NHER 12090 (Building record) - 14 King Street, formerly the Plough public house

14 King Street.

June 1972. Listed Grade II.

July 1972. Building Survey.
Examined by Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME).
House as now standing appears entirely 19th century, but some beams could be older and perhaps it was a house with projecting upper storey, the ground floor of which has been brought forward.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S1). See report (S2) for further details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.

Listed building description (S3), under "14 and 14A King Street formerly 12 and 14" describes a building with 19th-century brick front and ovolo moulded ground floor beams. It is possible that this refers to what was No. 12, these beams being those boxed at the time of the RCHM survey, as the description does not fit No. 14 at all.
E. Rose (NLA), 11 March 1999.

This is definitely the same building as described in the List Entry above. It is now No. 14.
According to (S4) this was formerly The Plough public house. In April 1865 Richard Bagge applied to bring forward the lower front wall of this building (see above) "so as to range with adjoining houses and with the upper storey of the Plough". This work was carried out in red brick, since by that date brown brick was becoming less fashionable.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 10 July 2019.

According to (S5) the Plough is recorded at 34 King Street at 1836, so it is unclear when this building became a public house, but certainly before 1865. It was closed by compensation in 1912. An undated photograph of the The Plough included in (S5) clearly shows 14 King Street.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 10 July 2019. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"House, now offices. 17th century, early 19th-century facade, rear reconstructed 1959. Brown brick facade, remainder of red brick. Slate roof with some pantiles to rear. Double-pile plan. Two storeys in four bays. Half-glazed door to left leads to passageway to rear...Main, three-bay part to right is symmetrical. Central panelled door in plain timber case with a hood...Bell-based gabled roof. Internal red-brick gable-end stacks and a ridge stack right of centre. Rear wing with a 17th-century stack on rear slope, with a gault-brick top.
Interior: Two sunk quadrant-moulded bridging beams to rear at ground floor, the one to north with a bar stop. Main roof of principals, one tier butt purlins and collars."
Information from (S3).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S3) for the full listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.

The 1972 RCHME survey noted above relates to 12 King Street, which was demolished at some time prior to the construction of Chequer House, which according to (S6) was erected in around 1980. It is clear from the survey report that it was this demolished building that had had its lower front brought forward in the 19th century. 12 King Street is now recorded separately as NHER 67164.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2023.