19, Tower Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1951. Town house. 3 related planning applications.

19, Tower Street

WRENN ID
inner-zinc-bittern
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1951
Type
Town house
OS grid reference
TM 163 447
Coordinates
52.05884, 1.1552
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

19 Tower Street is a notable 18th-century building featuring a red brick front with a rebuilt parapet and a wooden cornice with modillions. The structure has two storeys and a basement, with a total of seven window openings. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars set in plain reveals. The northern end of the building, which has one window opening, is slightly recessed above the ground storey and finished in plaster. A stucco band runs between the two storeys. The central doorway has panelled reveals and is framed by an elegant Ionic doorcase with plain columns, a frieze, and a modillion pediment. At the rear, there is a later brick facade that includes a two-storey bay. The roof is hipped and tiled. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 13 to 21 (odd), the Ipswich Arts Theatre, and the Church of St Mary-le-Tower.

Local climate

19, Tower Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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