Farm Cottage Post House

SD 55 SE OVER WYRESDALE ABBEYSTEAD

12/44 Post House and Farm Cottage 2-5-1968 (formerly listed as Post Office) GV II

Pair of houses, 1892 with C17th remains. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. 2 storeys. Windows rebated and chamfered with mullions. Post House, at the right, has a drip course, and ground-floor windows which appear to be C17th and re-used. To the left of the door they are of 2 and 4 lights. To the right is one of 3 lights. On the 1st floor are 2 of 3 lights, with a central 2-light window. The door has a moulded surround with a battlemented lintel inscribed: 'ID NDE 1677'. The Cottage is a gabled cross wing at the left. It has a drip course, a window of 4 lights on the ground floor and one of 3 lights above. The gable has a coping with kneelers, and a ball finial. Against the left-hand return wall there is a lean-to projection. Chimneys to left and right of Post House. The rear (north-east) wall of The Cottage is similar to its other facade. The doorway is in the lean-to at the right and has a moulded surround with embattled lintel insribed: '18 S 92'. The rear wall of Post House has some rebated and chamfered mullioned windows.

Listing NGR: SD5612254264