Felixstowe Property For Sale & Rent

Felixstowe is one of the seaside resorts which developed at the end of the last century. As with some others it is also a port of some importance and in fact in recent years has handled an ever-increasing amount of freight and traffic. Felixstowe was the site of a Roman fort which now lies in ruins beneath the sea.

Felixstowe History

The Church of SS. Peter and Paul, much rebuilt, stands on what was possibly the site of the Benedictine priory of St Felix, founded in the late llth century. The Landguard Fort which guards the entrance to the harbour at Harwich, which is linked with Felixstowe by ferry, was first constructed in the middle of the 16th cent, and rebuilt in the 17th cent, and again in the 18th cent. It was painted by Thomas Gainsborough when he was a young un­known painter, at the request of his friend, Philip Thicknesse, at that time the fort's governor.  The Martello tower, S. of the Beach Station is comparable to that at Aldeburgh and also dates from c. 1810-12. The pier which at one time was J m. in length was drastically shortened after the last war and some of the larger hotels have become offices, but the Amusement Park and 2 m. of concrete promenade as well as the shingle beach with its safe bathing ensure the popularity of Felixstowe as a holiday resort. A number of boarding schools have developed in the town, which contains many large and typically Edwardian seaside houses. St Andrew's Church in St Andrews road is an interesting modern (1930s) design by Hilda Mason and the well-known East Anglian Member of the Royal Academy, Raymond Erith.

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