NHER 63559 (Monument record) - Site of Market House, Tuesday Market Place

Previously recorded under NHER 12919.

November 1994. Site visit prior to extensive works to The Corn Exchange (NHER 63560).
See (S1) in file which indicates that the rear extension known as the Fire Engine House is in fact the remains of the former Market House of 1830, retaining booths inside.
See NHER 63560.
E. Rose (NLA).

February 1995. Building Survey
No further details.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 10 February 2020.

July 1995.
Older rear part of Corn Exchange building demolished.

The Old Customs House formerly covered this site as well as the adjacent NHER 12918. See NHER 12918 for details.
E. Rose (NLA), 1 December 2003.

According to (S2) a 'large and convenient' Market House was erected on the site of the Angel Inn, the foundation stone being laid on 13 April 1830. The building cost £3800, which was subscribed by shareholders. The building transferred to the Corporation in 1832. It had a cemented front with an upper and lower portico. According to Hillen (S2) it stood where the Corn Exchange now (1907) stands, and extended backward towards the Common Staithe, the fish market being at its western end. The floor had long ranges of butchers' stalls, whilst above was a concert room.
See (S2) for further details.
(S3) reports that the Market House was erected in 1830 to take on the functions formerly provided by the Market Cross and its associated shambles (NHER 5550). (S3) notes that the Market House was designed by the Swaffham-born architect William Donthorne.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 10 February 2020.