26 St Nicholas Street

This is a two-storey house built in 1841, renovated in 1987, and subsequently converted into offices. It is constructed of brown brick with a slate roof. The building has an L-shaped plan, curving at the northeast corner, and faces north onto St Nicholas Street.

The front elevation, facing north, is symmetrical with three bays. A fourth bay, to the west, incorporates a sash window replacing an earlier casement and fills in a former carriage arch, now a door. The central doorway has recessed reveals and a replacement spoked fanlight. A mid-19th century boot scraper remains to the right of the door, and a plaque commemorates the 1987 renovation by the King’s Lynn Preservation Trust. The former carriage arch was infilled with a timber door, side panels, and an overlight in 1987. The windows are generally replacement timber sashes with horns (1987), although some casement windows remain at the rear. The east elevation, facing Chapel Street, features two blind bays and a sash window in the centre of the first floor. The west elevation shows evidence of former door and window openings, which were filled in with red brick during the 1987 renovations. The rear (south) elevation has a blocked round-arched opening at its east end, and a rear projection on the west side appears to have been altered and extended at first-floor level in the late 19th or early 20th century, evidenced by the use of stone.

Inside, the original room layout remains largely unchanged, with the exception of the staircase which was repositioned during the 1987 renovations. The front door opens into a central stair hall, with original timber-panelled doors giving access to rooms facing St Nicholas Street. In the northwest room at ground and first floors, a plain cornice and a mid-19th century fireplace are complemented by elliptical-arched niches flanking the south wall. Similar mid-19th century fireplaces are present in the northeast room at ground and first floor levels. A glazed partition in the stair hall allows light into a rear corridor. The former carriage arch is accessed by stone slabs and includes two glazed partitions, introduced in 1987, to create office spaces.

A red brick boundary wall and railings, constructed in the late 20th century, enclose a small yard to the rear of the building.