The Post House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1986. Cottage.

The Post House

WRENN ID
hollow-rubble-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1986
Type
Cottage
Source
Historic England listing

Description

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TL 71 NE 2/41

FAULKBOURNE The Post House

GV II

Cottage. C17, altered in C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Three bays facing south east with axial stack at left end. C19 one-bay extension to left, C19 single-storey extension to right. Two storeys. South east elevation, three C20 casements and one small C19 casement on ground floor, two C20 casements on first floor. Two half-glazed doors. South west gable end (towards road) one C19 horizontal sash of sixteen lights on first floor, no aperture on ground floor.

In right ground floor room of main building, chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops, and plain joists of vertical section. In left ground floor room of main building, chamfered transverse beam and chamfered joists of horizontal section, both with lamb's tongue stops. Large wood-burning hearth facing to right, much altered in C20. Primary straight bracing.

Formerly the Post Office. RCHM 10.

Listing NGR: TL7961517197

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