Statues - Hither & Thither

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King's Lynn
Norfolk
East of England

Purfleet Quay
(The Custom House)

King Charles II

St. James's Palace 1630 - Whitehall Palace 1685
King of England, 1660-1685
(Wikipedia)

1684/85

Description

Stone statue of King Charles II with a brass sceptre, in a niche in the Custom House.

Information Sign

custom house

Built as a Merchant's Exchange in 1683
by Henry Bell for Sir John Turner.
Altered in 1718 and 1741. From 1693 to 1989
this was the Port Office for HM Customs,
and it is "one of the finest late C17 public
buildings in provincial England"
(N Pevsner)

Sources & Information

Recording Archive for Public Sculpture in Norfolk & Suffolk, King's Lynn and West Norfolk PDF on-line.
British Listed Buildings, Listed buildings in England.
Recording Archive for Public Sculpture in Norfolk & Suffolk, database.

Locatie (N 52°45'13" - E 0°23'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbee016; Photograph: 1 August 2012
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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