According to White's 1867 map of Ipswich, the road is still labelled "Little King Street".
[2] However following the building of Ipswich Town Hall in 1868, Ipswich Corporation bought the former public houses, the King's Head and the Sickle, and proceed to build the Corn Exchange which opened in 1882.
[4] King Street is part of Ipswich Borough Council's Central Conservation Area.
[5] Their aerial appraisal highlights the Corn Exchange, the Swan Public House and the Arcade Street Arch.
It provides two screens in the Corn Exchange, Ipswich, and screens independent and world cinema films which fall outside mainstream cinema.