Former Fish Smoke House is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 2012. Smoke house. 1 related planning application.

Former Fish Smoke House

WRENN ID
winter-tower-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 2012
Type
Smoke house
Address
Former Fish Smoke House, 14 Tacket Street (Rear Of), Suffolk
OS grid reference
TM 165 444
Coordinates
52.05569, 1.15688
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Fish Smoke House is a small, square building dating from the 19th century, constructed of red brick and covered with pantiles. It features a pitched roof and has a lean-to structure on the north and east sides.

The tall smoke house has a prominent chimney with a circular pot on the north gable end. The lower portions of the south and east sides are rendered, while the brick beneath the lean-to is whitewashed. On the east side, there is a thick refrigerator door made of vertical timbers with two strap hinges, along with a timber hatch door above it, also secured with strap hinges. Another smaller hatch door is located above the lean-to on the same side. The south side has two small openings, one positioned halfway up and the other just below the gable, while the north side mirrors this arrangement with two openings flanking the chimney. The west side of the building is not visible. The single-storey lean-to has timber rafters covered with corrugated iron.

Inside, the building is currently used for storage, with a concrete floor. A low ceiling has been added, but through the access hatch, smoke-blackened brick and intact timber hanging racks can be observed.

Local climate

Former Fish Smoke House 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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