Buckingham Terrace

Buckingham Terrace is a row of 18th-century houses built in 1825 for the Society of Friends, whose lease expired in 1924. Located on London Road in King's Lynn, the terrace is constructed of brown brick with slate roofs to the front and slate and pantiles to the rear. Number 77, at the north end of the terrace, was originally occupied by the builder and has three bays. It was restored and divided into flats in 1970 by DK Waite and features a two-storey bay window on its north return. The remaining houses are generally two bays high with three storeys, some featuring a blind window bay above the front door. A four-centred arched entrance provides access to a rear passage between numbers 65 and 66, marked by a small pediment in the roof. The ground floor of number 60, at the south end, has a double-fronted shop front. A string course runs above the first floor. The roof is gabled, with hipped ends to the north and south. Chimneys mark the divisions between the properties. Each house has fielded and panelled doors set to the left, contained within an arched doorcase with a geometric fanlight overhead. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars and gauged skewback arches, most of which are original. Railings and gates to the front sit on low brick walls, replaced in 1989 but to the original design.