May Trees Post Office

May Trees Post Office is a house that dates from the late 17th century and has been altered in the 18th and 20th centuries. It has been partly converted into a shop and Post Office. The building is timber framed, with the front elevation faced in red bricks laid in Flemish bond, while the rest is plastered. The roof is covered with handmade red clay tiles. It has three bays aligned northwest to southeast, with a central staircase hall and an internal chimney stack at the southeast gable.

There is a lean-to extension at the rear from the 18th century and another lean-to extension beyond that from the 20th century. A single-storey extension to the northwest, built as a shop in the 20th century, now includes the northwest ground floor room of the house. A flat-roofed conservatory is located at the southeast. The building has two storeys, featuring a central door with a tiled gabled porch, casement windows on either side, and three casement windows on the first floor, all dating from the 20th century.

Internally, part of the framing of the original rear wall is exposed. There is an axial chamfered beam with lamb's tongue stops in the southeast bay, and the joists are plastered to the soffits. The hearth in this room is semi-circular in shape, made of red bricks and lime mortar. An equivalent chimney stack at the northwest gable was removed when that room was converted to a shop. Originally, the house was one storey with attics. In the 18th century, the walls were raised by approximately 1.5 metres, and the clasped purlin roof was rebuilt using the original timbers, largely maintaining its original form. The top of the eastern corner post is visible just above floor level, and the original wall plates can be seen through the interior plaster.