An auction held at the Royal Thoroughfare Sale Rooms, Lowestoft, saw the sale of the real estate of the late Mr Charles Thomas Turner. One Lot was described as, a freehold, 12 roomed residence, with offices, 125 London Road, Lowestoft, occupied as the Temperance and Commercial Central Hotel, at a yearly rental of £45. Sold to a Mr Daynes of Norwich for £880. Ipswich Journal, June 1895**