NHER 63522 (Building record) - Chancery House, 8 King Street

8 King Street.
Previously recorded under NHER 12909.

1951. Listed Grade II.

November 1977. Field Observation.
Nos 6 and 8 King Street visited by E. Rose (NAU).
No. 8 is Georgian, white brick, good condition.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 2 November 1977. Information from record card (S1).

Listed building revision of 1993 (S2) states that No. 8 is late 17th century with a late 18th-century gault brick façade. Brick with a slate roof, two storeys and dormer attic in four bays.
The only internal details described are 18th- and 19th-century panelling and stairs.
E. Rose (NLA), 10 March 1999, amended A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 24 July 2019.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
House, now offices. Late 17th century with late 18th-century gault-brick façade. Brick. Slate roof. Two storeys and dormer attic in four bays. Panelled door set to left of elevation under a hood...Projecting timber eaves cornice. Gabled roof with two gabled dormers fitted with sashes. Internal gable-end stacks. Gabled two storey (and attic) cross wing to rear, rendered above ground floor…
Interior: Stick baluster staircase with carved tread ends. Round newels. First-floor balustrade has turned balusters. Ground-floor front room partitioned. Two rooms immediately above, that to north with large-framed panelling with bolection mouldings, c.1700. Moulded cornice. 19th-century chimneypiece with, either side, a cupboard with panelled doors and 'H' hinges. South room with similar panelling without the bolection mouldings."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the full listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2023.