The Post Office

The Post Office is a house, now used as a post office, dating back to the 16th century. It has been altered in later centuries, with a late 18th-century brick casing and raised front eaves. The house is timber-framed and cased in red brick, with steep roofs covered in old red tiles. It originally comprised three rooms, with a 1½-storey front and a parallel two-storey wing projecting to the west, which is said to have been used as a chapel. A lean-to porch sits in the angle between the two parts.

The front of the house has three windows. The upper floor has windows with three, three, and four lights. The ground floor has a three-light window to the left of the shopfront and a two-light window to the right. A tiled canopy connects two projecting bays with a central door.

Inside, the house has exposed beams and a framed partition which separates off the western parlour. The parlour retains a chamfered cross-beam and a wide fireplace with a hollow stop to the chamfered lintel. A 17th-century cupboard with H-hinges is also present. The chimney to the northwest wing backs onto the parlour fireplace. The rear wall consists of older red brick for half its height, and a brick oven projects into a gabled outhouse. The main range has a roof with collar and queen-strut trusses. A staircase is located beside the parlour, and a smaller stair is in the eastern bay, where a southeast corner fireplace was recently removed.