Description

LEIGHTON AND EATON LEIGHTON
SJ 60 NW
CONSTANTINE C.P.
2/104 The Old Post Office
GV II
Cottage, latterly post office, now house. Mid-C17, extended and re-
modelled mid-C19. Timber framed with painted brick infill- and additions,
machine tile roofs with ornamental cresting, fretted bargeboards and
pointed finials to gables, yellow brick ridge and end stacks. Original
2-cell plan extended to left and right in mid-C19. One storey and attic;
framing: square panels, 3 from cill to wall-plate with V-struts from
collar to front gable end; mid-C19 fenestration, cast-iron patterned
casements, one on each floor to front gable end, that on ground floor
in oriel, C19 dormers to C17 part and left extension, both
with fretted bargeboards and pointed finials; entrance through nail-
studded boarded door in angle between C17 range and left extension.
Interior: not inspected but likely to be of interest. Mid-C20 single-
storey addition to rear not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SJ6111605478

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26470273

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey