37 High Street
Current
37
High Street
Lowestoft
United Kingdom
History
In 1865 No37 is listed as a Bakers run by Mr William Bennett, in the Kelly's Directory for 1932 the building had become a Veterinary Surgery run by Mr Sidney Smith but by the 1930's until now it is a private house known as St David's in 2016.
CREDIT: Lowestoft High Street, The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker by Crispin Hook 2016 Get the book
Architecture
The left-hand front door, as seen in the photographs, conceals a passage-way onto the High Street between Nos. 37 & 36. During the mid-16th century, an earlier house on the site of No. 37 was occupied by members of the Grudgefield family - merchants involved in fishing and fish-curing. During the later part of the century, the property had the Church and the Hill families succcessively as tenants (also merchants, but of lesser scale than the Grudgefields). In 1720, it was in the hands of the Pacy family - another of Lowestoft's merchant "dynasties", with origins further down the Suffolk coast in Dunwich. No 37 is called St. David's. CREDIT:David Butcher
TM5593NW HIGH STREET 914-1/8/23 (East side) 03/10/77 No.37 St Davids
GV II
House. Mid C19. Gault brick under a roof of black-glazed pantiles. 3 storeys and dormer attic in 2 bays. Door to left with 4 fielded panels under a plain overlight, set within a timber doorcase with moulded consoles rising under coving. Within the same surround is the alley door to No.36. 2/2 sashes under rendered skewback arches. Dentil and modillion eaves cornice under gabled roof. Central gabled dormer with glazed sides fitted with a 2/2 horned sash. Internal gable-end stack to south. The rear has a 3-storey cross wing under a Mansard slate roof. The first floor of the east gable is lit through a tripartite sash with glazing bars. The upper floor has a late C20 window. CREDIT: Historic England
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