Description

SK 7410 - 7510 SOMERBY MAIN STREET

Burrough on the Hill (south east side) 18/128 The Old Post Office and adjoining out- building

G.V. II

2 cottages, now a house. Early C17, raised late C18, with C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed and squared ironstone and brick with flared headers with limestone ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Single coped gable, first floor brick band, single coped stone gable stack, single gable and single ridge brick stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays. L-plan. North front has to left an off-centre C19 doorway with plain wood jambs and door with 6 vertical panels, flanked by single 2 light casements and beyond, to right, by a 2 light sliding sash. Beyond again, to right, gabled wing with a 2 light sliding sash. All these openings havesegmental heads. Above, to left, 2 two light sliding sashes. Beyond, to right, the gable has a 2 light casement with segmental head. The return angle has a 2 light casement. South west end has to right, a C20 porch and to left, a C19 hipped single storey outbuilding with a door and acasement. Above, a central 2 light sliding sash. Rear elevation has an off-centre C20 flat roofed porch, flanked by single sliding sashes and beyond, to left, a casement. Above, to right, 2 sliding sashes. Beyond, to left, 2 casements.

Listing NGR: SK7578210730

External Links

• Wikidata Q26314366

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  For the Record