Pembridge Post Office And Stores

Pembridge Post Office and Stores is a house that has been converted into a post office and shop, retaining part of an earlier hall. It has a core dating back to the 14th century and was extensively remodeled during the 17th century and late 19th century. The building is timber-framed, featuring sections of wattle-and-daub and painted brick infill on a sandstone rubble plinth, with later painted brick additions. The roof is made of Welsh slate and partly corrugated metal.

The building has an irregular plan, generally consisting of two parallel ranges aligned east to west, with the southern wing preserving three bays of the original 14th-century structure. It has lateral and axial stacks and a present entrance with a shop frontage facing east. The building is two storeys high.

The east front features two gables, with the left side canted. It has single vertical glazing bar sash windows and large nine-pane windows with pilastered surrounds flanking a central partly-glazed door. Inside, there is a section of the large square panelled framing from the earlier structure, with one quatrefoiled panel still intact. The roof contains two, possibly three, trusses with cusped principals and cusped collar-beams, one of which has decorative raking struts, along with cusped wind-braces to the purlins. A wooden ogee-headed doorway with mouchettes and shields in trefoils is enclosed within a later addition on the north side.