Numbers 147 and 147a and Attached Screen Wall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1977. Pair of shops with flats. 3 related planning applications.

Numbers 147 and 147a and Attached Screen Wall

WRENN ID
crumbling-groin-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1977
Type
Pair of shops with flats
Address
Numbers 147 and 147a and Attached Screen Wall, High Street, Lowestoft, NR32 1HR
OS grid reference
TM 551 937
Coordinates
52.48236, 1.75587
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 147 and 147A are a pair of shops with flats, dating from the early 19th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th century. They are constructed of colourwashed brick, with a roof of black-glazed pantiles. The building is two storeys high with a dormer attic. The front features two late 19th-century shop fronts with plate-glass windows and tiled dados, topped by a coved hood supported on consoles. Above the shops are two 8/8 sash windows, separated by a blind window. The gabled roof has two flat-topped dormers, and there are internal gable-end stacks.

The south flank includes a screen wall constructed of gault brick. This wall features four fielded arched panels at ground level, mirroring those found in the now-demolished Methodist Chapel to the west. A dentil cornice sits below a swept parapet. The presence of two stacks suggests a double-pile plan, although the section served by the western stack is a low-hipped addition.

Local climate

Numbers 147 and 147a and Attached Screen Wall receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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