Description

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TM 37 SE
7/137

WALPOLE
THE STREET
The Old Post Office

(Formerly listed as Post Office)

GV
II
Dwelling and shop. Early-mid C 19. Red brick, with brick band at first floor
level and brick eaves dentil cornice; roof of asbestos slates. 3 storeys. 4-
bay facade, 3:1, the bays divided by brick pilasters; the 3 left hand bays of
the house are symmetrical, the right hand shop bay being wider and angled back
slightly around the corner. Sash windows with glazing bars in flush frames,
slightly cambered brick arches; one blank panel on second floor. The house
has paired panelled shutters to the ground floor windows and a central doorway
with twin inset 3-panel doors (the upper panels glazed) and a blind semi-
circular fanlight with glazing bars. Original shop front with slightly bowed
4-light window, double half-glazed doors and above a wrought iron balcony on
shaped brackets.

Listing NGR: TM3653874546

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26281741

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Recommended Books

• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6