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Latitude: 52.689 / 52°41'20"N
Longitude: -0.8803 / 0°52'48"W
OS Eastings: 475782
OS Northings: 310730
OS Grid: SK757107
Mapcode National: GBR BPW.D8W
Mapcode Global: WHFKD.GN1Y
Plus Code: 9C4XM4Q9+HV
Entry Name: The Old Post Office and Adjoining Outbuiding
Listing Date: 7 January 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1061244
English Heritage Legacy ID: 189885
ID on this website: 101061244
Location: Burrough on the Hill, Melton, Leicestershire, LE14
County: Leicestershire
District: Melton
Civil Parish: Somerby
Traditional County: Leicestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire
Church of England Parish: Burrough-on-the Hill St Mary the Virgin (The Borrough Hill Parishes)
Church of England Diocese: Leicester
Tagged with: Post office
SK 7410 - 7510 SOMERBY MAIN STREET
Burrough on the Hill
(south east side)
18/128 The Old Post Office
and adjoining out-
building
G.V. II
2 cottages, now a house. Early C17, raised late C18, with C19
and C20 alterations. Coursed and squared ironstone and brick
with flared headers with limestone ashlar dressings and slate
roofs. Single coped gable, first floor brick band, single coped
stone gable stack, single gable and single ridge brick stacks. 2
storeys, 3 bays. L-plan. North front has to left an off-centre
C19 doorway with plain wood jambs and door with 6 vertical
panels, flanked by single 2 light casements and beyond, to right,
by a 2 light sliding sash. Beyond again, to right, gabled wing
with a 2 light sliding sash. All these openings havesegmental
heads. Above, to left, 2 two light sliding sashes. Beyond, to
right, the gable has a 2 light casement with segmental head. The
return angle has a 2 light casement. South west end has to
right, a C20 porch and to left, a C19 hipped single storey
outbuilding with a door and acasement. Above, a central 2 light
sliding sash. Rear elevation has an off-centre C20 flat roofed
porch, flanked by single sliding sashes and beyond, to left, a
casement. Above, to right, 2 sliding sashes. Beyond, to left, 2
casements.
Listing NGR: SK7578210730
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