NHER 63496 (Building record) - Fell's Warehouse, Ravenshaw's Yard, 1 to 8 Market Lane

Previously recorded under NHER 12081.

1972. Building Survey.
These buildings are of two storeys and are constructed of brick on a low rough ashlar plinth with pitched pantile roof. They consist of six identical stable units arranged in pairs with a coach house at the western end. There is a date stone of 1883 and another similar stone with the initials L.J.W.. The stable unit has an open ground floor with a ladder to the first floor which is also open and presumably used for storage. The coach house has accommodation for four horses and coach with a small additional room at the ground floor with storage above.
See (S1) for further details, drawing and photographs.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 8 July 2019.

House now demolished, stables derelict.
E. Rose (NAU), 6 July 1977.

Stables (also known as Fell's Warehouse) - test holes dug against south side August 1978, showed foundations to be a late medieval stone wall with two window openings with stone surrounds, recessed as if for shutters. This feature was later found to form part of NHER 1159, under which it is now documented.
P. Wade-Martins (NAU).

See (S2) in file.

1970. Listed Grade II.
Warehouse, now housing. Early 19th century, remodelled in 1882. Red brick with gault brick dressings to north, re-used ashlar and brick to south. Pantiled roof. Two storeys. Plinth course to north front with some stone. Ground floor arcade of 16 openings of varying, but regular, sizes. Large carriage entrance to west end. Paired arched windows to first floor. All openings now with late 20th century windows and doors. Gabled roof. No stacks. South side with occasional pantiled single-storeyed extensions. All details late 20th century.
Information from (S3).
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 8 July 2019.

According to (S4) the six stables and coach house which comprised the building by 1882 suggest that it housed a commercial venture, perhaps serving the large inns or hotels on the Tuesday Market Place. The property immediately to the west, Nos. 8-10 Tuesday Market Place (NHER 34290) were described as a 'Van Office' (presumably some form of commercial transport business) on a map of 1848 and it is possible that this building housed the horses for that business.
A plaque on the stables with the initials 'LJW' probably denotes Lewis Weston Jarvis, attorney, if it relates to the original building, or his son Lewis Whincop Jarvis if it relates to the remodelling of 1882. Lewis Whincop Jarvis lived in Nos. 8-10 Tuesday Market Place in 1871.
The stables and coach house at the western end were not constructed in a single phase, as shown by the straight joint and the step in the ridge line which can be seen on the southern elevation. It is possible that the erection of the coach house was part of the later remodelling.
See (S4) for further information and photographs.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 26 July 2019.