The Post Office

GREAT TEN THE GREEN SP3929 (East side) 10/77 Nos.22, 23 and The Post Office 27/08/56 (Formerly listed as Cottage No.22, Cottage No.23) GV II Row of 2 cottages and a shop. C17, extended C18 and re-modelled early C19. Coursed marlstone rubble with some ashlar dressings; thatch roofs with rendered stacks. Single-unit plans plus added rear wing. One storey plus attic. Front has 3-light stone-mullioned windows with labels to centre and right units, above which wall rises to contain small 2-light dormer casements; left bay (shop) has a large ashlar 4-light canted bay window with moulded stone mullions. Doorways between units have chamfered stone basket-arched surrounds below labels with carved lozenge stops; a similar lower door to extreme left is the shop entrance. All decorative features are probably early C19. Windows have lattice glazing. C18 wing to rear of No.22 (right) has renewed windows. Interiors not inspected but No.23 noted as having a raised-crick: roof structure. (County Sites and Monuments Record; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.627).

Listing NGR: SP3961029298