Wadenhoe Post Office

Wadenhoe Post Office is a house that has been converted into a house and shop, dating from the early 18th century. It is built from regular coursed limestone and features an artificial-slate roof. The original layout was a three-unit plan. The building is single storey with an attic and has a three-window range of 19th and 20th-century casements under wooden lintels. The window on the far left includes a glazed shop door. There are three hipped-eaves dormers in the attic, which also have similar casements. A central 20th-century door provides access. Brick and stone stacks are located at the ridge. Inside, the building has chamfered spine beams and remnants of open fireplaces, which are now blocked. Wadenhoe Post Office is noted for being the first telegraph post office established in an English village, initiated by the Right Honourable George Ward-Hunt, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer in Disraeli's cabinet of 1868. The building is included for its group value.