The Old Post Office

TL 61 SW HIGH EASTER THE STREET (west side)

3/59 The Old Post Office 7/2/52 (Formerly listed as House GV II at Entrance to Churchyard) House, former shop. Late C15 and mid C16. Timber framed and plastered with some old chevron pargetting on west wall to churchyard. Gabled peg tile roofs. Composed of 2 crosswing-like structures of different builds at right angles to one another, each having a dragon beam and posts at the exposed corners. The jettied east elevation has an early C19 porch on double console brackets with lattice infilling. Windows are double hung sashes with small panes and C19 casements with small panes. The south flank has a C19 red brick lean-to with a machine-made plain tile roof. A C17 red brick stack with joined diagonal shafts rises against the south wall. This has a pointed arched brick inglenook. The eastern crosswing has a simple crown post roof with thin braces. The west crosswing has 2 panelled C17 doors and some similar wall panelling with carved frieze. The north fronts of each crosswing have arched door heads and arch headed shopfronts, now concealed by plaster. RCHM 15.

Listing NGR: TL6204814738