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Title*

Ipswich Coat of arms
County   District Council Ipswich Borough Council 
Civil Parish or equivalent Ipswich  Town/Village* Ipswich - Waterfront 
Road Key Street 
Precise Location Pediment of Old Customs House 
OS Grid Ref TM1655442  Postcode IP1 
Previous location(s)  
Setting On building  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
J.M. Clark  Architect(s)   

Commissioned by

 The Corporation of Ipswich close to the site of the earlier custom house. 

Design & Constrn period

 1844 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Ipswich Corporation coat of arms

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Coat of arms and supporters  Stucco (?)  H. 2 W. 4 metres 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Ipswich Borough Council 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail: Under netting to protect for bird guano

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions  

Description (physical)

 The facade of the Old Custom House facing the docks is strikingly classical with four columns supporting a deep pediment decorated with the Borough of Ipswich's coat of arms - a rampant lion with the sterns of three galleons at sea are set within an elaborate cartouche held by two wyverns. 

Description (iconographical)

  

Photographs

 Date taken:  18/8/2006
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  18/8/2006

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 BOE III 297 imagesofengland.co.uk (accessed 20/8/2006) 

Database

 Date entered:  4/1/2006

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke