Morpeth House

Morpeth is a large house in the centre of Ipswich. It is Situated on Lacey Street near the old Odean. The grounds are about 3/4 of a acre and have many old trees and interesting features

Stamp Room

The Stamp Room is a room in the house that was covered in stamps by the builder and original owner of the house Charles Whitfield King. The stamps where arranged in exciting and interesting shaped over the walls. All that survives now is over the mantelpiece; a decorative 1892 is written in stamps with a more decorative stamps around it.

Billiard Room

The Billiard room is an octagonal room that used to house the full size snooker table that the Whitfield Kings owned. Unfortunately the roof fell down in a violent storm and was too expensive to replace therefore the room was turned into a secret Garden and many concerts have been performed on the stage from local bands

Time line of owners

1887 - 1959 = Whitfield King family 3 Generations:

1887 Charles Whitfield-King b,1855

1930 Charles Whitfield-King b,1887

1945 James Whitfield-King b,1921

1959 - 1977 = Ms Goddard Dance School (Billiard room used as dance hall and stamp room as dressing room

1977 - 2004 = Home of the Capey Family (7 Children)

2004 - now = Home of the Gwinnutt family (Martin, Emma, James and Becky)

Whitfield King

Whitfield King built the house and the building opposite to be used as the centre of his stamp business. He was a very successful businessman and sold millions of stamps from Ipswich. He employed 17 people in the building including sorters of stamps, addressers, cleaners and an engineer to keep the building in tip top condition. Then the house was surrounded in fields and woodland and Lacey street only had 3 houses on it but now there are almost 50.