Ardington Post Office and Attached House
ARDINGTON POST OFFICE AND ATTACHED HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1368632
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Ardington Post Office and Attached House
- Statutory Address:
- ARDINGTON POST OFFICE AND ATTACHED HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1368632
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Ardington Post Office and Attached House
- Statutory Address 1:
- ARDINGTON POST OFFICE AND ATTACHED HOUSE
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:
- ARDINGTON POST OFFICE AND ATTACHED HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Vale of White Horse (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ardington
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 43263 88472
Details
ARDINGTON SU4388 17/1 Ardington Post Office and attached House
II
House and Post office. c.1895. Red brick plinth; large timber-framing with rendered infill; old plain-tile roof; brick ridge stack to centre. "Old English" style. Single storey and attic; 2-window range. 2 wood oriels to ground floor with hipped roofs and glazing bars. 2 gabled half-dormers with 2-light casements and shaped bargeboards. Left return: plank door to left. Attic jettied. Wood oriel window with gabled roof to gable end of roof. Interior not inspected. Post Office attached by covered walkway with wood baluster screen. Post Office:brick plinth; old plain-tile roof. L-plan with additions. Single-storey, 3-window range at right-angles to house. Panel door to right of centre. Irregular fenestration of wood mullion and transom windows. History: the village shop, now the Post Office, was established as a co-operative on the Rochdale system, by Lord Wantage for his tenants. (M.A. Havinden, "Estate Villages, a study of the Berkshire villages of Ardington and Lockinge" Reading University Press)
Listing NGR: SU4326388472
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 250041
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Havinden, M A, Estate Villages: A Study of the Berkshire villages of Ardington and Lockinge, ()
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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