Description

SU 79 SE
3/133

HAMBLEDEN
SKIRMETT
The Old Post Office

II

House. Probably C16, with cross wing rebuilt C17, altered C19. Left side
has frame of irregular timbers with one curved brace and whitewashed brick
infill; remainder rebuilt in brick, part rendered and whitewashed, the
left gable hung with shingles. Old tile roof to right bay, re-tiled cross
wing. Brick chimneys to right and to left side of crosswing. Lower bay
to right, possibly once a hall, now of one storey and an attic; 2-storey
projecting gabled cross wing to left with C20 rear extension. Paired
barred wooden casements, that to right attic in small gabled dormer.
Board door to left of right bay. Interior: right bay has inserted upper
floor, and remains of substantial queen strut truss; left bay also has
slight later floor timbers; between bays is pointed timber arch, chamfered
on the right side, incorporated into wall of cross wing but of earlier
origin.

Listing NGR: SU7758690033

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26418654

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey