NHER 48956 (Building record) - The Workshop, Marshall Street

Sail loft, now domestic dwelling.
Brown brick 19th century building of two storeys. West wall has very large mullioned frieze window at first floor level. North gable wall has smaller similar window above large doorway, now with small imitation Georgian door to left. At rear, 20th century brick extension of industrial origin.
Noted by West Norfolk Borough Council as an important unlisted building.
E. Rose (NLA), 29 September 2006.

This seems an unlikely location (a considerable distance from the docks and harbours) for a sail loft. According to (S1) this area was in 1830 a Market Garden belonging to seedsman Thomas Marshall. Part of the gardens was sold off for housing during Marshall's lifetime. However, Marshall Street was not developed until after Thomas Marshall's death in 1849. It was laid out along with Stanley Street and Bedford Street in 1851 and builders William Aggar and James and William Purdy built the houses in these streets.
See (S1) for further information and a photograph of the street frontage of this building.
The sign on the front of this building calls it 'The Workshop' and it belonged to R H Fayers & Sons (joiners and undertakers). It is referred to as a joiners' workshop in 1933 (S2) and funeral director's premises in 1960 (S3) and was used for carpentry and coffin-making. The large doors on the ground floor provided access to the premises for hearses.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 8 May 2019.