Arnold House

Arnold House is a mid-19th century building in Lowestoft, originally a house, and now converted into 12 flats. The main part of the building is constructed of rendered and colourwashed brick, with asbestos slate roofs. It has three storeys and a basement, rising to four full storeys at the rear. The facade is five bays wide, with a narrower entrance bay added to the north and a two-storey wing added to the south gable, which now serves as the main entrance. The north bay features a 20th-century six-panelled door with a plain fanlight, topped by an open pediment. Above the door is a single 6/6 sash window. The main section of the building has five 6/6 sash windows on each floor, except for the central ground floor, which has a Venetian window. The roof is hipped, with stacks on the north and south slopes, and two stacks on the east slope. The south entrance block has a double-leaf 20th-century door beneath a six-vaned fanlight, set within a projecting bay with a pediment; above it are 6/6 sash windows. The rear (east) elevation is dominated by a full-height late 19th-century canted window bay with sash and casement windows. The remaining windows on the rear are 6/6 sashes. Inside, there is an open-string staircase with one twisted and one fluted baluster per tread and a moulded ramped handrail. The staircase hall has a cornice decorated with modillions and rosettes.