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Former Post Office and Post Master's House

A Grade II Listed Building in Sledmere, East Riding of Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.0715 / 54°4'17"N

Longitude: -0.5766 / 0°34'35"W

OS Eastings: 493243

OS Northings: 464884

OS Grid: SE932648

Mapcode National: GBR SPDC.Z7

Mapcode Global: WHGCX.3XQM

Plus Code: 9C6X3CCF+H9

Entry Name: Former Post Office and Post Master's House

Listing Date: 7 September 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1083799

English Heritage Legacy ID: 167843

ID on this website: 101083799

Location: Sledmere, East Riding of Yorkshire, YO25

County: East Riding of Yorkshire

Civil Parish: Sledmere

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Riding of Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Sledmere St Mary

Church of England Diocese: York

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27 May 2022 to update the name and address, remove superfluous source details from text and to reformat the text to current standards

SE 9264-9364
17/33

SLEDMERE
CROOME ROAD (west side)
Post Office House
Former Post Office and Post Master's House

(Formerly listed as Post Office and Post Master's House, CROOM LANE)


GV
II
Former post office and post master's house. c1890 with later additions and alterations. By John Birch for Sir Tatton Sykes, fifth Baronet. Reddish-orange brick in English garden wall bond with plain tile roof. Approximately T-shaped on plan with infil to rear. Single bay range with single bay cross wing to right of single storey with attic to gables. Chamfered plinth. Entrance to central gabled porch, a board door with glazing to head in four-centred, moulded surround under hoodmould with label stops. Above a decorative blind oblong recess under hoodmould. Dentil barge board to gable. To left a three-light window, incorporating "GR" post box,with rubbed brick sills in ovolo-moulded surround under flat arch of rubbed brick and dripmould. To right a four-light window with wooden ovolo-moulded mullions, in ovolo-moulded surround, under flat arch of rubbed brick and with moulded drip and sill. To gable a similar three-light window. Decorative barge boards. Paired octagonal flues to large ridge stack.

Listing NGR: SE9324364884

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