Terminal Building at Ipswich Airport is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1996. Airport terminal building.

Terminal Building at Ipswich Airport

WRENN ID
under-courtyard-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 November 1996
Type
Airport terminal building
Address
Terminal Building at Ipswich Airport, Nacton Road
OS grid reference
TM 194 417
Coordinates
52.03088, 1.19817
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Terminal Building at Ipswich Airport, constructed between 1938 and 1939 by architects Robert Hening and Anthony M Chitty for Ipswich Airport Ltd, is a notable example of early steel-framed architecture. The building features painted brick cladding and a flat roof, with a main range and wings that project forward. It is comprised of one and two storeys, with a combination of metal and wooden framed windows. The entrance is located to the center left of the facade, which faces the airfield and includes a continuous range of windows on both floors. The design of the frame was based on a standard 15-foot square, allowing for easy extension, and the building was indeed extended within a year of its original completion. This makes it a very rare and early example of this type of construction.

Local climate

Terminal Building at Ipswich Airport sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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