Ipswich Wet Dock Regeneration

I recently visited my old hometown Ipswich and was completely astonished by the huge amount of construction work. When I lived in Ipswich there was nothing on the development front except for a cheap sprawling cinema, with a large carparck and macdonalds. Now at long last the wet dock area is receiving the development it deserves: high density housing, offices and associated bars and restaurants. Ipswich is also building a university and there is quaite a bit of work completed near the football ground. I also noticed large areas of former industrial land being cleared futher up the river, but I only had time to photograph the Wet Dock area.

I have started by presenting the new buildings, then in an effort to show the context of the development I have shown the old areas of dereliction and the early stages of construction.

What is clear is that there is still much work to be done; I’m pleased to see that much of the preparation for this is already happening.

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Looking west we can see the Contship building, which was refurbished about 10 years before anything else. Beyond this is the area currently being rebuilt. The old mills are very dramatic, and are presently a mix of derilict, newly built and demolished sites.

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Numerous ancient building back onto the wet dock area, including 2 medieval churches. These former warehouses now contain a nice restaurant and a shitty cocktail bar.

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The old custom house is a spectacular building associated with the original use of the area. The wet dock was the largest dock in the world when constructed in the mid nineteenth century.

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West of custom house is the current major building site.
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We are now going to move behind the buildings facing the dock. Old custom house:
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Looking towards the churches in the town centre. There is terrible derilict land and crap buildings between the dock and the town centre.
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There are two churches directly behind the riverfront mills. In addition there are two slightly further along. The result is four of these churches in a line, one pretty much every few hundred metres. I think most are derelict.

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This is Wolseys gate, which has something to do with Cardinal Wolseys plan for a university hundreds of years ago. The location around this is shocking. Across the orad is the towns oldsest pub – also derelict. The state of this area has been a disgrace for years, thank goodness its changing.

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This site is where a 22 storey tower, the tallest in East Anglia, will be built. The site was of archelogical importance. I seem to remember when I lived in Ipswich the existing mill building catching on fire.

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Portman road in the distance:
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Now we are moving back onto the riverfront

Commercial district in the distance:

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I find these old mill buildings very dramatic. The previous use of this area is fascinating, I hope the tracks are retained.

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There are other development sites in Ipswich, which I will try to bring to you sometime.

Have a good evening :scouserd:

My painfully slow connection tonight means these photos are still uploading. Should all be done in half an hour

great photos my friend

Many times I have been to Ipsiwch

while the dock apartments are quite good the aprtments going up all over the centre are in cheap shit pastel colours

Looks nice. I mean something in Ipswich was bound to look half decent eventually wasn't it? ;)

It was recently announced that a constrcution compay had been contracted to start work on the university campus. Should all start happening soon, and I can't wait for the tower! The wetdock could be such a cool place, I just hope they make the most of it.

Good article on it in the times recently: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2098-2417993.html

while the dock apartments are quite good the aprtments going up all over the centre are in cheap shit pastel colours

i agree. many of the new apartment buildings going up, even those not far from the docks itself, are rather cheap-looking and will inevitably age very quickly. some have tried to be innovative with their designs though and many boast maritime motifs, such as sail-styled roofs and balconies that seek to emulate those on ships (possibly a bit tacky, but at least it shows signs of intelligence).

i won't waste my time taking pictures of these developments as they're ten a penny, but if i'm still living in ipswich when construction of the university commences i'll certainly try to keep a running photo commentary.

What are the chances that any students will ever want to come to Ipswich now?

well london is quite famous for jack the ripper... i believe yorkshire has a yorkshire ripper. lol. ipswich is no seedier than any other similarly sized town.

There was Jack the Ripper, Jack the Stripper, Yorkshire ripper and sadly one in Ipswich now :(

A really good site about the mill project. Includes pictures of the expected look of the tower (what will be the tallest building in East Anglia)!

http://www.liveatthemill.com

Hi,
Does anyone have any up to date photo's of what's happening around the Cranfields Mill development site please ?

When I get a new camera hopefully this week I'll pop down to the waterfront and take a few photos. it's all very exciting down there at the moment with Cranfield Mill and UCS;. Once all the construction is done hopefully we will be able to show off the waterfront for the first time in years.

This appeared in yesterdays paper, it looks good!

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"THIS is the ambitious vision for a major £100million hotel and retail development on Ipswich waterfront.

Planning bosses at Ipswich Borough Council are considering a revised application for the St Peter's Port scheme before its go before a committee in late August.

