Coughton Post Office

COUGHTON BIRMINGHAM ROAD SP06SE (West side) 1/164 Coughton Post Office and No.2 01/02/67 Coughton Lane (Formerly listed as Post Office and shops adjoining)

GV II

Includes No.2 Coughton Lane. House, now post office and tea room, and separate cottage. C17 with C18 front (VCH). Timber framed; square framing with brick infill. Front of brick with brick string course and brick dentil cornice. Brick range on right. Old tile roof; brick stacks. L-plan, extended to T-plan. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. Central late C18/C19 shop front has panelled half-glazed door, and 2 bow windows with glazing bars and reeded wood surrounds. Continuous shaped fascia. To right of this a 6-panelled part-glazed door with moulded wood surround. Wood and iron casements with glazing bars. Door and windows under cambered brick arches. 3 hipped dormers. Lower 2-storey, 2-window range to right has blocked openings with cambered arches on ground floor. Two 3-light leaded casements with crown glass on first floor. Left return side to Coughton Lane has external stack. To rear: exposed framing. Timber-framed wing (No.2 Coughton Lane) with jowled posts. Large internal stack of 2 shafts, one of thin bricks. Plank door and small C20 trellis porch. C19 and C20 casements. Interior: Exposed timber framing. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol,III, p.74).

Listing NGR: SP0801260326