Orbell House Post Office Residence is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. House, shop.
Orbell House Post Office Residence
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-passage-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1962
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Orbell House Post Office Residence, St James Street, Castle Hedingham, CO9 3EJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 785 355
- Coordinates
- 51.98963, 0.59897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orbell House is a building that serves as both a house and a shop, dating from the 16th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. It features a timber frame and plastered exterior, with the frame exposed on the first floor and 20th-century cruciform pargetted bands and plaques. The building is two storeys high and has a cellar.
On the first floor, there are two 20th-century flat head oriel windows and one small paned casement window. The ground floor has two 20th-century bow windows. To the right, there is a six-panel door with tracery above in a rectangular fanlight, which is accessed by steps. To the left, there is another 20th-century six-panel door with an Ionic surround, also approached by steps, featuring 20th-century moulded posts and rails.
Inside, the building is said to contain 16th-century panelling and linenfold panelled doors, along with heavy chamfered bridging joists on the ground floor.
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