10–11 Saturday Market Place

Coordinates: 52°45′07″N 0°23′42″E / 52.75206661°N 0.3950898°E / 52.75206661; 0.3950898
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10–11 Saturday Market Place
The building in 2017
Location10–11 Saturday Market Place,
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Coordinates52°45′07″N 0°23′42″E / 52.75206661°N 0.3950898°E / 52.75206661; 0.3950898
Built17th century
Governing bodyHistoric England
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameCharter House Restaurant
Designated1 December 1951
Reference no.1298156
10–11 Saturday Market Place is located in England
10–11 Saturday Market Place
Shown in England

10–11 Saturday Market Place is a historic building in Saturday Market Place, the main market square in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. It stands opposite the northern side of King's Lynn Minster, while King's Lynn Town Hall is attached to its western end.

Structure[edit]

Originally a house, built in the 17th century, it has since been various restaurants. It is built of brick which has been rendered and colour-washed. It has a plain-tiled roof, with a central panelled main door, with a secondary one to the right. Between these two doors is a plate-glass sash window, dating to the late 19th century. Two more, modern, windows are located to the left of the main door.[1]

The first floor has two late-19th-century sash windows.[1]

The building, which has a gabled roof, was altered in the 20th century.[1]

Occupants[edit]

In the mid-20th-century, the home was converted to a restaurant named The Charter House.[1]

Between 1991 and 2001, it was Rococo, a fine-dining restaurant owned by Nick Anderson.[2][3][4] Anderson closed the restaurant in 2001, before moving to Wells, Somerset,[5] but returned in 2005.[6] Rococo (renamed Maggie's in 2006) closed in 2007.

The building was occupied between 2010 and 2020 by Market Bistro.[7][8]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "CHARTER HOUSE RESTAURANT, Non Civil Parish - 1298156 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. ^ "What a week it was for ... tough customers". The Independent. 6 April 1995. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. ^ Mapping Appetite: Essays on Food, Fiction and Culture. Cambridge Scholars Publishers. 2007. p. 110. ISBN 9781443808262.
  4. ^ "Bites: Norfolk". The Independent. 4 December 1999. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Broads minded". The Caterer. 14 September 2001. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Gordon Ramsay aids Norfolk restaurant". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  7. ^ "King's Lynn restaurant went into administration owing £176,000". Lynn News. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. ^ "The Market Bistro, King's Lynn, Norfolk". Financial Times. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2023.