The new boathouse cost approximately £3 million which was funded by bequests and private donations.

[3] There has been a lifeboat service operated from Cromer for two centuries – predating the establishment of the RNLI.

The volunteer crews at Cromer have gained a record of gallantry stretching back to the beginnings of the RNLI.

[3] Other dignitaries on the committee included George Wyndham of Cromer Hall, Thomas Mickleburgh, a local merchant, Joseph Gurney, a Cromer draper and Benjamin Rust who was a grocer.

The new boathouse work also included building an extension to the sea walls and a slipway across the top of the beach.