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Post Office, Main Street, Penpont

A Category C Listed Building in Penpont, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.2324 / 55°13'56"N

Longitude: -3.8138 / 3°48'49"W

OS Eastings: 284749

OS Northings: 594629

OS Grid: NX847946

Mapcode National: GBR 17TY.44

Mapcode Global: WH5VN.DR55

Plus Code: 9C7R65JP+WF

Entry Name: Post Office, Main Street, Penpont

Listing Name: Penpont Village Main Street/Keir Road the Toll House Thomas Brash (House and Shop/Post Office)

Listing Date: 3 August 1971

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 351114

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17228

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200351114

Location: Penpont

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Parish: Penpont

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

Tagged with: House Shop

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Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey corner block (now 2 houses)

with shop. Altered. Whitewashed render, lined as ashlar, with contrasting painted ashlar margins. North west angle canted

at ground, with 2-leaf shop door; corbelled to square above.

4-bay (west) elevation to Keir Road: originally 3 bays

(additional bay to South later 20th century) with shaped

central wall-head gable with apex stack; 2 shop windows

(centre window originally a door?), door and window in right

bay; sympathetic 4th bay; 1st floor windows all sashes, with

8-pane glazing.

Gabled elevation to Main Street also includes shop window;

(?late 19th century full-height single bay addition to east

continued full length of building later 20th century, with

main roof swept over. Original end stacks; roofed with graded

slates.

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