If it gets the go-ahead, the ground-breaking project to build three hotels, a car park and retail space, will create the most expensive commercial building ever built in Suffolk.

Developers Braceforce have modified their original proposals for the project, on land between Star Lane and College Street, so it would now be a totally commercial scheme.

Braceforce's sales and marketing director, John Di Carlo, said: “We have modified our original plans to harmonise with the way Ipswich is developing.

“Our research has revealed a huge demand for eco-friendly offices in the centre of town - both from businesses already in the town and those prepared to re-locate.

“We will be providing the most highly specified offices in Suffolk with an extremely low carbon footprint.

“We have absolutely no doubt that St Peter's Port will support and boost the changing face of Ipswich life, in business and in leisure.”

One of the main features of the development would be a wall clad in self-cleaning vertical glass panels.

These curving panels would form a wave-like glass curtain that wraps around the development and according to the glass manufacturers it will be the largest installation of its kind in the world.

James Hehir, Chief Executive of Ipswich Borough Council, said: “St Peter's Port is an imaginative scheme which will help to transform this area and provide an essential link between the Waterfront and the town.”

Although the St Peter's Port development has yet to be granted planning permission many large retailers have already confirmed their desire to be part of the project.

Tesco has exchanged contracts on a Tesco Express store to be sited on the ground floor.

Accor, Europe's largest hotel group, has committed to a 165 room Etap hotel which is expected to be the brand's flagship for Europe.

Whitbread has agreed terms on a 117 room Premier Travel Inn as well as a new Brewer's Fayre restaurant in the listed building that fronts College Street.

Negotiations are also at a final stage with another hotel group to provide a boutique hotel with 58 rooms.

The development would also include a 420 space below-ground public car park."

And I promise to take photos of current construction soon!

Thanks for that. I'm told that Cranfields Mill is due for completion by the end of 2008 but haven't heard anything on progress as yet.

Ok, I ran past there the other day, didn't have much time but got some photos of some of the stuff going on, though I'm not entirely sure which one was Cranfield Mill so I just went for the one with the big arse tower crane. (These are the first photos of my own I've posted so hope they are ok)

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If there's a nice day soon I'll go and take some photos of the whole area.

Here some more photos for anyone who is interested....

The New UCS building just now appearing above the hoardings.
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Two tower cranes busy at work at what I believe to be Cranfield Mill.
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The crane working on the core.
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Both cranes in one shot.
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The crane not working on the core.
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The only part that looks nearly finished (believe they are still doing the interior)
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Looking down the river from the station bridge towards the wet docks.
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Good article in the EADT yesterday regarding the waterfront. You can also see some panoramas on this site with interactive links telling you what is happening on the waterfront.

http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/businessnews/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=Business&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=Business&itemid=IPED14%20Jan%202008%2020:06:54:327


And if anyone else actually replies to this thread you might get some more )nd hopefully better) photos.

Starslight,
Thank you very much for the photo's and the recent link.
As you know I am particularly interested in the Cranfields Mill development and am told that Block A will be completed at the end of 2008.
The re-development of the whole area really seems to be picking up pace now.

Hi All,

I'm launching a website in the next few weeks all about the regeneration of Ipswich, so watch this space!

It will be big and very comprehensive with photos etc

I don't live in Ips anymore, but am really interested in the changes going on there... If anyone can post any recent photos that would be awesome... I'm not back till Easter when I'll be taking a loads of photos and upload them to my site and then it will be up and running...

:)

St. Peter's Port - 3 hotels, retail and restaurants. One will be a boutique style hotel with a rooftop restaurant with an aquarium wall.
It will also bring back into use the listed former burton's & son offices (next to Wolsey's Gate) as a restaurant. Development is due to commence by end of 2008.

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More St. Peter's Port:

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GM Building

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Bartholomew's Wharf (next to Cardinal Lofts on the Waterfront)

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Regatta Quay

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Bottom left is the existng Victorian Mill which is being converted into duplex apartments. It will be completed during 2008. The tower to the right has also 'topped-out' and the lower parts of the building will be occupied by the end of the year. The Ground floor contains bars and restaurants, one of which will be Pitcher & Piano.

The left-hand tower will rise to 18-storeys. The base of this complex will contain the Red Rose Chain's Whitchbottle Theatre so named after the discovery of the eponymous object during excavation works on site.

Cranfields Mill:

The tower will rise to 23 storeys and be the tallest residential building in East Anglia.

