The Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1970. Post office, house.

The Post Office

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1970
Type
Post office, house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TOWCESTER WATLING STREET EAST SP6948 13/160 No.90 (The Post Office) 29/07/70 (Formerly listed as No.90)

GV II

Post office, formerly house. Dated 1799, altered C19 and C20. Red brick in Flemish bond with flared headers, slate roof, brick ridge and end stacks. Central staircase plan. 3-storey, 5-window range. Central 6-panel door with fanlight, panelled reveals and timber surround with thin panelled pilasters and brackets supporting deep moulded cornice. Windows have moulded rendered surrounds. C20 windows to ground floor, 12-pane sashes to first floor and 9-pane sashes to attic floor and stone sills with console brackets. Circular window between ground floor left windows. Central bay breaks forward and has pediment framing datestone in horizontal oval panel. Rendered plinth, storey bands, moulded stone eaves cornice and string to base of pediment. Rendered chamfered quoins to ends and central bay and stone-coped gables.

Listing NGR: SP6934448697

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