Description

In the entry for

ARRETON A 3020

1353-0/2/4 Post Office and Brooklyn
Blackwater

- II

The address and the description shall be amended to read

ARRETON

SZ58NW BLACKWATER

1353-0/2/4 Post Office and Brooklyn

22/11/93

GV II

Two houses, originally one house, later house and post office. C17 origin but Post Office appears
externally early C18 refenestrated in late C20 and Brooklyn early C19. Post Office is of brick in
English bond, now painted with tiled roof and brick chimneystack. Two parallel ranges, 2 storeys;
3 windows. Late C20 UPVC windows with cambered heads to ground floor. Right side doorcase
with flat wooden hood on brackets and original door, with C20 glazing installed. Brooklyn
adjoins at right angles. Stuccoed except for brick rear elevation, with hipped tiled roof and 2
cemented chimneystacks. Two storeys 4 windows. The two central window bays project.
Four-centred arched windows with Gothic casements. Ground floor has trellis-work verandah.
Left side Doric doorcase with fluted half columns and triglyph frieze. Blanks in left hand side
wall. Later C19 1 bay brick extension to right hand side.

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ARRETON

SZ58NW A 3020
1353-0/2/4 Post Office and Brooklyn Blackwater

II

Post office and house, formerly 2 houses. Post office early
C18, Brooklyn early C19. Post Office of red brick in English
bond with tiled roof and brick chimneystack. 2 parallel
ranges, 2 storeys, 3 windows. Sashes including central 1st
floor blank. Most are early C18 12-pane sashes with thick
glazing bars. Ground floor windows have cambered heads. Right
side doorcase with flat wooden hood on brackets and 6 panelled
door, the top 2 panels cut away and glazed. Brooklyn is an
early C19 L range. Stuccoed except for brick rear elevation,
with hipped tiled roof and 2 cemented chimneystacks. 2 storeys
4 windows. The central 2 window bays project. 4-centred arched
windows with Gothic casements. Ground floor has trellis-work
verandah. Left side Doric doorcase with fluted half columns
and triglyph frieze. Blanks in left hand side wall. Later C19
1 bay brick extension to right hand side.

Listing NGR: SZ5063086214

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580769

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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