Post Office Cottages

Post Office Cottages is a set of four monumental cottages built in 1860 by Frederick Chancellor. They are constructed of red brick laid in Flemish bond and have plaintile roofs. The cottages are two storeys high and feature a five-window range. The symmetrical east facade consists of three gabled elements, with the central gable projecting over twin segmental doorways leading to shallow integral porches. The gable head has half-timbering and contains a twin 4/4 unhorned sash window. There are three drop pendants under the gable overhang, and the bargeboards project beyond the wall plane, supported by a single open collar beam and king post at the apex.

The bays adjacent to the center have a segmentally-headed triple 4/4 unhorned sash window on the ground floor and a straight-headed twin 4/4 unhorned sash window above, with a raised gable featuring fish-scale scalloping. Two yellow brick bands run along the facade. The gabled north and south end bays project and have similar window arrangements on each floor, with free gable collars and king posts rising through the gable apex to form weather-vanes. There are single segmental porch doorways at the extreme ends of the elevation, each with plank doors that have scrolled strap hinges and an additional 4/4 unhorned sash window.

The rear elevation to the west has four gables that step in and out, with plank doors and twin and triple 4/4 unhorned sash windows. Late 20th-century single-storey extensions partially fill the kitchen yards, which are enclosed by a high brick wall to the west. This wall has a lean-to corrugated asbestos roof that contains storerooms and rear access doorways to the yards. Inside, the cottages feature four-panelled doors and 1950s tiled fireplaces. Originally, each cottage had two ground-floor rooms, but now only No. 1 remains as a separate room under a rolled steel joist.