Description

SP2204-2304 FILKINS AND BROUGHTON POGGS VILLAGE STREET
(North-west side)
Filkins
7/196 The Post House
12/09/55 (Formerly listed as Shop
premises immediately S of
Filkins Farmhouse)

GV II
House and post office. Dated H?W 1741 on shaped tablet to centre. Coursed
limestone rubble with raised ashlar quoins; stone slate roof with flat stone
gable copings; flanking chimneys, the right ashlar with moulded cornice, the
left rebuilt in brick. 2 storeys and attic, 2 bays. 2-light windows with
chamfered stone mullions and C20 metal glazing bars. Ground floor of right bay
altered to C19 canted wooden shop window on ashlar base. 2 gabled roof dormers
with C20 2-light wooden casements. Central C20 half-glazed door in raised and
chamfered stone surround. Traces of blocked doorway in right gable end, to road.
Rear has 3-pane sashes to ground floor, and C20 metal casements above. Attached
to left gable end is a single-storey former outbuilding, now incorporated in
house, with C20 extensions. Extensions are not of special architectural
interest.

Listing NGR: SP2387804346

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572076

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Recommended Books

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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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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record