NHER 24426 (Building record) - True's Yard, 5 and 6 North Street
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TF62SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Group of houses forming last remnant of North End, the fishermen's quarter.
Basically 17th century houses of brick, cut through by new line of North Street in 1960s when an original panelled room was cut in half.
To be restored as museum by North End Preservation Project.
Information from West Norfolk Borough Council and (S1).
10 October 1990.
Group of early 19th century houses. The panelled room is now said to date from about 1710 but it is not outstanding, and this part of the building does not look older. A jettied house formerly stood adjacent and where North Street is now a tall archway 'filled with blue glass above a blue tiled floor' is reported to have been found years ago. An 'older wall' reported in 1990 as running eastwards along the street was covered over again by time of visit a section in the foundations of the standing buildings seemed merely to be volcanic rock ballast as commonly found in the town.
Information from [1].
E. Rose (NLA), 11 February 1991.
The 18th century house is that at the northwest corner of the group. The two cottages to the southeast are dated by Dr Wilson to 1810.
E. Rose (NLA), 20 December 2003.
June 2009. Listed, Grade II.
See (S2) for the complete listing details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 11 November 2009.
January 2010.
The smokehouse has been restored and a new mast, rigging and viewing platform for a 1904 fishing smack has also been completed.
See (S3) for further details,
H. White, (NLA), 9 April 2010.
Associated Sources (15)
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 499.
- --- SNF65119 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1991. Saving a little bit of history. 12 January.
- --- SNF65126 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. Triple triumph. 5 December.
- --- SNF73770 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2009. A few days to discover some of the secrets of Norfolk's heritage. 7 September.
- --- SNF77783 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. King's Lynn: Where famous seafarers sailed to foreign lands. 1 September.
- --- SNF98579 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2016. Archaeologists discover more about fisherfolk. 25 July.
- --- SNF65115 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1990-1992. [Articles on the restoration work at True's Yard, King's Lynn].
- --- SNF65118 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1991. True's Yard: the tale of an age gone by.. 4 January.
- --- SNF65124 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1992. [Articles on the future of the history of the True's Yard Museum, King's Lynn].
- --- SNF62776 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1992. True's yard boost. 17 July.
- --- SNF65125 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1992. True's Yard boost. 17 July.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF4153 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1988. Old fishing buildings to be restored. 8 April.
- <S2> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1393313.
- <S3> SNF73743 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. The place to go for a whiff of town's past. 13 January.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (1)
- BOAT (Early 20th Century - 1904 AD to 1904 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 3 2020 5:43PM