County Court Including Railings to Facade is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1972. Courthouse.

County Court Including Railings to Facade

WRENN ID
brooding-ledge-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 June 1972
Type
Courthouse
Address
County Court Including Railings to Facade, Hayes &Amp; Storr Solicitors Including Railings to Facade, County Court Road, King's Lynn, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 5EJ
OS grid reference
TF 621 197
Coordinates
52.75122, 0.40061
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is the County Court, constructed in 1861. It is made of gault brick with stone dressings and has a slate roof, designed in the Italian palazzo style. The structure has two storeys and an attic, arranged in five bays with an arched opening pattern of 1-3-1. The ground floor features stone quoins, sash windows with glazing bars, and keystones. The central three openings have rusticated surrounds, with the left opening being the entrance that has a double-leaf panelled door. A heavy string course with dentils runs above the ground floor, almost resembling a cornice.

On the first floor, the windows are fitted with 20th-century casements, and the arched sections of the windows still have their margin glazing. Above these, a continuous string course leads to an overhanging cornice that is characteristic of the palazzo style, which also features five small attic windows. The cornice displays an achievement carrying the Royal Arms. The hipped roof has four irregularly placed stacks, each topped with its own cornice. The two-bay south return mirrors this design.

The facade is complemented by railings consisting of gault brick piers, iron stiles with scrolled braces, square section verticals, and pyramid finials. Inside, only the staircase remains, featuring paired cast-iron decorative balusters and a wreathed handrail.

Local climate

County Court Including Railings to Facade 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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