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

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2