Borin Van Loon: Signs from outside Ipswich: Halesworth

Halesworth

In the charming - and very ancient - Halesworth main street next to Bay Tree Bistro, formerly Warners Wine Bar (with its ornate and suspiciously charred) carved overbeam, is a passageway. The shop to the right (out of shot in the picture below) used to belong to the grandfather of broadcaster, David Frost:

'FROST & SON
IRONMONGERS'

can still be read inside the arch (the last word nearly indecipherable).
Ipswich Historic Lettering: Frost & Son 2

The passage way probably once led to a bustling back yard, with horses, carts, metalwork and hardware supplies in abundance. It now leads to a car park.
Ipswich Historic Lettering: Frost & Son

At the other end of Halesworth's Thoroughfare, opposite the junction with Angel Link stands an attractive former 'BANK' building, now used as a shop. For another former bank see our Bungay page.
Halesworth Bank

Near to the railway station, an unassuming house carries the sign:

'POLICE
STATION'

The enhancement (inset) shows the lettering more clearly. As it was up for sale when this picture was taken in 2007, we assume it no longer performs this function.
Halesworth Police Station

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