The Post Office

WIGMORE CP BROAD STREET (east side) SO 4068 - 4168 9/51 The Post Office 11.6.59 GV II Farmhouse, now post office and house. C17, refronted in early C18 with further mid-C19 alterations. Timber-framed with rendered and painted brick infill on rubble base, partly roughcast and refaced in painted handmade brick with slate roofs and central brick ridge stack. L-plan, main range aligned north/south of two framed bays with central chimney bay forming lobby entrance; wing of probably one framed bay adjoins to north-east. Two storeys and attic with three-course band between main storeys in front elevation. Framing: main range has four rows of square panels from sill to wall-plate and there is a long straight lower corner brace exposed at the left end. Collar and tie-beam truss with two struts to collar, two raking struts in lower corners and V-strut above collar. Rear wing has three rows of square panels from sill to wall-plate. West front elevation: outer bays have C19 casements of three lights; ground floor casements have transoms and cambered heads. Central first floor blind C18 cross-casement. Central entrance has a flat canopy on wrought iron brackets, a moulded architrave and a partly-glazed six-panelled C19 door. Attic light in left gable end. There is also a C19 wing to the rear right of the building.

Listing NGR: SO4141468974