The lower floors contain the DanceEast theatre, due to open in 2009.

http://www.johnlyallarchitects.com/img/projects/21/w/cranfields_01.jpg

The Eveningstar webcam shows the progress so far on site:

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eadt/webcam/

More Cranfield's Mill:

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DanceEast Jerwood Dance Centre:

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The former BOCM Paul's site will now become Custom House Square. Work is due to begin at the end of 2008, and will take about 2 years.

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The former BOCM Paul's site will now become Custom House Square. Work is due to begin at the end of 2008, and will take about 2 years.

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So much going on :cheers:

Thanks for all that, I hadn't managed to bring it all together myself. Sorry about the lack of the afore promised photos, my camera went missing a while ago and I've yet to replace it!

The University has done an overhaul of their website with some great galleries of the Waterfront building under construction.

http://www.ucs.ac.uk/about/WaterfrontBuildingDevelopmentGallery.aspx

If you go to the campus development section there's also a presentation about the phase 2 uni development on Orwell Quay with some visualisations.

Enjoy:cheers:

Some good photos of the UCS building going up.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/image_galleries/ucs_gallery.shtml

Hi, was just Googling for some info about these apartments as I hope to move in to one shortly. Came across this thread and was impressed by the amount of interest people have about the Ipswich docks development, and the effort put in to capture it photographically.

So, just a thanks to all, especially OP, cheers!:cheers:

Here are just a few photos I took yesterday for anyone that's interested;

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Great Snaps of the forever changing Wet Docks and thanks for sharing. I have a variety of pictures to offer too, but I cannot work out (nor find concise information on) how I upload them from my Imageshack account.

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:dunno:

Managed to snap these just as the light was fading on this rather grim Suffolk day. I hope you like them.

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They have some seriously classy boats in the Docks these days!

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I do hope these are in for an overhaul too, because they really need one :toilet:

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I hope they pay some more attention to the back of the buildings, so far they seem...ugly!

But good photos!

Now on the waterfront but seeing as this is the only Ipswich thread...the Westgate shopping centre on the site of the former Council Offices was given planning permission the other day. It is a £50m development, with retail, offices and residential in Ipswich's town centre with work due to start next year (fingers crossed).

More info and pictures here: http://www.westgatecentre.com/westgatecentre/index.php

The renders are a bit vague, but from what I can see it looks a bit disappointing and plastic. Still, it has got to be an improvement on the Buttermarket and Tower Ramparts.

I'm so glad you brought this up, I had no idea a shopping centre was going on this site. Great news. Although I agree, it doesn't look wildely impressive from the renders, very gimmicky (dunno if that's just the style of those images or the actual building). Fingers corssed it goes ahead asap tho

Oh and btw good photos of the marina, it really does look good down there now.. not that I've had a proper wander around for a few months. Amazes me to think how it was say two years ago :nuts:

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Good job, mate. I think I'll join you shortly by adding a few of my more general pictures of Ipswich.

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Great updates mate, good work!

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This is how many residents of Ipswich like to think of their home: A quiet market town in the sleepy county of Suffolk, where not much happens except umm-ing and arr-ing over the price of corn. It's not really been like that since about 1850, but nevertheless there's been much tutting and murmering over the following scary things:

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During the economic boom bucketloads of flats got put up, and seem to still be going up. This sent people of a certain age into paroxysms of 'tsk' 'tsk'-ing, eye-rolling, and head-shaking. Apparently, Londoners wanted somewhere to park their boat, so they put up stacks of yuppie pads far out of reach of most local people, beyond their budget: which is about £5, 9 shillings and 12 cowrie shells. The tallest building is called Cranfield Mill, or 'The Mill', and it is supposed to have among other things: a dance school and theatre.

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The other two towers and converted factories are a development called Regatta Quay. There's never actually been a regatta on the river Orwell as far as I know, but it certainly does look swanky.

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This is the other side of the current main waterfront. Ipswich is a freshwater port. This 'wet dock' was the largest purpose built river port in the world when it was completed in 1842. Further round there is still a working goods and container port, which deals with smaller vessels who find it cheaper to off-load up-river than at Felixstowe on the coast.

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This is the Ipswich hub of a new University called University Campus Suffolk. This means that young people will be coming to Ipswich and scaring the locals, or even worse: That local yoofs might actually stay in the town rather than running away immediately to somewhere where they have shapes and colours.

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This is the back of Neptune Marina, a block of top notch swank pads.

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This is Axa, they have refurbished one of their buildings so it's nice and shiny. On the right is another block of flats going up on the other side of the river.

