Description

MALPAS C.P. HIGH STREET
SJ 44 NE
(East Side)
2/60 Malpas Post Office
GV II
Post Office with living accommodation above, circa 1840 or earlier,
with flat-roofed single-storey front extension, probably Edwardian. 3
storeys; 3 windows; almost symmetrical. Brown Flemish bond brickwork
with grey slate roof. Lower storey of hard red brick has central
house-entrance with 6-panel door (lower panels flush reeded) under
plain rectangular fanlight: to right is a 3-light window of 2-pane
sashes, to left double post-office doors. House door has
stop-chamfered lintel; window and post-office door are under shall-
brick arches with stone pads and keys. The second storey has 4-pane
and the 3rd storey 6-pane flush sashes with keystone lintels of the
type on the mid C18 Rectory and Drake's House and Cottage (items 40
and 68 q.q.v.). Projecting stone cills. Reeded eaves fascia,
probably of stone; coped gables; flush gable chimneys. At rear of
post office is an early C20 sorting office with glazed roof.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ4875747276

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599390

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas