Building record 1028400000 - OLD POST OFFICE COTTAGE

Summary

Seventeenth and eighteenth century thatched witchert house, formerly three cottages and previously used as a post office

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332916: OLD POST OFFICE COTTAGE (DBC4845)

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Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
  • POST OFFICE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) LOBBY ENTRY HOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade II. House, formerly 3 cottages. C17, C18. Witchert on a rubblestone plinth, colourwashed and rendered. Thatched roofs with half-hipped gables. Letter L plan, 2 bay south range, 3 bay east range. 1½ storeys. South range C17 with central door blocked by single light casement. Left hand 2-light leaded casement, right hand 3-light timber casement. Eaves dormer above. Left hand eaves dormer has 3 leaded lights. Central stack of old thin bricks, formerly a lobby entry plan house. Left gable has right hand 2-light casements and 3-light to left. Rear has door in angle with east range under tiled hood, 2-light casements, 1 dormer. East range has left hand door on west elevation and 5 casement windows, mostly 2-light. Two 2-light eaves dormers. Stack between south bays. Rear or east elevation has board door in front of stack. 4 ground floor windows and 2 eaves dormers. One window on west elevation has hood mould. Weatherboard north gable (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19924 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bucks: Aylesbury Vale: Parishes of Ashendon &C.

Location

Grid reference SP 76380 10746 (point)
Civil Parish DINTON-WITH-FORD AND UPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 16 2022 2:10PM

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