Building record 1299300000 - THE OLD POST OFFICE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Conservation Area: Speen Conservation Area (DBC7295)
- Listed Building (II) 1125867: THE OLD POST OFFICE (DBC5346)
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Type and Period (5)
- HOUSE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
- SHOP (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- BAKERY (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)
- POST OFFICE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- STABLE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
Grade II. House, part formerly a shop. 2 mid C18 bays to right, extended to left late C18-early C19 in 2 builds. C18 part is of chequer brick with chamfered plinth and first floor band course. C20 tile roof, flanking rebuilt brick chimneys, originally both external, the left now with flint lobby to front. One storey and attic. 3-light barred wooden casements, those to ground floor with segmental heads, those to attic in gabled eaves-line dormers. Board doors to centre and left. To left is a later projecting cross wing of flint, Denner Hill rubble and brick with some slight timbering and hipped tile roof. 2 storeys. 3-light barred wooden casement to first floor, C19 shop front below with central half-glazed door, flat wooden hood, and flanking barred windows, each 5x3 panes. Rear bay originally a bakery. Store- rooms added to left in similar style, the upper room with hayloft door. Covered entry and weatherboard stable bay to far left. Interior has one old chamfered doorway with moulded stops (B1).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC22140 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p36.
- <2>SBC23261 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 2010. Speen Conservation Area Appraisal. pp10-11.
Location
Grid reference | SU 84110 99826 (point) |
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Civil Parish | LACEY GREEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jul 25 2016 5:52PM