Custom House, King's Lynn

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Custom House in King's Lynn is a historic 17th-century merchant exchange and customs building, renowned as one of the town’s most iconic architectural landmarks.

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Label Occurrences
Custom House, King's Lynn canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf custom house
historic building
merchant exchange
tourist attraction
architect Henry Bell
architecturalStyle Classical architecture
Palladian-influenced architecture
builtFor Trinity House
surface form: Trinity House of Deptford Strond
category Buildings and structures in King's Lynn
Custom houses in the United Kingdom
Grade I listed buildings in Norfolk
Tourist attractions in Norfolk
completedIn 1683
constructionStartYear 1681
country United Kingdom
currentUse heritage attraction
tourist information centre
facedWith stone
hasClock yes
hasFunction symbol of King's Lynn's maritime and trading history
hasStoreys 2
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
heritageDesignationCountry United Kingdom
heritageGrade Grade I
isLandmarkOf King's Lynn
surface form: King's Lynn waterfront
listedBy Historic England
locatedIn England
Norfolk
United Kingdom
location King's Lynn
material brick
near King's Lynn
surface form: King's Lynn town centre

Town Hall, King's Lynn
surface form: Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn
notableFeature central cupola
symmetrical classical façade
originalFunction customs office
merchant exchange
overlooks River Great Ouse
ownedBy King's Lynn and West Norfolk district
surface form: Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
region East of England
roofType pitched roof
significance important example of late 17th-century civic architecture in England
one of the most iconic buildings in King's Lynn
situatedOn Purfleet Quay

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Subject: Custom House, King's Lynn
Description of subject: Custom House in King's Lynn is a historic 17th-century merchant exchange and customs building, renowned as one of the town’s most iconic architectural landmarks.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King's Lynn hasNotableBuilding Custom House, King's Lynn