St Joseph's College is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1977. A Victorian School. 2 related planning applications.
St Joseph's College
- WRENN ID
- third-tallow-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1977
- Type
- School
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- St Joseph's College, Belstead Road, IP2 9DR
- OS grid reference
- TM 150 430
- Coordinates
- 52.04401, 1.13491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Joseph's College, formerly known as Birkfield, is an early 19th-century house that has been stuccoed and features significant 20th-century school extensions to the west and at the rear, along with additional school buildings in the grounds. The building stands two storeys high.
On the south-west front, the first storey has five double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, set in moulded and shouldered architraves. The centre window is slightly recessed and flanked by fluted Ionic pilasters, with a frieze and cornice above. The ground storey features two groups of three double-hung sash windows without glazing bars, complemented by pilaster treatment and a cornice. A central portico projects from the front, supported by fluted Doric columns in antis.
The south-east front has a nine-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars, arranged in plain reveals. The ground storey includes French casements, with the central section, consisting of three windows, projecting forward and topped with a balustraded parapet. A verandah, supported by ornamental cast iron, extends across the entire front of the building. The roof is low-pitched, covered in slate, and features wide overhanging eaves supported by paired modillions.
Local climate
St Joseph's College sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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