Description

THWAITE NORWICH ROAD
TM 16 NW
3/90 The Old Post Office
(formerly listed as
29.7.55 Post Office)

-- II
House. C17. Timber framed and rendered, thatched roof. 1½ storeys. Various
windows. To left, a sash window with glazing bars; to centre, a 3-light
casement. Former shop to right has a mid C20 replacement small-paned canted
bay window; adjacent doorway has boarded half-door, the cover battens forming
trefoil-headed panels; projecting fascia and cornice over both. Doorway
immediately to left of former shop has early C19 doorcase: moulded architrave
with small corner rosettes; cornice with small balls attached to soffit; door
has 6 flush panels with reeded surrounds. Late C18 doorway to extreme left
has eared architrave and dentilled cornice on solid brackets; the door has 6
sunk panels. 3 dormers with old 3-light casement windows. Internal stack
with C19 shaft. Continuous brick lean-to at rear with glazed black pantiled
roof. Interior not examined.

Listing NGR: TM1166668312

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26477293

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)