NHER 68868 (Building record) - Bank House and 2-4 King's Arms Street, North Walsham

Bank House and 2-4 King's Arms Street
A commercial and residential dwelling built by George Cubitt in 1856. It consists of two commercial units facing King's Arms Street (2-4) and a domestic dwelling at the back (known as Bank House). The commercial properties were originally used as an iron foundry until around 1891 when they were occupied by a grocer. A photograph from 1908 shows the two commercial units in use by a bank at number 2 and the grocers at number 4. The grocers moved in the mid-20th century and the bank continued at the premises until 1998 when both units were turned into a restaurant.
The building is L-shaped with the commercial units facing the street and the domestic residence at the rear perpedicular to the main range. The commercial units are constructed of buff-brick walls and the domestic range of red-brick walls laid in Flemish bond. The whole is covered by a pantile roof.
Numbers 2-4 are two storeys high with an additional basement and six bays wide. There are five round-arched windows with plain keystone and moulded surround and a central flat-arched moulded door. The two southmost bays were previously doors but are now windows. There are four flat-arched window surrounds on the first floor. There are sections of margined cornicing on the inside of the building and a room on the first floor has an original picture rail and window seat.
Bank House is also two storeys high over a basement and the elevation facing the garden is six bays long. The roof was originally slate-covered but was replaced by pantiled covering in the late 20th century. There is a two-storey proch on the second bay from the east added soon after construction with an original half-glazed and pannelled door in the interior. There is also a stair with panelled spandrel inside Bank House. The sitting room retains a cast-iron ceiling rose and the kitchen pantry retains the original timber and slate shelving. A servant's stair between the basement and first floor bedrooms was removed in the 20th century.
Information taken from (S1).
For further details, see the National Heritage List for England (S1) and Heritage England Advice Report (S2).
A. Henderson (HES), 28 March 2025.

April 2025. Listed. Grade II.
2-4 King's Arms Street and Bank House was designated a Grade II Listed Building on 3 April 2024.
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
See Historic England Advice Report (S2) and Consultation Report (S3) for further details.
A. Henderson (HES), 28 March 2025.