Building record 1054200000 - THE OLD POST OFFICE

Summary

Early seventeenth century timber-framed thatched cottage with later extension

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1116010: THE OLD POST OFFICE (DBC2033)

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. Small house. Early C17, altered. Timber frame with curved braces and whitewashed brick infill, herringbone to first floor. Half-hipped thatch roof, flanking brick chimneys. 1½ storeys, 2 bays. Ground floor has wooden casements with single horizontal glazing bars, 3-light to right, that to left in canted bay window with hipped tile roof. First floor has paired barred wooden casements with segmental heads in thatch. Central C20 door. Later single storey bay to right with old tile roof (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19252 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale District: Parishes of Aston Abbotts &C.

Location

Grid reference SP 88331 27039 (point)
Civil Parish SOULBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 18 2025 10:26PM

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