Grade II listed building in Ipswich to become vape shop

Work is ongoing inside 30 Tavern Street, Ipswich, next to Mr Simms Sweet Shop, to transform the space into a vape shop.

When it opens, it will join a growing list of vape and phone shops in the town centre, with a number in the immediate vicinity of the new shop.

30 Tavern Street will become a new vape and phone shop (Image: Tom Cann)

White sheet currently covers many of the windows with bright lights inside the premises and signs for individual vapes already up.

The building became Grade II listed back on December 19, 1951, with it having a long history dating over a century.

The Mitre pub was on the corner of Tavern Street and Dial Lane until it was demolished in 1958.

30 Tavern Street will become a new vape and phone shop (Image: Tom Cann)

Next door, at 32 Tavern Street, AJ Ridley and Son operated around 100 years ago and expanded to 30 Tavern Street.

It was most recently home to Norwich & Peterborough Building Society.

An opening date has not been announced.

30 Tavern Street will become a new vape and phone shop (Image: Tom Cann)