Description

SP 00 SE AMPNEY CRUCIS LONDON ROAD (north side)

5/45 The Old Post Office and adjoining former smithy (formerly listed on 4.6.52 Cirencester Road as "Smithy")

GV II

Formerly post office now detached house, on corner. Probably mid/late C17. Random coursed rubble stone, stone slate roof with stone end stacks, partly external to right, and rear wing to left with slate roof and brick end stack. Single front range and 2 rear ranges, 2 storeys. Two windows, 2-light leaded wooden casements with timber lintel and tall expanse of blind wall above. Three- light metal C20 window on ground floor to right, single light to left. Door to left of centre with recessed C20 door and wrought- iron porch front with metal roof. Right hand return on line of external stack has leaded 2-light stone mullion and transom on each floor to rear, and small single storey wing, originally higher, at back of this range. Single storey wing to left was originally smithy and still contains a hearth, now a garage. Bus shelter formed in link unit between house and smithy.

Listing NGR: SP0662101745

External Links

• Wikidata Q26382425

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)