King'S House

King's House is a house located in Thetford, believed to have origins from the 17th century and said to have been used as a hunting lodge by King James I. It was rebuilt in 1763 and converted into municipal offices between 1950 and 1951. The building features a combination of flint and re-used ashlar with a facade covered in gault brick and red brick dressings, topped with slate roofs.

The structure is two stories high and consists of five bays. The central entrance has a 20th-century glazed door set in panelled reveals, framed by a doorcase with reeded and fluted engaged Ionic columns that support an entablature and pediment. On either side of the entrance are two 6/6 unhorned sash windows, each placed under red brick gauged skewback arches. The first floor has five similar windows, although the two on the left are horned replacements. A modillion cornice runs below the parapet, which features a central achievement. The gabled roof has three gabled dormers, each fitted with 2-light casements, and internal gable-end stacks.

The house is designed with three gabled roofs running east-west. The east return includes a conservatory that adjoins a curved flint wall to the south, which is decorated with re-used ashlar fragments featuring carvings. The west return has a two-storey flint extension with red brick dressings and a hipped slate roof, containing two bays with two 6/6 sash windows on each storey, incorporating medieval fragments.

Inside, the layout has been altered for office use, featuring a staircase with wrought-iron balusters and a ramped and wreathed handrail. The first-floor council chamber is plain, and the roofs consist of principals and taper-tenoned butt purlins.