Warehouse on South Side, Now Flats and Shops is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. A C16 Warehouse.

Warehouse on South Side, Now Flats and Shops

WRENN ID
forbidden-hall-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1951
Type
Warehouse
Address
Warehouse on South Side, Now Flats and Shops, King's Staithe Lane, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 1LZ
OS grid reference
TF 616 199
Coordinates
52.7529, 0.39336
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a warehouse located on the south side of King's Staithe Lane in King's Lynn, originally serving Clifton House. It dates from the mid-16th century and was extended to the street line in the early 17th century. The structure has undergone significant alterations and was converted into flats and shops in the mid-1980s. The exterior features red brick and re-used ashlar, with a combination of plaintile and pantile roofs. The northern side is likely an extension from the early 17th century and has two storeys with a dormer attic.

A wide entrance with a sliding door, located just off centre, provides access to the rear courtyard. To the east of the entrance is a set-off leading to the first floor, along with re-used quoins at the junction with Clifton House. The facade includes a mix of 2 and 3-light diamond mullioned windows and various casements, all from the 1980s but likely accurate replicas. The gabled roof has six sloping dormers.

The south side consists of two distinct sections. An entrance passage is accessed through double timber doors, leading to two storeys and a dormer attic. The south side features assorted late 20th-century casements and two pedestrian doors that open into shop and residential units. The arrangement of windows is irregular, but the presence of ashlar quoins suggests original mid-16th century locations and sizes. Much of the elevation includes re-used ashlar. The gabled roof on this side has two sloping dormers, and to the left of the passage doors, the elevation extends under a shallower pitched roof, reducing to one storey and a dormer attic. A flight of late 20th-century steps leads to a small terrace that serves two 20th-century French windows and a door, with three sloping dormers in the roof.

The interior has not been inspected, but it is known to retain a heavy spine wall, likely the north wall of the original warehouse prior to its extension to the street. There are also reports of later 18th-century cellars.

Local climate

Warehouse on South Side, Now Flats and Shops sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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