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The Post Office and Post Office House (EHER 38585)

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Summary

A 19th century Post Office and attached 17th/18th century house. The house is timber framed with a brick façade. The roofs are covered in grey slate with two gault brick chimney stacks.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9966 0785 (1m by 0m)
Civil Parish BRADWELL-ON-SEA, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

August 1986. Grade II listed building. A 19th century Post Office and attached house. The building may date back to the 17th or 18th century and is timber framed. The main house is oriented East-West, and the 19th century Post Office lean to is at the West end, facing the road, and runs North-South. The building has an 18th/19th century painted brick façade. The roofs are covered in grey slate with two gault brick chimney stacks. The shop front has left and right oriel windows on bracks and a central stable type door. There are two block windows on the South façade. <1> Google Street View imagery from May 2024 shows the brick has been stripped of the paint described in the list description. <2> The Post Office was added to the hamlet at Bradwell Wharf at some time in the 17th/18th century or possibly earlier. It is located off Waterside road and is now used as a house. <1>

Sources

  • <1> Webpage: Historic England. 2011. National Heritage List for England (NHLE).
  • <2> Webpage: Google. 2000-. Google Streetview.
  • <3> Report: O'Connor, T.. 2006. Bradwell-on-Sea: Historic Settlement Assessment.

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