-headed entrance to passageway to rear set to right of elevation...Parapet with central rainwater hopper. Gabled roof continuous with No. 4 [NHER 34287]. Two hipped dormers with casement windows. Central ridge stack. Rear with large brick cross wing and late 20th-century pantiles…
Interior: Chamfered bridging beams. Rear wing has windows with early 18th-century shutters. Winder staircase in north side. Main first-floor room to façade is partitioned but has large-framed panelling. Central fireplace in east wall is cut by partition and blocked: tall overmantel with curvilinear upper frame with foliage-carved spandrels and egg-and-dart decoration. Front roof has butt purlins, of rear roof enough remains to show that it was of clasped purlin type. House divided from No. 4 in early C18, probably 1739."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the full listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.

For details of Chancery House, 8 King Street, previously recorded under this number, see NHER 63522.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 24 July 2019.