10–11 Saturday Market Place is a historic building in Saturday Market Place, the main

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, England. It stands opposite the northern side of

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, while King's Lynn Town Hall is attached to its western end.

Structure

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

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, dating to the late 19th century. Two more, modern, windows are located to the left of the main door. The first floor has two late-19th-century sash windows. The building, which has a gabled roof, was altered in the 20th century.

Occupants

In the mid-20th-century, the home was converted to a restaurant named The Charter House. Between 1991 and 2001, it was Rococo, a fine-dining restaurant owned by Nick Anderson. Anderson closed the restaurant in 2001, before moving to

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, but returned in 2005. The building was occupied between 2010 and 2020 by Market Bistro.

References

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Structure

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