Building record 1212203000 - THE OLD POST HOUSE, 18 LONDON END
Summary
Eighteenth century house, used as a Post Office in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1310478: THE OLD POST HOUSE (DBC1832)
Map
Type and Period (2)
- HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
- POST OFFICE (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Grade II. C18. Brown brick with red brick dressings; old tile roof behind panelled parapet. Moulded brick dentil cornice. Two storeys. First floor with 7 sashes with moulded brick cills. Ground floor with central door with side windows and timber hood on corbels extending over both door and windows and five 2-light casements with traceried upper lights and another door which, like all the windows, has a segmental head. Above the centre door a lamp on wrought iron bracket. Interior has much contemporary detail and good staircase (B1).
Marked as a Post Office on second edition 25-inch OS map of 1900, but not on first edition map of about 1880 or on third edition OS map of 1924.
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p28.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 94591 90090 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 25 2025 11:40AM
