Deerhurst And Attached Former Stables And Coach House Madame Louise Hairdressers The Old Post Office

Deerhurst and attached former stables and coach house, known as Madame Louise Hairdressers and The Old Post Office, is a pair of houses, a shop, and attached former stables and coach house, likely once an inn. It dates from the mid to late 18th century, with alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. The Old Post Office on the left includes one bay from a mid to late 19th-century range. The building is constructed of Flemish bond brick with a brick string course band and features a plain wood cornice. It has old tile roofs and brick end stacks, following a T-plan with a rear wing. The structure is two storeys high with an attic and has a six-window range. The second bay includes a carriage arch with a painted wood lintel. The Old Post Office has an entrance at the rear and a fixed light window with glazing bars. The 19th-century range to the left features a dog tooth cornice and three-light casements with glazing bars. The third and fourth bays showcase a late 19th-century shop front with a half-glazed door and overlight, a window with glazing bars, fluted wood pilasters, a fascia board, and a moulded cornice. The fifth and sixth bays, part of Deerhurst, have a tripartite four-pane sash window. Ground floor windows are topped with brick flat arches with keystones, while the first floor has late 20th-century top-hung windows with glazing bars in original moulded frames with brick cambered arches. A central roof dormer contains a two-light casement with glazing bars. Inside, there is a fielded six-panelled door in a moulded wood surround. The irregular rear wing features a tripartite sash window, and a single-storey link to the stables has a plank door and a two-light casement. The stable range includes double doors in an altered opening on the left, a half-dormer pitch door, and two plank doors, along with one-, two-, and three-light casements. A large four-light wood mullioned and transomed window has a painted wood lintel, and glazing bars are present throughout. Most openings have brick segmental arches, and the building features a through-purlin roof. The interiors have not been inspected.