b\w printphotograph

B\w photograph of the 16th century east wing of the Hampton Court complex, Nelson Street, King's Lynn, looking north. A lady stands looking at one of the three former shop front windows seen on the brick ground floor section. Vertical timber stud with brick infill and inset windows forms the first floor and there is a gable set into the pitched tiled roof above the former first floor loading entrance which is situated above the main ground floor entrance arch to the courtyard beyond. The jettied light coloured section of Hampton Court seen in the left foreground is part of the original 14th century merchant's house. The name derives from a 17th century owner, John Hampton. The hipped gable end of St. Margaret's House can be seen in the centre, with the front jetty of the former Valiant Sailor public house, once the home of Walter Dexter RA, to the right