3, King Street

This is a late 15th-century hall house that was remodelled in the early 18th century and given a new facade in the mid-18th century. In the late 20th century, the original hall range was demolished and converted into flats, although the crown post from above the hall is now in Lynn Museum. The hall range has since been rebuilt in 1989 as further flats. The building is constructed of red brick with a yellow brick facade and slate roofs, set in a typical L-shape with an entrance passage on the right-hand side. No. 3A is located to the right of the entrance passage and was formerly part of this house.

The front facade is two storeys high and has five bays. The entrance passage is accessed via an open-pedimented timber archway supported on engaged Ionic columns. Four sash windows with glazing bars and gauged skewback arches are visible on the left-hand side, with three similar windows on the first floor. Above the entrance is a wide Venetian window dating to the mid-19th century. A wide timber modillion eaves cornice and a gabled roof complete the facade. Tall internal gable end stacks are also present.

At the rear is a two-storey, four-bay red brick range, dating to the early 18th century. A moulded platband separates the floors. There are three sashes and a door on the ground floor, and four sashes on the first floor. The sashes are late 18th-century replacements with glazing bars and gauged skewback arches. A gabled roof sits above, with three gabled dormers containing casement windows. The rear of the street range has one sash window on the ground floor and two above. A new range abuts to the west.

Inside, a very fine early 18th-century open string staircase is located to the left of the entrance doorway. It features three barley-sugar balusters per tread, with carved tread-ends. A ramped moulded handrail runs between square newel stops, which are supported by a cluster of four similar balusters. A ramped, but plain, dado panelling mirrors the staircase.