Art Gallery is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1977. Gallery. 5 related planning applications.
Art Gallery
- WRENN ID
- idle-stone-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1977
- Type
- Gallery
- Address
- Art Gallery, High Street, IP1 3QH
- OS grid reference
- TM 160 449
- Coordinates
- 52.06036, 1.15064
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Art Gallery, opened in 1880 as the Ipswich Arts Club, was likely designed by Horace Cheston, the architect of the adjacent museum building. The building is constructed of red brick and terra cotta. The east façade is two storeys high and comprises three bays, with the central bay projecting and topped by a pediment. It features an elliptical-headed doorway and a large sash window on the first floor. Ground-floor windows on either side are set within segmental recesses with keyblocks, and above are two-light windows. A moulded brick cornice and parapet, incorporating finials over corner pilasters, complete the façade. The right-hand return elevation has five bays divided by giant pilasters and also features segmental-headed recesses. Roof lights along the ridge are terminated in segmental gables.
Local climate
Art Gallery 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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