Description

circa 1910 post office retaining original counters and sorting office fittings.single storey and attic,harled with stugged ashlar dressings,timber detailing to gables.mullioned and transformed windows to front sash and case to dormer and sides with small-paned upper sashes.purple slates,bracketted eaves,small,domed ridge-ventilator,ashlar stacks at rear. front (N) elevation:to main street.asymmetrical 5-bay;door left of centre with tripartie to left,single window to right has posting box below with bracketted ashlar canopy.advanced gabled bay to right with 4-light window,bipartite to attic.window to outer bay.e-gable:door to sorting office,with 2 windows flanking.lean-to telegraph office to right.windows barred at rear. interior:grained timber panelled counter and boarded dado retained.sorting office full height,with circular ceiling ventilator.retaining original benches with pigeon holes and cast-iron swing seats,also cast-iron frame supporting mail bags in centre of flood.dog-leg stair to attic.telegraph office now in use as store.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56619592

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)