Working Mens Club
WORKING MENS CLUB, 51, KING STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1271277
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jun-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Working Mens Club
- Statutory Address:
- WORKING MENS CLUB, 51, KING STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1271277
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jun-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Working Mens Club
- Statutory Address 1:
- WORKING MENS CLUB, 51, KING STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WORKING MENS CLUB, 51, KING STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Great Yarmouth (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TG5266007161
Details
GREAT YARMOUTH
TG5207SE KING STREET
839-1/16/63 (East side)
27/06/53 No.51
Working Mens' Club
GV II
House. c1770. Working men's club since 1921. Altered
internally 1950s and mid 1970s. Red brick. Roof of C20
interlocking tiles.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 5-window range. Rusticated quoins and
platbands between the floors. Central doorway with a
rusticated stucco surround and a short hood. Door reveals with
incised panelling. Door is 4-panelled and with 2 central
roundels under a geometric overlight. The sashes have 6/6
glazing bars to ground and first floors and 6/3 glazing bars
to second floor, all under gauged skewback arches and all in
flush frames, the boxes of which are recessed. Central first
and second-floor sashes are arched and set within rusticated
brick surrounds with keyblocks. Ovolo-moulded brick eaves
cornice under a rebuilt parapet. Gabled roof. Truncated
internal gable-end stack to north. Large late C20 rear
extensions in concrete and grey brick.
INTERIOR: nearly all features of interest including staircase
removed in 1950s and 1970s. Most of interior partition walls
removed and all 3 floors opened out into single large rooms.
At north end the winder staircase to attic survives. Roof of
principals, 2 tiers of taper-tenoned butt purlins and collars.
Cellar has 5 barrel vaults running east-west and blocked steps
up to King Street.
Listing NGR: TG5266007161
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 468506
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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