History in Structure

Old Post Office and Attached Reading Room/Institute

A Grade II Listed Building in Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire

We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?

Upload Photo »

Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2109 / 52°12'39"N

Longitude: -1.6282 / 1°37'41"W

OS Eastings: 425501

OS Northings: 257028

OS Grid: SP255570

Mapcode National: GBR 5N1.96F

Mapcode Global: VHBXV.QPLH

Plus Code: 9C4W696C+9P

Entry Name: Old Post Office and Attached Reading Room/Institute

Listing Date: 18 March 1997

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1382115

English Heritage Legacy ID: 482480

ID on this website: 101382115

Location: Hampton Lucy, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, CV35

County: Warwickshire

District: Stratford-on-Avon

Civil Parish: Hampton Lucy

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Hampton Lucy St Peter ad Vincula

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

Tagged with: Post office

Find accommodation in
Alveston

Description



HAMPTON LUCY

SP25NE CHURCH STREET
1457-1/10/59 (South side)
18/03/97 No.40
Old Post Office and attached
Reading Room/Institute

GV II

House and attached reading room, now institute. c1840. Brick
with ashlar dressings; tile roofs with brick stacks.
EXTERIOR: house of single storey with attic; 3-window range.
Gabled forward break to left of centre; wide eaves and
decorative bargeboards with finials. Segmental-headed openings
are single-chamfered. Entrance to forward break has battened
door with strap hinges and bracketed gabled canopy, canted bay
window to right has hipped roof over 3 lattice-glazed lights.
Carriage entrance to right end has label mould raised over
blank ashlar panel and projecting C20 garage doors.
Window to ground floor left end has label mould over 2-light
casement with lattice glazing. First floor has similar
casements to windows to gable and gabled half dormer to each
side. Cross-axial stack with 2 diagonal shafts.
Institute has single-storey, 3-window range, with later range
attached to rear at right angles, with re-entrant porch. Front
range has plain plinth and 3 segmental-headed,
single-chamfered windows with stone sills, labelmoulds and
2-light frames; lateral stack to rear with 2 shafts. Right
return has similar, taller, window.
Porch has stone-coped parapet and straight-headed entrance
with plank door and return light with label.
Rear range has offset buttresses between windows with
small-paned lights over inserted C20 casements.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Built by the Lucy family for the use of the villagers.


Listing NGR: SP2549357021

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.