Number 13 (Hartham Cottage) And Post Office

Number 13, known as Hartham Cottage, and the Post Office are a pair of houses located on Church Road in Eardisley. They likely date from the mid-18th century and have undergone alterations and extensions in the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. The buildings feature part timber framing with painted brick infill, set on a painted rubble base, and part painted rubble with stone-tiled roofs arranged in diminishing courses.

The Post Office has a brick stack at the south end of its ridge, while Number 13 has an external painted rubble chimney with a brick stack at its south end. The structures are aligned north to south and consist of two plus two bays. Number 13 is a single storey with an attic and dormers, while the Post Office is lower in height.

The framing of Number 13 includes two plus one row of panels from the sill to the wall-plate, with short straight braces at the upper corners on the front. The east front elevation of Number 13 features 20th-century casements, two ground floor windows with plank weatherings, and two gabled dormers with two-light windows. The central entrance has a 20th-century lean-to timber porch with a glazed door and a right side light.

The Post Office has 19th-century casements, two ground floor three-light windows, two gabled dormers with two-light windows, and a central entrance with a lean-to canopy supported by shaped brackets and a 20th-century door. There is also an attic light in the north gable end and a 20th-century single-storey extension at the rear of Number 13.