General Stores and Homestead (EHER 38968)
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Summary
An early 18th century timber framed and plastered shop and attached cottage with red plain tiled roof. The small rear wings include a bake house and there is a single storey, weatherboarded and red pantiled extension to the left. The building is described as a post office on the 1st and 2nd edition OS maps.
Summary from record 46133:
19th and 20th century Post Office's for the village of Langford.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TL 8383 0895 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LANGFORD, MALDON, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
December 1959. Grade II listed.
An early 18th century timber framed and plastered shop and attached cottage with red plain tiled roof. It is two storey with attics and has a 19th century bay shop window with glazing bars and casements with transoms. There is also a 20th century shop door with top light and two doors to the right, one 20th century glazed. The small rear wings include a bake house and there is a single storey, weatherboarded and red pantiled extension to the left. <1>
See photo <2>.
On the 1st Edition OS map (1874) there is a Post Office located on the south side of the Maldon Road close to the church. On the 3rd Edition OS map (1922) that building is no longer identified and the Post Office is shown located next to the school on the north side of the road (see EHER 81957). <1>