St John’s House (King’s Lynn Winter Night Shelter)

Back for 2026 - Tours, an exhibition about our work, and cream teas in the garden (indoors if wet)

St John's House was built in 1871 as the vicarage for the newly built St John's Church next door. It continued in use as a vicarage until 2019 with many people in our community having fond memories of visiting – or of living here: we had one visitor not long ago who was born in the house and showed us the window where as a child she watched the exciting day the circus came to Lynn by train! After standing empty for a year, the house was leased in 2020 by the Diocese of Norwich to the King's Lynn Night Shelter, who welcome the homeless of West Norfolk for 9 months of the year.

We're delighted that once again we can open to visitors for this one day of the year for a chance to explore the house and garden and see how this lovely building is used by our guests today. Our volunteers will be on hand to offer tours and answer questions and they've been busy baking home-made cakes too – hospitality is what we do! We look forward to welcoming you.

Timings

Sunday 13 September:

1000-1600

Location & directions

St. Johns Vicarage, Blackfriars Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1NT

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

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