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Post Office, 68 George Street, Whithorn

A Category B Listed Building in Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.7324 / 54°43'56"N

Longitude: -4.4156 / 4°24'56"W

OS Eastings: 244557

OS Northings: 540168

OS Grid: NX445401

Mapcode National: GBR HJG6.B3W

Mapcode Global: WH3VM.49LX

Plus Code: 9C6QPHJM+XP

Entry Name: Post Office, 68 George Street, Whithorn

Listing Name: Post Office, 68 George Street

Listing Date: 20 July 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 388711

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42237

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200388711

Location: Whithorn

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Town: Whithorn

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

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Description

Late 18th early 19th century. 2-storey, 4 and 1 bay building with large basket-arch pend to extreme left: Rubble walling with raised painted window margins and long and short angle quoins. Ground floor with keystone pend to extreme left, door to centre flanked by windows. 5 windows to 1st floor, all sash and case; plate glass to ground, 15-pane to 1st. Raised base and eaves course.

Good graded slate roofs, sandstone skews, corniced axial and end stack, some octagonal cans. 4 small metal-framed rooflights.

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