34 High Street
Current
34
High Street
Lowestoft
United Kingdom
History
This impressive pair of Georgian houses started out as one big house and were converted into two houses sometime in the Victorian Era of the town. In 1865 after it was converted, Mr James Canham who was a Harbour pilot, lived at No33. In 1900 Mr Edward Charles Pipe who was a builder lived at No34 he also had his yard down on Whapload Road. In 1932 according to the kelly's Directory, George Leonard Button was living at No34 and then in 1967 a Mrs Huckle was in residence.CREDIT: Lowestoft High Street, The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker by Crispin Hook 2016 Get the book
Architecture
Nos. 33 & 34 High Street stand as a good example of the subdivision of an original burgage plot - all of which were laid out during the first half of the 14th century. There is no existing record to show when the subdivision had been carried out, but the Manor Roll of 1618 is the first document to show that it had occurred. The tenant of what is now No. 33, that year, was Nicholas Thacker, preceded by Roger Chancellor (merchant). In 1720, it was Thomas Spratt (fisherman-mariner). The tenant of what is now No. 34, in 1618, is named as Edmund Maye (shoemaker), with Rowland Earkell (draper) preceding him. In 1720, it was Simon Canham (mariner).
The abuttalments of the respective properties show that No. 33's messuage ran all the way from the High Street down to Whapload Road, whereas No 34's ran from the High Street and ended somewhere to the east, abutting onto land belonging to No. 33. This shows that No. 34's messuage had been created at some stage from land belonging to No. 33. CREDIT:David Butcher
TM5593NW HIGH STREET 914-1/8/20 (East side) 03/10/77 Nos.33 AND 34
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House, formerly house and shop, divided into 2 properties C20. Early C19. Brick with slate roof. 3 storeys in 3 bays, the centre first and second-floor windows blind. Pair of central C20 panelled doors under plain fanlights. Panelled reveals and a fluted doorcase, which are C20 copies of the C19 original. 6/6 sashes to the ground and first floor, 3/3 sashes to the second floor, all under gauged skewback arches. The left-hand ground-floor sash is late C20, filling a blocked shop front. gabled roof with partly external gable-end stacks. The rear has a full-height gabled cross wing partly rebuilt 1949 after bomb damage. CREDIT: Historic England
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