Mosaic mural at former department store of Ipswich Industrial Co-operative Society is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 2023. Mural.
Mosaic mural at former department store of Ipswich Industrial Co-operative Society
- WRENN ID
- woven-solder-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 2023
- Type
- Mural
- OS grid reference
- TM 166 445
- Coordinates
- 52.05693, 1.15844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The mosaic mural at the former department store of the Ipswich Industrial Co-operative Society was designed by Gyula Bajó and Endre Hevezi and installed between 1963 and 1964.
The mural is made up of thousands of coloured mosaic tiles and is attached to the south elevation of the former department store over Cox Lane. It is rectangular, approximately 3 meters high and 6 meters wide, featuring a semi-abstract design with contrasting shapes and colours that depict a male and a female figure. The female figure, likely representing Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest and agriculture, kneels to the left of centre holding a large wheatsheaf. Behind her lies Hermes, depicted recumbent, wearing his winged helmet and sandals, and holding a caduceus, which is a winged staff intertwined with two snakes. The mural is supported over Cox Lane by two rectangular piers that are also covered in mosaic.
Local climate
Mosaic mural at former department store of Ipswich Industrial Co-operative Society 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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