NHER 46947 (Building record) - White's House, 26 St Nicholas Street

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Summary

An early 19th-century two-storey brown brick slate roofed house, now offices, with later alterations and a restoration of 1988. The four-bay façade has a 20th-century doorway to the right that blocks a former carriage arch and a central panelled door under a fanlight.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1195395: 26 ST NICHOLAS STREET

Location

Map sheet	TF62SW
Civil Parish	KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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December 1970. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House, now offices. Early 19th century, restored in 1987 [See (S1)]. Brown brick with slate roof. Two storeys in four bays. 20th-century doorway to right blocking former carriage arch to rear under cambered gauged arch. One replaced sash with glazing bars immediately above, with gauged skewback arch. Remainder of façade to east is conventional three-bay symmetrical structure. Central panelled door with four-vaned fanlight set within recessed reveals. Sashes are horned replacements with glazing bars and gauged skewback arches. Hipped roof with two stacks on rear slope."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Aldridge (NLA), 11 September 2006.

Puiblication (S3) cites this building as an example of 'voluntary improvement' overseen by the Paving Commissioners. This house was rebuilt with brown brick and a rounded corner in 1841. The site was previously occupied by a timber framed and jettied building depicted in a etching of 1670 reproduced in (S4) and recorded separately (NHER 63532).
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 27 June 2019.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF70091 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1987. Decay gets tackled. 24 April.
<S2> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1195395.
<S3> SNF99771 Monograph: Higgins, D.. 2008. The Remaking of King's Lynn: Brown Brick and Rounded Corners. pp 38-39, fig 66.
<S4> SNF99912 Monograph: Newsome, S. 2018. Chapel Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk: The History and Archaeology of the Chapel Street Car Park. Historic England Research Report Series. 2-2018. p 23, fig 13.

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Record last edited

Jul 21 2023 2:02AM