NHER 62894 (Building record) - Marion Almshouses, Sir Lewis Street
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF62SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
(S1) describes these as three units: single storey red brick English bond, with canted bay windows (all with upvc frames). Each unit has a bay and a porch with a round arch. ?Concrete lintels and sills and thresholds; tiled floor to porches. All front doors original. Runners for flood boards. Hipped roof over bays with finial. Red peg tile roof. Iron gates and railings on low brick wall topped with rounded blue bricks. A inscribed brass plaque reads "Marion" Seamen and Fishermen’s Homes founded & endowed by James Bowker, Esq., J.P., Twice Mayor of this Borough. L F Eagleton Architect, W H Hill Builder, Erected 1928.
These were built as 'almshouses for deserving sailors or fishermen of good character resident in the Borough of King's Lynn'.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 25 June 2019.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF99783 Unpublished Document: King's Lynn Civic Society. 2014. A Draft List of Buildings of Local Significance outside the Conservation Areas in King's Lynn.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 25 2019 2:58PM