Great White Horse Hotel, 43 Tavern Street, Ipswich - Ipswich

Originally a C16-C17 timber framed building refronted in the early C19. Made famous as the Inn featured in Charles Dickens 'Pickwick Papers'. The present front is of grey gault brick with the parapet and rusticated stucco ground storey. Active dry rot in the Dickens room; loose cornice in the ballroom, detaching lath and plaster ceiling at second floor level in room adjacent to staircase; windows in very bad condition. Significant issues concerning lack of capacity of rainwater gutters and downpipes. National Heritage Lottery Fund grant awarded for surveys; currently underway.

Site Details

Designated Site Name:

GREAT WHITE HORSE HOTEL

Heritage Category:

Listed Building grade II*

List Entry Number:

1235799

Local Planning Authority:

Ipswich

Site Type:

Commercial > Hotel

Location

Building Name:

Great White Horse Hotel

County:

Suffolk

District / Borough:

Ipswich

Parliamentary Constituency:

Ipswich

Region:

East of England

Assessment Information

Assessment Type:

Building or structure

Condition:

Poor

Occupancy / Use:

Part occupied/part in use

Priority:

A - Immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed

Previous Priority:

A

Ownership:

Private

Designation:

Listed Building grade II*, CA