Building record 1306300000 - 58 HAMBLEDEN VILLAGE (POST OFFICE)
Summary
Sixteenth century timber-framed house with eighteenth century alterations, used as a shop and post office
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1125684: POST OFFICE
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Type and Period (4)
- SHOP (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- HOUSE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1799 AD)
- POST OFFICE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
Description
Grade II. House and shop. Part possibly C16, rebuilt early-mid C18, altered. Flint with narrow brick dressings, first floor band course, off-set plinth, plain tile roof, rebuilt flanking brick chimneys. L-plan. One storey and attic, 2 bays. C20 paired barred wooden casements to ground floor right and in 3 gabled eaves-line dormers; C20 projecting shop-front to left; central C19 half-glazed door with stop-chamfered frame. Ground floor left openings have segmental heads. Post box in wall to right of door. Door to telephone box in left gable. Small lean-to in angle with rear wing. Interior: heavy curved principal trusses set into wall at tie beam level; very heavy floor joists in rear wing (B1).
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC3985 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1986. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKS; WYCOMBE: PARISHES OF FAWLEY &C.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 78374 86524 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 28 2016 7:17PM
