London House the Post Office
LONDON HOUSE, THE SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1290531
- Date first listed:
- 04-Dec-1951
- List Entry Name:
- London House the Post Office
- Statutory Address:
- LONDON HOUSE, THE SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1290531
- Date first listed:
- 04-Dec-1951
- List Entry Name:
- London House the Post Office
- Statutory Address 1:
- LONDON HOUSE, THE SQUARE
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE POST OFFICE, THE SQUARE
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:
- LONDON HOUSE, THE SQUARE
- Statutory Address:
- THE POST OFFICE, THE SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Broadwindsor
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 43724 02590
Details
ST 40 SW BROADWINDSOR THE SQUARE, SOUTH SOUTH 4-12-1951 4/69 The Post Office and London House
GV II
Attached Post Office/Store and house, of one build, c.1800. Ashlar stone walls. Slate and stone slab roofs, and stone gable-coping at right hand. Brick stacks at left hand ridge and right hand gable. 2 storeys, with C20 dormers to London House. 4 windows, sashes with glazing-bars irregularly spaced, four panes wide to ground, five panes wide to first floor. Shop-front at left hand ground, C19, to Post Office. Canted shop windows with mullions, either side of central door. Reeded wood surround. Rounded shop fascia-board with small bolt cornice. Front door to London House at centre right, 6 flush and recess panels, C19. Flat canopy carried on wooden brackets. Side range of Post Office up Back Lane, stone walls painted. 2 storeys. 3-windows, C20 metal casements.
Listing NGR: ST4372402590
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 394988
- 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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