NHER 34314 (Building record) - 139 King Street

June 1953. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House and shop. Early 17th century, remodelled mid 18th century and later. Colourwashed brick.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys; three-window range. 20th-century shop front projects. Six-panelled door to left under a plain overlight...Platband at second floor...Parapet, with another platband, conceals roof. Three-storey cross-wing to rear with a rendered west gable-end and a truncated internal stack...
INTERIOR: cellar has a former fireplace to west end. Ground floor front area formerly three rooms, now a shop. Sunk-quadrant bridging beams with jewelled tongue stops. Rear room with an 18th-century cornice. Early 17th-century closed-string staircase rises to attic...First-floor front room formerly two rooms, the north one with large-framed and fielded 18th-century panelling. 19th-century marble fireplace with cupboards either side. Cross-wing with a sunk-quadrant bridging beam with a jewelled tongue stop, and a similarly embellished wall plate. Roof replaced mid 18th century; front range of principals, two tiers of staggered butt purlins and collars."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
E. Rose (NLA), 22 March 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 March 2022.