PLAQUE 16:
Old Post Office
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Holt’s old Post Office in 1930
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The Old Post Office today
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Keystone above Old Post Office door
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Oak leaf carving on keystone
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Former Free Methodist Manse
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Intriguing stone carving above the door...
The previous use of No. 7 Shirehall Plain as a post office was only recently established when this 1930 photograph was found.
Charles William Jex, a dominant character in Holt devoted himself to finding work for local unemployed people and set up and managed Holt’s first Labour Exchange here after the Post Office was relocated to 1 Cromer Road.
Of particular note is the detailed oak leaf carving on the key-stone above the entrance door.
The building attached to The Shirehall was the Free Methodist Manse from 1896 to 1926 which replaced the ‘Black Boys’ public house. Little more than a lean-to building, it belonged to the Cozens-Hardy family’s brewery.
Charles William Jex, a dominant character in Holt devoted himself to finding work for local unemployed people and set up and managed Holt’s first Labour Exchange here after the Post Office was relocated to 1 Cromer Road.
Of particular note is the detailed oak leaf carving on the key-stone above the entrance door.
The building attached to The Shirehall was the Free Methodist Manse from 1896 to 1926 which replaced the ‘Black Boys’ public house. Little more than a lean-to building, it belonged to the Cozens-Hardy family’s brewery.
Please take care when crossing to Plaque 17 on Shirehall Plain.