Archaeological Journal/Volume 1/Notices of New Publications: Picturesque Antiquities of Ipswich
Time, casualties, and the indiscriminate removal of ancient buildings for modern improvements, are contributing to deprive our old towns of their most attractive features, the remains of the monastic and domestic architecture of the middle ages. In many towns which, a few years ago, abounded in memorials of the taste and skill of our forefathers, scarcely a solitary example is now to be found in each street. The skill of the artist is therefore demanded to perpetuate the character of the remains and their localities before impending decay and removal render the project fruitless.
No town has suffered more than Ipswich from the bad taste of the persons entrusted with the care of public buildings, and of owners of ancient edifices, who, because they felt they could do as they liked with their own, seem to have studied to illustrate the bad maxim, by pulling down their property and substituting fantastic and incongruous piles.
The Parts of this Work already published exhibit views of buildings recently destroyed, and of others which are fast disappearing; such as Christ's Hospital; Gateway of Wolsey's College; Interior of the Grammar School; Archdeacon Pykenham's Gateway; the Neptune Inn; &c. The execution of the drawings and the etchings reflects great credit on the artists, both of whom are natives of Ipswich.