91, King Street

TG 2308 SW KING STREET (east side). 23/418 5.6.72. No. 91. GV II* House with C15 undercroft. House:- 1811 incised in brickwork. Fragmentary remains from the late C15, C16 and C18. Red brick and pantile roof. Flint rubble rear and side walls. 2 storeys. 3 bays. Central door with semi- circular rubbed brick arch and simple timber jambs. Carriage entry to right with 4-centre rubbed brick arch. Sash windows with glazing bars and rubbed brick flat arches. Blind window above door. Simple box cornice. Cross- beam in rear room with double-ogee moulding, possibly contemporary with undercroft and one blocked C16 window in north wall. Undercroft:- Brick. 2 bays with 3 transverse ribs springing from wall piers having a shallow 4-centre profile. Slight barrel-vault webbing between ribs. 3 side chambers and 2 end chambers. Remains of internal and external stair entrances. The undercroft is ranged at right-angles to and away from the street line. The building is graded II because of the undercroft, one of an important group within the City Walls.

Listing NGR: TG2345008336