Pepys builds the High Light

1676 Samuel Pepys was elected a Master of the Trinity Brethren, and immediately sanctioned a new Lowestoft lighthouse. A  new Lighthouse tower was constructed, built of brick, this time on the cliffs. This became known as Lowestoft High Light. Trinity in its earlier records sometimes refers to the northernmost of the two Ness Point foreshore lights as the 'upper' light, which can be confusing.(drawing p93).

There is a famous plaque, originally in the 1676 tower, now inside the present lighthouse tower, celebrating the erection of the 1676 building and Pepys' involvement.