48 High Street
Current
48
High Street
Lowestoft
NR32 1HZ
United Kingdom
History
The current tab picture is today's view and the 2nd is from 1998, in 1932 the shop was occupied by H. T. Baldry who ran it as a Newsagents and then his son Ellijah Baldry ran it during the 1960-70's. In recent years I remember it as a record shop and today it is Waveney Pet and reptiles.
CREDIT: Lowestoft High Street, The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker by Crispin Hook 2016 Get the book
Architecture
The land on which No. 48 High Street stands was once part of No. 47's messuage. Therefore, the details of its tenancy and transfers are identical with those of the latter and will not be repeated here. The building must have been constructed during the early 19th century on its newly/recently acquired plot and it served for some considerable time as the office for the Reeve family's legal practice, with their family home being immediately next door at No. 49 - until a move was made to No. 6 The Esplanade, after that part of South Lowestoft was constructed during the 1850s.
Robert Reeve was a local solicitor during the late 18th-early 19th century, who was also steward of the manor of Lowestoft - both of these areas of activity being continued by his son Robert and grandson Richard Henry. A Grade II listed memorial to the latter stands in Kensington Gardens, South Lowestoft. CREDIT:David Butcher
M5593NW HIGH STREET 914-1/8/29 (East side) 03/10/77 No.48
GV II
Office and flat. Late C18. Brick. Slate roof. Gabled range set back from but parallel to street with a one-bay, 2-storey spur running west to the street to form the facade. 2 storeys in one bay. C20 shop front to ground floor to right of an arched entrance to passageway to rear. One 6/6 sash under a gauged skewback arch lights the first floor. Triple modillion eaves cornice. Hipped roof. The south return has a blocked arched door. The main block shows one 10/10 sash each floor emerging from behind the front spur. Gauged skewback arches over the sashes. Triple modillion eaves cornice continues. Gabled roof with a central ridge stack. The passageway to the rear has occasional round brick arches. The rear is rendered to the north half, with late C20 door and windows. The south part is un-rendered and is lit through one 6/6 sash with gauged skewback arches to each floor. Triple modillion eaves cornice again. INTERIOR. Stick baluster staircase partly removed at time of survey. CREDIT: Historic England
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