The Post Office
THE POST OFFICE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1097820
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Post Office
- Statutory Address:
- THE POST OFFICE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-07-26
- Reference:
- IOE01/04824/30
- Rights:
- © Mr Ernie W. King. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1097820
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Post Office
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE POST OFFICE
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE POST OFFICE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ashton
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 84446 84228
Details
ASHTON LOWER ASHTON SX 88 SW 5/31 The Post Office GV II Post office. Mid C17 with some C20 alterations. Colourwashed rendered stone rubble and cob; thatched roof, hipped at ends; right end stack to main block, end stack to single storey block at end of rear wing. Plan: L plan with an acute angle at the corner. The main block, the Post Office, is single depth and now one room wide with an outshut at the right end, it was probably originally 2 rooms wide, heated room to the right, fireplace now concealed. A rear left wing, at an acute angle to the main range, faces the lane to Doddiscombsleigh and has been extended by a single-storey slate-roofed block with an end stack. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2 window front with the eaves thatch eyebrowed over 2 first floor C20 timber casements with glazing bars. C20 front door with thatched porch canopy flanked by C20 timber bow windows with glazing bars; thatch carried down as a catslide to the outshut at the right end of the range. The left return (the front elevation of the wing) has steps up to a C20 door to the left, 3 first floor C20 timber casements with glazing bars and similar ground floor windows except 1 which is a C20 timber sash. Interior: Not fully inspected. The main range, the Post Office, has 2 chamfered stopped crossbeams and is said to have a large open fireplace at the right end now concealed by shelving. The wing also has exposed crossbeams. Roof: Not inspected at time of survey (1986) but timbers said to be of small scantling. The Post Office is in a crucial position in Lower Ashton and forms a group with Forge Cottage and Blatchford.
Listing NGR: SX8444684228
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 85552
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 06-Jun-2026 at 04:33:01.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.