Lyme Regis: 29 Coombe Street

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Lyme Regis: 29 Coombe Street

Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 21 Sep 2014

An interesting building, this was between 1799 and 1853 the town's post office and a rare survival in the front wall is the original wooden postbox, dating from that period and therefore reckoned to be one of the oldest surviving postal facilities in Britain. It can be seen abutting the far window, but a close-up is here: Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.726128
Longitude
-2.933596