St Lawrence Church, Ipswich
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 746155.14
Summary
Postcard - St Lawrence Church, Ipswich. Printed on the rear of the postcard in brown ink at the top in the middle reads 'POST CARD.'. Underneath this, on the left hand side of a verticle line down the centre reads 'This space may be used for correspondence for Inland Postage only.', to the right of the line reads 'The Address only may be written here'. Along the left hand edge of the postcard is printed 'This beautiful Series of Fine Art Postcards is supplied free exclusively by Christian Novels Publishing Co. for pure reading... (text obscured by handwriting) "Christian Novels" is the World's best'. In the top right hand corner of the postcard is a green halfpenny stamp, with a black 'ASKERN' postage stamp over the top. Handwritten text on the left hand side reads: 'Dear F. Sorry I did not write yesterday but I went with mum to Blackpool. Got back at four this morn. rather tired. Pleased to hear you have gone on so well. Shall soon be with you. With best love to all, Will.'. Address on the right reads: 'Mrs Shaw Marketplace Worksop' St Lawrence Church is located in Ipswich town centre, it is a grade 2 listed building that dates back to the 15th century, which today functions as a community centre. The bell tower of the church houses the oldest set of church bells in the world, the upper section of the tower itself underwent renovation in 1882,the floral and geometric flint work patterns are part of the new Victorian design. St Lawrence served as a parish church until the early 1970s, when the parish was declared redundant by the diocese due to its having no members.Care of the building was handed over to the Ipswich Historic Churches Trust (IHCT) and the church fell into disrepair. After deliberations over future usage and subsequent extensive renovations, the church was reopened as a community restaurant and gallery in July 2008.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.