81 High Street
Current
81
High Street
Lowestoft
NR32 1XN
United Kingdom
History
In 1865 No81 was the home of Thomas Mitchell's Tailors shop but by 1900 John Farman had taken over the shop and it had become a Boot and Shoemakers. In 1932 the shop had changed hands and was now Tom Battrick Bootmakers shop and carried on into the 1970's. in the 1st picture taken in 1998 the shop had become Wick and Morris but before that it was Stangroom Estate Agent and in 2016 it had gone full circle and become another Estate Agent called Leaders
CREDIT: Lowestoft High Street, The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker by Crispin Hook 2016 Get the book
Architecture
Nos. 81 & 81A High Street make up the northern part of of a subdivided mid-late 16th century house once belonging to the Pacy family. Exposed internal features (revealed when building modifications were being carried out during the early 2000s) suggest that the partitioning work was carried out during the late 18th to early nineteenth century. Among the features noted was a blocked-up interior doorway in the ground floor space, on the north side of the building, which had once given access to a cross-wing or annex of some kind to the rear.
Further, more detailed information will be given in the comments relating to the southern half of the house, Nos. 82 & 83 High Street. CREDIT:David Butcher
Surviving internal timber framing
Once formed one dwelling with Nos. 82 & 83, with partitioning probably carried out during late 18th/early 19th century. Some stud-work visible on ground floor. During major internal work (early 2000s), evidence of a former cross-wing was revealed by a bricked up interior doorway. From the late 16th century to the early 18th, this was the home of the wealthy Pacy family (mariners and merchants). CREDIT:David Butcher
TM5593NW HIGH STREET 914-1/8/38 (East side) 03/10/77 Nos.81 AND 81A (Formerly Listed as: HIGH STREET (East side) No.81)
GV II
Shop and flat. Mid C18, now with later details. Rendered and colourwashed brick. Roof of black-glazed pantiles. 2 storeys and dormer attic. Late C20 shop front. 3 first-floor sashes within plaster surrounds, that to right with 6/6 glazing bars, the others with 2/2 glazing bars. Bell-based gabled roof with 2 flat-headed dormers, re-built C20. Rendered internal gable-end stack to north. INTERIOR. A small piece of C18 studwork survives in the ground floor. CREDIT: Historic England
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