NHER 9376 (Building record) - 5 and 6 Church Lane

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Summary

Nos. 5 and 6 Church Lane date from the mid 18th century, and are of gault brick with a mansard roof and dormer windows. Permission to demolish these two houses was sought in 1976 but this was not granted. The buildings were purchased and completely restored by the King's Lynn Preservation Trust, along with the adjoining property to the south (NHER 62826).

Protected Status/Designation

Location

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

Map

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

April 1976. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU):
Grey brick early Georgian houses, in poor condition.
Application for demolition March 1976 - recommended for surveying by NARG.
Pevsner (S1) talks about Welwick House of 1690 standing in All Saints' Street between Union Street and Church Lane 'with facade lying back from latter'. Presumably he meant lying back from All Saints' Street, and this was one of the buildings to the west now demolished. See NHER 12081 for this.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 7 April 1976. Information from record card (S2).

See (S3) and (S4) in file.
Permission to demolish was refused.
E. Rose (NAU).

These two properties were Listed at Grade II in 1972. According to (S5) they were purchased in 1977 along with adjoining No. 1 All Saints' Street (now NHER 62826) by the King's Lynn Preservation Trust, which oversaw their complete restoration.
Pevsner (S6) notes that these two properties were converted to flats in 1978.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 13 June 2019.

See NHER 62826 for details of No 1 All Saints' Street, which was previously recorded under this number.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 13 June 2019.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"Two houses. Mid-18th-century. Gault brick. Machine tile roof. Two storeys and dormer attic. To left is a plank door leading to passage to rear. Next right is the panelled entrance door to No.5. To extreme right is panelled door to No.6, and between them are two horned sashes under segmental gauged skewback arches with exaggerated cambers. Three horned sashes to first floor and two blind windows (in bays two and five). Mansard roof pierced by three flush dormers in front slope. Ridge stack left of centre. Rendered north return. Rear roof slope extended over outshut."
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the full listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 March 2025.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1291381.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S3> Photograph: Howe, G.E.. 1976. [unknown].
  • <S4> Newspaper Article: 1976. Eastern Daily Press. 4 August.
  • <S5> Website: The King's Lynn Preservation Trust. 5-6 Church Lane. http://www.klprestrust.org.uk/archive/5-6-church-lane/. 13 June 2019.
  • <S6> Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 492.

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Record last edited

Mar 17 2025 7:27PM

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