Description

TF 03 NW NEWTON AND HACEBY CHURCH LANE
(south side)

6/41 The Old Post Office.

II

House. 1613, altered C19 and C20. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar
dressings, pantile roof and 2 gable and single axial ridge stacks in red
brick. 2 storey, 4 bay front having off centre 2 panelled door with to left
a 2 light fixed glazing bar window in a C17 moulded stone surround. To
right are a 3 light glazing bar casement and a similar 2 light window. To
first floor are 2 further windows with C17 moulded stone surrounds. To left
is a single storey service block containing a single 2 light sliding
glazing bar sash. The interior retains chamfered girders and in the
principal room an inglenook fireplace with moulded bressemer, with initials
RS and date 1613, hounds, human masks and knotwork decoration, also a 4
centred arched fireplace. The roof is of clasped purlin construction.

Listing NGR: TF0499136153

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26315032

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Recommended Books

• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)