Building record 1320805000 - POST OFFICE, 50 HIGH STREET

Summary

Eighteenth century house on the High Street, now a post office and shop

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125137: POST OFFICE (DBC4947)

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Type and Period (3)

  • SHOP (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • POST OFFICE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. C18 front with stucco ground foor, colour washed brick 1st floor, old tiled roof with brick cornice. 2 storeys. Ground floor: C19 left hand door and modern oriel shop window with glazing bars, both under moulded cornice hood; right hand double hung sash window with cambered stucco faced relieving arch and keyblock, 1st floor wooden mullioned lattice casement windows, 1 2 light and 1 3 light. Plinth and 1st floor band. Graded for group value. Nos 35 to 37 (consec), The Church Loft, Nos 45 to 54 (consec), Nos 56 to 59 (consec), Steps House, The Plough Inn, The Apple Orchard, The Old Smithy, West Wycombe Estate Office, Rose Cottage and Ness Cottage form a group (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE.
  • <2>SBC24551 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology South. 2015. National Trust West Wycombe Village; Vernacular Buildings Synthesis Study.

Location

Grid reference SU 82955 94666 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13570)

Record last edited

Aug 20 2025 9:00PM

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