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Post Office, 28 Main Street, Kirkcolm

A Category C Listed Building in Kirkcolm, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9733 / 54°58'23"N

Longitude: -5.0797 / 5°4'46"W

OS Eastings: 202992

OS Northings: 568638

OS Grid: NX029686

Mapcode National: GBR FHVK.L03

Mapcode Global: WH1QV.Y897

Plus Code: 9C6PXWFC+84

Entry Name: Post Office, 28 Main Street, Kirkcolm

Listing Name: Kirkcolm, 28 Main Street

Listing Date: 17 December 1979

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 346702

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13534

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200346702

Location: Kirkcolm

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Parish: Kirkcolm

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

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Description

Mid 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay house, at end of terrace. Harled; N elevation painted rubble. Painted shallow base course. Painted channelled pilaster strips. Painted raised tabbed margins. Modillioned course below guttering at eaves.

E (MAIN STREET) ELEVATION: pilastered doorpiece at centre, with cornice and angled tablet above; recessed margin; letter-box fanlight. Regular fenestration at ground and 1st floors. Painted brick pillar, containing post-box, adjoined to right.

S ELEVATION: adjoined to No 26 Main Street (see separate listing).

N ELEVATION: blank above rubble outbuilding adjoined at ground. Flat corrugated iron roof to outbuilding; door and window (formerly door) to E.

Modern glazing. Mutual concrete coped skew to S; scrolled skewputt. Mutual painted rubble gablehead stack to S; gablehead stack to N removed. Small purple slates. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Octagonal cans.

Statement of Interest

No 28 Main Street is the Post Office.

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