15A, King Street

KING'S LYNN

TF6120SE KING STREET 610-1/7/83 (West side) 01/12/51 No.15A (Formerly Listed as: KING STREET (West side) Nos.13 & 15A)

GV II*

House, now art gallery and associated workshop. Early C16 origins, reworked early C18. Brick with coursed limestone facade of 2 storeys and dormer attic in 3 bays, the entrance in rear courtyard shared with No.15 and reached from carriageway in No.15. Front consists of 3 flush-frame sashes each floor, with glazing bars. Overhanging plain timber eaves cornice with lead flat. Gabled roof of C19 plaintiles. One gabled dormer with a sash window. North stack shared with No.15. First-floor of north courtyard elevation with a thin Venetian window with glazing bars. INTERIOR. Most of rear range dominated by a large staircase hall lit by the Venetian window. Remarkable open-well cantilevered staircase. Open string, the strings carved with sea-dragons. 2 turned balusters per tread with tapering fluted spindles. Newels are circular section and are reeded and fluted. Ramped and wreathed handrail with matching dado rail. At first floor the balustrade returns to form south gallery affording close view of fine plaster chandelier rose in form of deeply undercut floral swathes and tight floral boss. Floral coving runs round room. Ground-floor east room (to street) with plaster coving detailed with floral motifs at intervals. Eccentric bridging beam plastered in a similar way. 2 panelled doors. Chimneypiece with tapering pilasters and 3 deep recesses to frieze. Minimal plaster decoration. Room above with large-frame panelling.

Listing NGR: TF6162020128