Description

SW 83 NW FEOCK LA FEOCK, Feock

4/60 The Old Post Office

GV II

House. Circa late C17, remodelled circa mid C18 and again late C18 as cottage and
house. Painted and roughly rendered undulating cob walls. Wheat-reed thatched roof
with brick chimneys; 1 axial stack and adjoining lateral stack to original rear walls
and chimneys over gable ends.
3-room through passage plan with thick outer walls and circa late C18 rear outshut.
2 storeys. 3-window north front. All windows are circa late C18 20- or 15-pane
sashes with mostly original crown glass. Original doorway with ledged door to second
from left ground floor opening. Third opening was central doorway of first
remodelling. Fourth opening, part of original wide hall window, is doorway of circa
late C18. Remodelling, with ledged door. Slate sills. Wooden lintels plastered
over. Rear outshut sweeps very low.
Interior has original chamfered oak or elm beams surviving to east and west rooms.
East room used to have oven but hearth survives. All hearths partly blocked. Late
C19 cast iron range to middle room. 2 first floor windows ie over original hall
(middle) and to west room were originally wider. Circa late C18 pine roof structure
with lapped and pegged collars and apices.
Unusual use of vertical-hung sashes on such a modest house, and rare that a complete
fenestration of such sashes survives from the late C18.

Listing NGR: SW8220938606

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614299

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)