Quidenham Post Office And Pair Of Cottages Adjacent South West

Quidenham Post Office and a pair of adjacent cottages is a building that dates back to the 17th century, which has been remodeled and extended in the 19th century. It features a timber frame on a brick plinth, with parts reclad in brick and imitation timber framing. The roof is steeply pitched and covered with clay pantiles, with gable ends and a brick axial stack.

The building has a three-room plan with back-to-back fireplaces located in the axial stack between the left and center rooms, creating a lobby entrance at the front. The partition between the right and center rooms has been removed, resulting in one large room. In the late 19th century, the house was divided into two cottages, which included the addition of two wings at the back and a blacksmith's shop at the front of the right-hand end. The blacksmith's shop is now the post office.

The building is one storey with an attic and has an asymmetrical three-window east front. On the ground floor, there are two 19th-century three-light casements, and in the gabled half dormers, there are three two-light casements with bargeboards and finials. To the right, there is a larger six-pane sash window, and there are plank and panelled doors to the right and left of the center. The former blacksmith's shop, now the post office, is located in the lower gable-ended wing that projects on the right, featuring shop windows and a doorway on the inner face, also faced in imitation timber framing on a brick plinth. The timber frame is exposed on the left (south) gable end, and there are two gable-ended brick wings at the rear.

Inside, the central room has a chamfered cross-beam with cyma stops and a fireplace with a chamfered timber lintel, which is covered by a later lintel and jambs. The first floor exposes the wall plate and tie-beam at the back, along with large principals and the wall plate.