Whitehouse, Ipswich

Whitehouse is a ward in the North West Area of the town and district of Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. It returns three councillors to Ipswich Borough Council.

Whitehouse
ward
for Ipswich Council
Boundary of Whitehouse in from 2019.
Local government in East of EnglandSuffolk
Current ward
Created2002 (2002)
CouncillorGlen Chisholm (Labour)
CouncillorColin Wright (Labour)
CouncillorLucinda Trenchard (Labour)

It is designated Middle Layer Super Output Area Ipswich 003 by the Office of National Statistics.[1] It is composed of 5 Lower Layer Super Output Areas.[2]

History

The area was developed as a council housing in the 1950s and 60s. It has been extended by private housing development since the 1980s and now has a mix of housing.

The White House itself, next to White House Park, was a substantial country house on the edge of the village – until it became absorbed into Ipswich as the town grew during the first half of the 20th Century. It can be accessed from Limerick Close. It is listed Grade II which still stands on the edge of the White House estate. It also boasts a gate lodge on Norwich Road. Built as small country house in the late 17th century and altered early 19th century with late 19th century additions. It retains its complete 17th century roof structure. It was used for many years as local government offices.

Lovetofts Drive: running north from the end of Bramford Lane to Whitehouse Road is named after John de Lovetoft who had a grant of free warren There in 1277 and died in 1295. There was a manor house known as Lovetofts Hall and a nearby farmhouse which was still shown on the 1955 Ordnance Survey map, but had disappeared by the 1959 map.

Amenities

The area is the main catchment for Westbourne Sports College (Secondary), which is fed by Primary feeder schools, Springfield and Whitehouse Junior School. A small shopping arcade serves the area. The local pub is the Flying Horse.

The former Whitehouse Residents' Association building in Limerick Close was reopened in 2014 as The Meeting Place, which has function and meeting rooms, a cafe and garden open to local residents and others.

Ward profile, 2008

Whitehouse Ward is located at the north western edge of Ipswich. In 2005 it had a population of about 7,600. The population is slightly younger than the Ipswich average with a high proportion of young families.[3]

References

  1. "Ipswich 003 - MapIt". mapit.mysociety.org. UK Citizens Online Democracy. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. "Ipswich Boundaries". Google My Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. Ipswich Borough Ward Profiling Project Main Report (PDF). Ipswich: CREATE Research Centre. 2008.
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