Description

ARDINGTON SU4388 17/1 Ardington Post Office and attached House

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House and Post office. c.1895. Red brick plinth; large timber-framing with rendered infill; old plain-tile roof; brick ridge stack to centre. "Old English" style. Single storey and attic; 2-window range. 2 wood oriels to ground floor with hipped roofs and glazing bars. 2 gabled half-dormers with 2-light casements and shaped bargeboards. Left return: plank door to left. Attic jettied. Wood oriel window with gabled roof to gable end of roof. Interior not inspected. Post Office attached by covered walkway with wood baluster screen. Post Office:brick plinth; old plain-tile roof. L-plan with additions. Single-storey, 3-window range at right-angles to house. Panel door to right of centre. Irregular fenestration of wood mullion and transom windows. History: the village shop, now the Post Office, was established as a co-operative on the Rochdale system, by Lord Wantage for his tenants. (M.A. Havinden, "Estate Villages, a study of the Berkshire villages of Ardington and Lockinge" Reading University Press)

Listing NGR: SU4326388472

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)