Description

LOWESTOFT

TM5593NW HIGH STREET
914-1/8/24 (East side)
03/10/77 Nos.41 AND 42

GV II

Pair of houses and shops, now 2 shops and 4 flats. Late C14,
re-built C17, re-built again mid C19, altered C20. Brick.
Asbestos slate and natural slate roofs. Double-pile plan. 3
storeys in 4 window bays. 2 late C20 ground-floor shop fronts.
4 top-hung late C20 casements to each of upper 2 floors, those
to No.41 with rendered skewback arches. gabled roof with
internal gable-end stacks. The rear pile is similar. Two
2-storey cross wings receded east from the rear: C20 details.
INTERIOR. C20 details throughout except for the late C14
cellar under No.41. Limewashed brick. 2 compartments separated
by a wide double-chamfered 4-centred brick arch. The south
compartment has a flight of brick steps leading to the street,
now blocked. The east and west walls are punctuated by
4-centred chamfered brick arches leading to small recessed
chambers with barrel vaults. Each recess arch has an engaged
circular respond with polygonal capitals. A forest of C20
brick piers supports the roof, from which the vault has been
removed. The north compartment has a quadripartite brick vault
with hollow-chamfered ribs on corbels. There are no wall
niches or responds. In the north-east corner rises a brick
winder staircase with moulded circular newel bricks. It is
blocked at ceiling level.

Listing NGR: TM5515993893

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502201

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record