23,25, KING STREET

23 and 25 King Street is a house that has been converted into offices, originally reconstructed in the early 17th century on an existing plot, with a facade from the mid-18th century. The building is made of brick and has a plain tiled roof. The layout consists of a front range with a central passage leading to a very narrow yard that separates two parallel ranges running west, suggesting it could be divided into two independent properties.

The facade is a strong masculine design, featuring three storeys and five bays, with rusticated stone quoins and stone surrounds for the late 18th-century sash windows that have glazing bars. The central entrance has a fielded and panelled door, surrounded by large rusticated blocks with an arch above the fanlight and a metope frieze beneath the hood. The roof is hidden by a parapet, and there are stacks on both the right and left sides.

The south gable wall was rebuilt in yellow commons after it collapsed around 1900. There is a 20th-century south rear wing made of 17th-century brick that extends down Ferry Lane, featuring a three-light 17th-century mullioned casement on the ground floor and occasional 18th-century sashes with glazing bars. The rear wings are two storeys high and end in very rare stepped gables for King's Lynn. The north wing is wider, with two 1989 sashes on each floor and another in the gable, while the south wing has one sash on each principal floor, with late 18th-century sashes visible on the courtyard elevations. The north wing has three gabled dormers on the south roof slope and one ridge stack in each wing, with the southern stack dating back to the 17th century.

Inside, there is one surviving ovolo-moulded two-light timber casement on the first floor of the south rear wing. The rear ground-floor west room in the north range features a sunk quadrant bridging beam, along with some deeply moulded internal door surrounds. The roof of the north wing has upper clasped purlins and cambered collars, while the roof of the south wing has been significantly altered. The front range appears to have a standard principal, common, and purlin roof.