Record Details
| NHER Number: | 48908 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Former County Court |
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Summary
The Court House was built in 1861 in the Italian palazzo style. The court was closed by the Government in 2016 and this building was converted to office use.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6211 1976 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NW |
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| Parish: | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 1972. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"County Court. 1861. Gault brick with stone dressings and slate roof. Italian palazzo style. Two storeys and attic in five bays arranged 1-3-1, the openings arched. Stone quoins to ground floor. Windows are sashes with glazing bars and keystones to this floor. Centre three openings have rusticated surrounds, the left opening being the doorway. Double-leaf panelled door. Heavy string course with dentils, almost a cornice...Between a further string course and the overhanging, Palazzo-like cornice, are five small attic windows. On the cornice is an achievement carrying the Royal Arms. Hipped roof with four irregularly disposed stacks, each with its own cornice. The two-bay south return is similar. Railings to façade: gault brick piers, iron stiles with scrolled braces, square section verticals with pyramid finials.
Interior: Only staircase survives. Paired cast-iron decorative balusters. Wreathed handrail."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 4 September 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 March 2025.
The county court in King's Lynn was closed in 2016 and this building is currently occupied by a firm of solicitors.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 15 October 2016.
Monument Types
- COUNTY COURT (19th Century to 21st Century - 1861 AD to 2016 AD)
- RAILINGS (19th Century to 21st Century - 1861 AD to 2100 AD)
- OFFICE (21st Century - 2016 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 476. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. NHER 5484. |
| <S1> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1210671. |
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| 5484 | Related to: Site of St James' Chapel (Monument) |
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