How does a sculpture on the subject of the medieval practice of drying cod grab you? Hmm? Well outside this late 16th century warehouse they've put up a grey metallic thing with a little plaque telling us that dried fish was imported into King's Lynn back in the days before Beko fridge-freezers and this is so we don't forget how barrel loads of the stuff were transported inland from here ... *yawn, stretch...* I liked the squawking gull but found the rest was a bit "so-whatish" but maybe others will find it fascinating.
Here's the front of the building (or is it the back?), it seems from what I read that the place was used for storing salt, wine, beer and building materials. Ships apparently moored inside the place which indicates the river has been pushed back a few dozen yards since those days. It's reckoned the stone base comes from demolished Friary which was just behind here. The building is now a restaurant and exhibition space and is run by a trust to keep it open to the public.
The building looks quite solidly built.
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