Dated
rainwater hoppers & weather vanes
Click on an image below to take you to the relevant page
containing further information.
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:
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 list;
Named (& sometimes dated) buildings
examples.
Street nameplate examples; Brickyards
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