Gainsborough is an area of
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...
, in the
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...
district, in the county of
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
, England. It was named after the artist
Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of ...
of
Sudbury, who lived in Ipswich for several years.
He was noted for visiting the banks of the Orwell in this area.
Gainsborough Lane
Gainsborough Estate
The estate was a public housing development whose construction was started in 1926 and continued into the 1930s.
It comprises largely of two storey terraced and semi-detached dwellings.
The road layout is a hybrid of both grids and spoke and wheel plan.
Gainsborough Library
In 2008-9
Suffolk County Council
Suffolk County Council is the administrative authority for the county of Suffolk, England. It is run by 75 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association.
History
Establ ...
built a new library on the site of the previous library located in Clapgate Lane. This is a
steel frame
Steel frame is a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal I-beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame. The developm ...
structure with decorative stainless steel circular cladding around an
atrium
Atrium may refer to:
Anatomy
* Atrium (heart), an anatomical structure of the heart
* Atrium, the genital structure next to the genital aperture in the reproductive system of gastropods
* Atrium of the ventricular system of the brain
* Pulmona ...
entrance.
The building won the RIBA East 'Spirit of Ingenuity' award.
The library under construction
Gainsborough's new library under construction - geograph.org.uk - 1097520.jpg, 30 December 2008
Gainsborough's new library under construction - geograph.org.uk - 1144311.jpg, 2 February 2009
Gainsborough's new library under construction - geograph.org.uk - 1259920.jpg, 19 April 2009
Gainsborough's new library under construction - geograph.org.uk - 1308267.jpg, 7 May 2009
Gainsborough Ward
Gainsborough Ward is one of the sixteen wards which compose
Ipswich Borough. It elects three councillors.
The ward also includes the neighbouring area of
Greenwich
Greenwich ( , ,) is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated east-southeast of Charing Cross.
Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ...
.
See also
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Leighton Road Evangelical Church, Ipswich
Leighton Road Evangelical Church is a nonconformist independent evangelical church located on the Gainsborough estate, Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk.
Gainsborough estate is an urban priority area council housing estate on the south e ...
References
Ipswich Districts
Housing estates in England
Gainsborough Ward, Ipswich
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