13-05-2025
Ipswich County Hall fails to find buyer in online auction
A historic building in the heart of a town that has laid empty for more than 20 years has failed to sell at County Hall - a Grade II listed site where the divorce of Wallis Simpson was granted in 1936 ahead of her marriage to the then King Edward VIII - was not sold during the online Tudor-style building had a reserve price of £895,000 and came with planning permission to convert it into 40 no successful bids were placed at the remote auction, which started at 09:00 BST and was conducted by Savills.
Dating back to 1837, County Hall in St Helen's Street has been a prison, a courthouse and the headquarters of Suffolk County local authority moved its 1,300 staff to nearby Russell Road in 2004 and it has remained empty ever since, falling into a state of year, Ipswich Borough Council members voted to approve plans to convert the hall into flats.
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