Post Office the Homestead
POST OFFICE, MAIN STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1364749
- Date first listed:
- 23-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Post Office the Homestead
- Statutory Address:
- POST OFFICE, MAIN STREET
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:
- 2002-05-31
- Reference:
- IOE01/06958/25
- Rights:
- © Mr David Morphew. 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:
- 1364749
- Date first listed:
- 23-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Post Office the Homestead
- Statutory Address 1:
- POST OFFICE, MAIN STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE HOMESTEAD, MAIN STREET
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:
- POST OFFICE, MAIN STREET
- Statutory Address:
- THE HOMESTEAD, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Oxhill
- National Grid Reference:
- SP3157545937
Details
OXHILL
SP3145
15/45
MAIN STREET (East side)
The Homestead and adjoining Post Office
GV
II
House. Probably C15 origins, with C17 additions and alterations. Cruck
construction, with ironstone and brick facade, faced with reconstituted stone.
New tile roof and brick end stack, the ridge stack now gone. One storey plus
attic; 2-window range. Originally a hall house plan. To centre left and centre
right a C19 plank door, that to left with C20 porch. To left a C19 three-light
casement with wood lintel. To right, and in 2 gabled dormers C20 casements. One
storey outbuilding range extending forward from right is now Post Office. C19
plank door and 2-light window to right. Large C20 stone extension to rear.
Interior: 3 pairs of full or raised crucks, that to centre with king post rising
from collar to ridge piece. Arch braced collar with further struts tying cruck
blades to collar. Composite saddle. Later smoke bay frame, now hidden. The smoke
bay bressumer removed. C17 floor insertion.
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25th July 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 307283
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Alcock, N W, Council for British Archaeology Research Report in Cruck Construction An Introduction And Catalogue, (1981), 156
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 19-Jun-2026 at 13:05:59.
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.