The Manor House The Post Office

TL 64 SE STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD CHURCH STREET 2/54 21/6/62 The Manor House and the Post Office GV II

House, early C17 or earlier, altered in C18. Timber framed, plastered, roofed mainly with handmade red clay tiles, some machine-made tiles. 4 bays aligned approx. E-W, aspect S, with axial chimney stack in second bay from W end, forming a lobby entrance. External chimney stack at E end. 2-storey extension to S of E end, C18. 2 storeys and attics. 6-panel door with pedimented doorcase, fluted jambs and triglyph frieze, 2 2-storey splayed bays of double- hung sash windows of 8-12-8 lights, and one double-hung sash window of 12 lights over door, all C18. Parapet. 2 gabled dormers, blocked. Main chimney stack has 2 recessed panels in base, ovolo-moulded cornice, 4 octagonal shafts with moulded bases, rebuilt at the top. The S wing has a door and double bay shop windows, one C20 casement window above, a dentilled cornice, and hipped roof with blocked gabled dormer. The S wing has re-used roll-moulded joists above the ground floor, C16. RCHM 15.

Listing NGR: TL6793941100