The new townhall at Ipswich, [Suffolk], 1868. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Cobb. ' Its design, which is of the Venetian school of architecture, is carried out in variously coloured stones, greatly enhancing its general [The] front is marked by a projecting open arcade, on Corinthian c damns; above which, on pedestals, are statues representing Justice, Learning, Commerce, and this facade rises the dome, surmounted by the are provided for speakers, from which they can address an audience assembled in the street, both on the Cornhill and


The new townhall at Ipswich, [Suffolk], 1868. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Cobb. ' Its design, which is of the Venetian school of architecture, is carried out in variously coloured stones, greatly enhancing its general [The] front is marked by a projecting open arcade, on Corinthian c damns; above which, on pedestals, are statues representing Justice, Learning, Commerce, and this facade rises the dome, surmounted by the are provided for speakers, from which they can address an audience assembled in the street, both on the Cornhill and King-street basement comprises the police entrance from King-street, the superintendent's office, charge-room (with stores for stolen goods), police day-room, engine-shod, and parade corridors, seven spacious cells, an office for the inspector of weights and measures, a private entrance and stairs for the members of the Corporation, a cooking-kitchen, with lift up to the council-chamber, and all other requisite the right is the magistrates' architects of the new Townhall are Messrs. Bellamy and Hardy, of Lincoln; and Mr. Edward Gibbons, of Ipswich, is the builder'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.


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