Shopfronts Research Report

In 2019 Katie Carmichael wrote a research report on the shopfronts which survive on Lowestoft High Street display elements of styles and materials typical of their time, from the 1840s to the present day, whilst the evidence for lost historic shopfronts helps us to understand the character of the High Street over time.  

A number of rare surviving features have been noted, including the roller shutters at 36 High Street, and more features of interest are likely to be discovered in time. Every shopfront on Lowestoft’s High Street has been altered to a greater or lesser degree since it was built or installed and, in many cases, these layers of change help to document the history of these buildings and their changes in use and fortune over time. CREDIT: Historic England

This work inspired much of the history section of this website and the community is indebted to them for this work

See Shopfronts of Lowestoft report here