Ipswich School is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1972. School.
Ipswich School
- WRENN ID
- slow-entrance-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1972
- Type
- School
- Address
- Ipswich School, Henley Road, IP1 3SG
- OS grid reference
- TM 161 453
- Coordinates
- 52.06449, 1.15156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ipswich School was founded in 1400, and the current building was constructed in 1852, designed by Mr. Fleury, an Ipswich architect. Built in the Elizabethan style using red brick, it features a symmetrical layout with a central block that includes an octagonal tower, flanking wings, and end pavilions. The tower, central block, and end pavilions are highlighted by octagonal buttresses. The tower and wings are topped with castellated parapets and have moulded brick string courses. The end pavilions display a form of Dutch gable. The tower rises four storeys, the central block and end pavilions are three storeys, while the wings are two storeys high. The windows consist of casements with mullions and transoms, adorned with moulded brick hood moulds. Two-storey brick bays with castellated parapets extend from the end pavilions. A central porch projects from the base of the tower, and gabled porches are located at the centre of each wing. The roof is tiled and features groups of shafted chimney stacks. Ipswich School and the Chapel are part of a group.
Local climate
Ipswich School 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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