The Old Post Office with listed letter box
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Old Post Office with listed letter box by Rosemary Oakeshott as part of the Geograph project.
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The Old Post Office with listed letter box
Image: © Rosemary Oakeshott Taken: 23 Jan 2008
Both the Old Post Office (now a private house) and the letter box are Grade 2 listed. The letter box is a rare survival of a type with a tiled roof. This type was introduced in 1857 but superseded just two years later because the model was found to leak.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.062742
Longitude
-1.582693