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-which is connected to the town by this bridge.

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Churchman's old cigarette factory converted on the left.

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Ipswich Borough Council's new premises.

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Suffolk County Council's new premises, which was supposed to be the headquarters of TXU Energy, but they went bust, so the council got a bargain.

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A re-clad 1960's tower on the left.

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The Crown Court. Shiny metal.

Most of this was all planned and embarked upon during the good times. There was loads more planned and I hope the recession doesn't last too long because I want MORE!

I visited family in Ipswich at the weekend and had a chance to stroll around the docks. Although large parts are currently building sites or still derelict, there seems to be great potential for the area.

The mix of styles works quite well and it looks like there will be lots of different uses for the area which will help to keep it lively for longer periods of time.

Is there a masterplan for the whole area in terms of redevelopment at all?

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Although it doesn't look too sunny on these pics, it was very warm which meant there was quite a few people milling about. The redevolpment work that has already been done offers quite a bit of shelter for sitting outside which should create a really good atmosphere in the evenings.

It's certainly going on in Ipswich, hey? lol.. Those high rises look really good as a collective, and I really like the wood and black render block.. its quite quirky without being over dominant.

Some good photos of the wet dock there and Ipswich in general.

I like it down by the docks more all the time, possibly could do with another good bar and restuarant and some more car parking now the free at night council one has gone!

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ha, just thought I'd have a look back on here to see if there's been any recent photos put up of the waterfront, as I've been on the other side of the world for the last 6 months. Would be great if anyone would be able to post some up to date pictures, must be nice down there now in the summer? Also, I'm loving seeing my flat in those pictures (Churchmans Lofts, the glass box looking part jutting out is my living room lol), makes me feel slightly homesick, haha, thanks MrFaceHead

ha, just thought I'd have a look back on here to see if there's been any recent photos put up of the waterfront, as I've been on the other side of the world for the last 6 months. Would be great if anyone would be able to post some up to date pictures, must be nice down there now in the summer? Also, I'm loving seeing my flat in those pictures (Churchmans Lofts, the glass box looking part jutting out is my living room lol), makes me feel slightly homesick, haha, thanks MrFaceHead


I live abroad too, but I shall be back in Ipswich for a short break next month- I'll get some photos then and have a look around to see if anything's happened in the last year.

If there's nice weather next week I'll do some photography of recent developments in Ipswich (everything looks better in the sunshine). A new construction company have put up boardings at Regatta Quay so hopefully things have started moving again. The University second stage development and halls are worth doing, as are the new paving and road plans on Bishops Hill and Giles corner.

Here's an update on architectural goings-on in the town known as Ipswich:

First of all, a photo of The Mill:

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The Mill complex is only half finished, as is Regatta Quay. Both developers went into administration in the credit crunch and it could be many years before the projects get taken on by other parties. Inside the Mill about half the flats are complete. Regatta Quay has two towers, one complete and sold, the other just a concrete skeleton and looks terrible. Why us? :ohno:

Before the recession there were big plans for the town, it was really unbelievable all the things that were supposed to be being built. At least three proposed shopping centres (?!) have disappeared into outer space: The Mint Quarter, St Peter's Port, The Westgate Centre. To be honest it was all property bubble fueled insanity. There is maybe a chance the Westgate Centre will materialise in the future, after all they knocked down the perfectly decent 1960's Civic Centre to make way.

New things that have been completed:-

'Suffolk New College'

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I prefer to call it the new Suffolk College, cos thats what it is.

A Sixth Form College called Suffolk One:

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I wish I'd had such good facilities for my A-levels!

The James Hehir Building and Athena Hall:

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These are new facilities of University Campus Suffolk.

The Corn Exchange restoration:

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q315/Elmeister/Ipswich16-04-11/CornExchangeBennersDesign.jpg

There is also a new paved area in front called Giles Circus.

Developments still to come:

The administrators of one of the several bankrupt developers involved in Ipswich Waterfront apparently still want to go ahead with this:

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q315/Elmeister/Ipswich16-04-11/BDOHotel.jpg

-which is a hotel and other bits and bobs. Looks nice.

Tescos have the go-ahead for a mixed use development:

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q315/Elmeister/Ipswich16-04-11/GraftonTescos.jpg

The university is getting another halls of residence, which is going to look a bit like this (the white buildings):

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q315/Elmeister/Ipswich16-04-11/StudentVillage.jpg

And that's what's happening in this town at the mo! :)