Thoresby College, 31 and 33 Queen Street, King's Lynn

Buildings on Queen Street in King's Lynn. Mostly taken for the plaques.

Depending on the light / room it was hard getting some of these. Also traffics passes down here a lot.

I almost didn't take this place until I was pointed it out (I was looking at the Town Hall).

This is Thoresby College dating from 1500 at 31 and 33 Queen Street. It is a Grade I listed building.

College for 13 chantry priests attached to the Trinity Guild.
Founded 1500 by Thomas Thoresby, built 1508-11. Various
alterations and additions. Restored 1963-64 and converted to
flats and offices. Brick with plain tiled roofs. Quadrangular
plan.

EAST RANGE facade: 2 storeys and dormer attic in 11 irregular
bays. 3 Perpendicular moulded stone doorways with arched heads
in square surrounds. Centre doorway has original timber door
with tracery decoration and a smaller, pedestrian door within
it. Ground floor has 8 late C18 sashes with glazing bars and
painted gauged skewback arches. First floor lit through 9
similar sashes. Gabled roof behind low early C18 parapet on
which stand 5 gables, each with a 3-light cross casement.
Centre gable is shaped, others are Dutch. COURT SIDE is 2
storeys and dormer attic Rendered. Central basket archway. 3
sashes each side, with glazing bars. Five 2-light cross
casements to first floor. 5 gabled dormers in roof.

SOUTH RANGE facade to College Lane: generally of 2 storeys and
dormer attic Gabled roofs. Immediately west of gable end to
main facade is a unified length with C20 windows to ground
floor and a square-headed carriage arch. Renewed moulded
2-light casements to first floor. 5 sloping dormers in roof.
West end mostly of 3 storeys, mainly C20 details. COURT SIDE
is 2 storeys and dormer attic Carriage entrance emerges left
of centre. Above it and to right is a 5-light mullioned
window. Scattered fenestration of mullioned variety elsewhere.
8 sloping dormers in roof.

WEST RANGE facade to South Quay: Pantiled gabled roof. 2
storeys and dormer attic Irregular bay system. Scattered
fenestration, mainly mullioned windows or cross casements. 6
sloping dormers in roof. COURT SIDE is similar. Renewed
2-light casements are the usual. This range is the hall range.

NORTH RANGE: north side abutted by adjoining buildings. COURT
SIDE is polite C18 facade. Rendered. Asymmetrical. Central
door within timber case under open pediment. 3 sashes left,
with glazing bars and 2 right. Round-headed sash over door. 3
sashes to left as before, one tripartite sash to right. Gabled
roof with 4 gabled dormers.

INTERIOR. West range with floored hall. Roof of false
hammerbeams on arched braces dropping on wall posts to
corbels. Collars on arched braces. Principals moulded. 2 tiers
butt purlins.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / King's Lynn (show map)

Taken on: April 24, 2010

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