NHER 12014 (Building record) - Warehouse on Purfleet Quay adjoining 3 King Street

1951. Listed, Grade II.

Warehouse on Purfleet Quay, adjoining 3 King Street. 17th century, brick, with vaulted cellars probably older. Information from Listing (S1).
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.

April 1984. Field Observation.
South side exterior briefly seen by E. Rose (NAU). Gable wall towards south with lower extension running to west. Gable has on three levels small windows with stone frames, rectangular, much altered by 19th-century cart loading doors etc.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 19 April 1984. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.

January 1994. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Warehouse, basically three blocks of 16th to 17th century date with some reused stonework, remodelled in the 19th century.
Extensive cellars dating from the 18th century and one which seems 16th century. The cellars extend under adjacent properties.
See report (S3) for further details. See also (S4) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 17 January 1994.

Revised listing (S1) states that an engraving of around 1680 (H. Jones after Henry Bell) shows a square lookout tower attached to the east side. The sign on the south face of the warehouse used to read 'P Cordlandt Dry Storage'. Used until around 1979 as a wine store. At the time the Listing was revised (1993) the building was an architect's office.
E. Rose (NLA), amended by A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 29 November 2018.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"Warehouse, now offices. Early 17th century, considerably altered since, particularly in mid 19th century. Brick with stone dressings and slate roof. Engraving by H. Jones after Henry Bell, c.1680, shows a square look-out tower attached to east side. Four storeys. Central 20th-century door. One renewed window right and left under glazed brick segmental arches. West corner with re-used stone quoins to ground floor. First floor with renewed loading door left of centre shares a segmental arch with a top-hung casement to its left...Gabled roof. Interior: Ground floor with two blocked round brick arches to east wall and a third in north wall. Remainder mainly late 20th century except for extensive brick 17th-century cellars. Three parallel elliptically-vaulted ranges running east-west, linked at intervals. One part has plain ribbing…"
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the full listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.