NHER 12912 (Building record) - 16 and 18 King Street

December 1951. Listed, Grade II.
See (S1).

November 1977. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Good brown-brick Georgian pair of houses, each of two bays, three storeys and dormers. Later shop front on No. 18. Timbering visible in passage.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 2 November 1977. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.

According to (S3) there is a medieval piscina and doorway in the building, which has led to suggestions that it is built on the remains of the guildhall of Corpus Christi. There is no mention of this on the listed building description (S1); stone basins do occur in several Lynn houses.
E. Rose (NLA), 18 October 1993.

Revised 1993 listing (S1) states 'interior not inspected' and makes no comment on the above-mentioned features but it does date the house to the 16th century on the grounds there is evidence for a timber frame among 17th-century brick at the rear.
E. Rose (NLA), 11 March 1999.

See also (S4).
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 28 November 2018.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"Two houses, now offices (No 18) and private hotel (No 16). Late 16th century, early 19th-century facade, much altered 20th century. Timber-framed with brown brick skin. Slate roof, pantiled to rear. Three storeys and dormer attic. Each house of two bays. Central passage to rear under 19th-century timber arch. To left is a 19th-century shopfront to No 18, in three parts, entered from doorway in central passageway...Timber dentiled eaves cornice below gabled roof...Internal gable-end stacks. North side of central passageway with timber studwork. Rear wing of No 16 retains elements to timber-frame, but is mostly 17th-century colourwashed brick.
Interior: Ground floor of No 18 completely modernised late 20th century. Upper floors not inspected. Interior of No 16 not inspected but is possibly of interest."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the full listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.