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Post Office

A Grade II Listed Building in Witney, Oxfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7853 / 51°47'6"N

Longitude: -1.4858 / 1°29'8"W

OS Eastings: 435568

OS Northings: 209747

OS Grid: SP355097

Mapcode National: GBR 6VS.35N

Mapcode Global: VHC02.6DD8

Plus Code: 9C3WQGP7+4M

Entry Name: Post Office

Listing Date: 14 May 1952

Last Amended: 3 March 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1213352

English Heritage Legacy ID: 397914

ID on this website: 101213352

Location: Witney, West Oxfordshire, OX28

County: Oxfordshire

District: West Oxfordshire

Civil Parish: Witney

Built-Up Area: Witney

Traditional County: Oxfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire

Church of England Parish: Witney

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


SP3509N
10/187
14/05/52


WITNEY
MARKET SQUARE
(West side)
Nos.2 and 4 (Post Office)
(Formerly listed as No. 4)


GV
II


House, now Post Office. c,1750, with C20 internal alterations. Limestone ashlar;
gabled stone-coped stone slate roof with concrete tiles and artificial stone
slates to rear; moulded stone ashlar rear lateral stacks. Double-depth plan. Mid
Georgian style. 2 storeys; symmetrical 5-window range. Centre bays are
pedimented, with lunette in tympanum. Mid C19 plate-glass sashes to all windows.
Venwtian window above Venetian doorway with C20 door. Raised beaded architraves
with triple keyblocks to windows. Dentilled cornice beneath pediment and
parapet. Two hipped roof dormers. Similar rear right wing, of one bay, has
similar architraves to 2 tripartite sashes. Interior: first floor not inspected.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.849).


Listing NGR: SP3556809747

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