Description

SK 90 NW HAMBLETON
8/113
The Post Office and
1-3 Post Office Cottages
GV II

Post office and row of 3 cottages, early C20, in an arts and crafts style.
Loosely symmetrical, with central range and flanking gables, of coursed
squared rubble with some. half timbering, and stone tiled roof. 1½
storeys. The left hand gable has stone mullioned bay to ground floor
and oriel window in jettied half timbered gable above, in which are a
clock and copper post and telegraph sign. The left hand gable is similar
but contains a 2 storey stone mullioned bay window. Centre range
contains 2 3-centred arched doorways, various stone mullioned windows,
and a single timber framed gable dormer above. All windows have
decorative small panes. Various gable and axial stacks. To extreme
right beyond the gable a further projecting W. facing bay, with full
height canted bay window in jettied gable, and overhanging eaves.

Post office door in west wall of front gable, a 3-centred arched doorway
beneath the expressed chimney, and carrying a copper engraved shield.

Listing NGR: SK9004007559

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26335606

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy