Reg No
40905208
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
Public house
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
206978, 415674
Date Recorded
01/12/2016
Date Updated
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Detached nine-bay two-storey block of buildings, built c.1830, comprising two-bay post office and seven-bay house and public house, having single-storey extension to rear. Pitched purple slate roof with projecting eaves course, smooth-rendered chimneystacks with clay pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Whitewashed lime-rendered walls, with smooth render to south gable and northern four bays. Square-headed openings with painted concrete sills and replacement timber sliding sash windows, ten-over-ten pane to southern five bays and two-over-two pane to northern four, and having timber battened door to post office and replacement timber doors to public house, with overlights. Two-storey outbuildings to rear with pitched purple slate roofs, limewashed rubble stone walls and square-headed openings.
A well-composed and visually appealing row of buildings with subtly varying details. The whole is well maintained and retains timber sash windows, which enhances its appearance on this short street. The simplicity of the facade and its elongated presence on the roadside make it an attractive feature. The outbuildings complete the setting and the retention of their original form, fabric and character, enhances the overall composition of post office, public house and house.