Dated rainwater hoppers & weather vanes

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Ipswich Historic Lettering: St Peter's Hall 6
Ipswich Historic Lettering: Gatacre Infants 5
Ipswich Historic Lettering: St Mary Quay 5b
Ipswich Historic Lettering: Thoroughfare 1
Ipswich Historic Lettering: Arcade St 2
Ipswich Historic Lettering: Tooley 9a
Ipswich Historic Lettering: Lion Street rain hopper
Ipswich Historic Lettering: Dial Lane rain hopper
Ipswich Historic Lettering: Frasers 9a
The last two examples aren't dated, but are included here as they bear the initials 'G' (actually, it's probably a ram's horn) in Dial Lane and 'F' for Fraser's furniture store in Museum Street.
The metal fin of a weather vane is another favourite position for a pierced date, recording the 'topping out' of a high building.
Here are some Ipswich examples:
Ipswich Historic Lettering: Princes St vane 2 sm
Ipswich Historic Lettering: Tolly 32 sm
Ipswich Historic Lettering: St Lawrence 1 sm
Our Tooley's Almshouses page shows the metalwork pennants above the roof which bear monograms.
See also our Lettered castings index page.

Related pages:
House name plaque examples: Alston Road; Bramford Road; Cauldwell Hall Road; Cavendish Street; Marlborough Road; Rosehill area;
Ipswich & Suffolk Freehold Land Society (F.L.S.); California
Street index; Origins of street names in Ipswich; Streets named after slavery abolitionists.
Dated buildings list; Dated buildings examples;
Named buildings listNamed (& sometimes dated) buildings examples.
Street nameplate examples;
Brickyards



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