The Arcade
THE ARCADE, 1 AND 2, ARCADE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1037786
- Date first listed:
- 04-Aug-1972
- List Entry Name:
- The Arcade
- Statutory Address:
- THE ARCADE, 1 AND 2, ARCADE STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1037786
- Date first listed:
- 04-Aug-1972
- List Entry Name:
- The Arcade
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE ARCADE, 1 AND 2, ARCADE STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE ARCADE, 1 AND 2, ARCADE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Ipswich (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 16164 44577
Details
1. 1260 ARCADE STREET Nos 1 and 2 (The Arcade) TM 1644 NW 1/12
II GV
2. An early C19 stuccoed archway which connects Arcade Street with King Street. It has a central feature with pilasters, frieze amid a cornice surmounted by a balustrade, and a central elliptical archway with a moulded stucco architrave and plain Ionic columns inset at thc corners. The central feature is flanked by 2 storeyed stuccoed wings, each of 2 window range. Some double-hung sashes with glazing bars and some C20 casements. The ground storey has a 3-light double-hung sash window on the north end and a C20 shop front on the south end. The interior of the archway is a plastered elliptical barrel vault in 3 sections. At the rear, in Arcade Street, the flanking wings are pedimented (one with a Diocletian window). The south end has a tall window of double-hung sashes with glazing bars.
Nos 1 and 2 form a group with the Corn Exchange and the Swan Inn, King Street.
Listing NGR: TM1616444577
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 275386
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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