NHER 12006 (Building record) - Dental surgery behind 5 and 7 King Street

June 1972. Listed Grade II.

Warehouse behind 5 and 7 King Street [55896]. 15th/16th-century timber-framed building with some curved braces. One six-paned window with diamond-shaped mullions. Ground floor rebuilt.
Details from (S1).
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.

April 1984. Field Observation.
Warehouses to rear of 5 and 7 King Street visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Above is correct for western end of this building. Timbering on upper storey has brick nogging; central feature of post supported by two inverted arched braces (common Lynn style) and at west end an S-brace; west wall has large curly brace sloping to south. But is building as early as suggested? Adjoining on east and not included in List description is two-storyed brick warehouse, now restored [subsequently listed and now recorded separately as NHER 63524]. On lower storey of N wall, two replaced windows uhder rounded brick arches, with small pointed blocked opening between them, and small blocked roundheaded windows to each side. On upper level, central arched window between two large late windows. At west end this building an arched splay in corner avoids small (replaced) window in timber-framed building, yet latter building looks later - but is this just due to restoration? Photos of interior of brick building pre-restoration in possession of [1] show round arched niches in pairs on upper level, some said to have been broken through as windows - are these the ones visible on exterior? If timber-framed building is really 15th/16th century it probably predates the brick building, hence the splay. Both buildings are very hard to date from exterior owing to restoration; timber frame does appear 16th century and brick building could be early 17th.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 19 April 1984. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"16th-century outbuilding of unknown function, since 1975 converted and used as dentists' surgery. Timber-framed and brick. Slate roof. Long range once jettied with brick infill and an underbuilt ground floor, the latter late 18th century. North front with one 20th-century door towards each end and an array of four 20th-century casements. First floor timber-framed: close studded with a pair of arched braces towards west end. One six-light diamond mullioned timber window to left, three two-light 20th-century casements to right of this, but in 16th-century window surrounds, occasionally with surviving mullions behind glazing of 1980s. Gabled roof hipped to west."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the full listing details.
E. Rose (NLA), 11 March 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.

For details of adjoining warehouse previously recorded under this number, see NHER 63524.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 24 July 2019.