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129, Fore Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Ipswich, Suffolk

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Latitude: 52.053 / 52°3'10"N

Longitude: 1.1634 / 1°9'48"E

OS Eastings: 616988

OS Northings: 244122

OS Grid: TM169441

Mapcode National: GBR VP7.6YY

Mapcode Global: VHLBT.3NWK

Plus Code: 9F433537+59

Entry Name: 129, Fore Street

Listing Date: 2 February 1976

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1236163

English Heritage Legacy ID: 427086

ID on this website: 101236163

Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4

County: Suffolk

Electoral Ward/Division: Alexandra

Built-Up Area: Ipswich

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Ipswich St Clement with St Luke

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Listing Text

FORE STREET
1.
1260 (East Side)
No 129
TM 1644 SE 4/286
II GV

2.
A C16 timber-framed house refronted in the late C18 or early C19, with a parapet
and a raised brick band. It had the typical Ipswich merchants house layout of the
period, an L shaped plan with a wide front range. The L shape has since been filled
in with a service area. 2 storeys and cellar. 3 window range, double-hung sashes
with glazing bars, in plain reveals and segmental arched heads. The outer windows
are 3-light, with narrow side lights. The ground storey has a C20 shop front.
Roof tiled. The 1st storey rooms at the front have moulded plaster ceilings. In
the rear range the rooms on both the ground and 1st storey have very good ornamental
plaster ceilings.

Nos 119 to 129 (odd) Fore Street and Nos 77 to 83 (odd) Grimwade Street form a group.


Listing NGR: TM1698844122

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