Ipswich_Town_Hall_2.jpg
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Description Ipswich Town Hall 2.jpg |
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Ipswich Town Hall by Bellamy and Hardy 1867-8
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Author | Tyssil |
Camera location | 52° 03′ 27.72″ N, 1° 09′ 08.64″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 52.057700; -1.152400 |
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Ipswich Town Hall. Built in 1867-68 to designs by Bellamy and Hardy of Lincoln. A yellow stone building in Baroque revival style with pink pilasters, columns and dressings and a balustraded parapet with has 4 female standing figures representing Commerce, Agriculture, Law and Order and Justice. A stone dome, above, is surmounted by stone clock tower and cupola. The centre portion with three windows projects forward with an arcade of [[Corithian order|Corinthian columns on the first storey and a Roman Doric Colonade with vermiculated rustication at ground level. In the centre portion below the parapet are three roundel figure heads of King Richard I , Cardinal Wolsey and King John decorates the front wall. King Richard I promised the town its first charter but died before it was granted, King John granted the town's charter and Cardinal Wolsey was the most famous person in Ipswich ’s history.
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