Description

PEMBRIDGE CP EAST STREET (north side)
SO 3858 - 3958

10/54 Olde Post Office and
Old Post Office Cottage
(formerly listed as
19.8.53 Cottage and Russell's
Radio Shop, next but
one east of Greyhound Inn)

GV II

House. C15, with C17 alterations and late C19 alterations. Timber-framed with
sandstone rubble plinth, completely rendered to south front; square panelled
framing partly revealed to rear. Welsh slate roof. Former central hall flanked
by cross-wings which have been cut back to south front. Now sub-divided into
two tenements. Axial and lateral stacks. Two storeys. Hipped cross-wing to
left with one 2-light casement window and 3-light bay window. Hall range to
right with four 2-light and one 3-light casement windows. Four-panelled door
to ground floor with bay window; half-glazed door and former shop window with
four lights to right; 2-light casement window to left of ledged door with
garage entry to right end. Interior retains central cruck truss to former
hall of two bays. (RCHM, Vol III, p 165, item 12).

Listing NGR: SO3918458198

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26588423

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Recommended Books

• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)