Chapel House Post Office the Old Manse

CHAPEL HOUSE, THE STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1033419
Date first listed:
22-Feb-1955
List Entry Name:
Chapel House Post Office the Old Manse
Statutory Address:
CHAPEL HOUSE, THE STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1033419
Date first listed:
22-Feb-1955
List Entry Name:
Chapel House Post Office the Old Manse
Statutory Address 1:
CHAPEL HOUSE, THE STREET
Statutory Address 2:
POST OFFICE, THE STREET
Statutory Address 3:
THE OLD MANSE, THE STREET

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
CHAPEL HOUSE, THE STREET
Statutory Address:
POST OFFICE, THE STREET
Statutory Address:
THE OLD MANSE, THE STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Suffolk
District:
Babergh (District Authority)
Parish:
East Bergholt
National Grid Reference:
TM 06919 34617

Details

TM 0634 EAST BERGHOLT THE STREET (West Side)

6/73 The Old Manse, Chapel House and Post Office 22.2.55

GV II

Pair of houses and Post Office. Probable C17 core, remodelled early C19. Timber- framed, cased in white brick with plain tile roof and red brick stacks. 2-storey, 2-window centre range with gabled cross wings to each side, that to left incorporated into Post Office which is partly housed in single-storey extension to left of no special interest. To main range, 6-panel doors under radial fanlights with round arches. 16-pane sashes in reveals with sills. Cambered brick arches to ground floor and wings. Steeply-pitched roof. Centre stack to main range and ridge stacks to cross wings. Part undergoing renovation at time of resurvey. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TM0691934617

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
278781
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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