Old Post Office And Adjacent Cottage

The Old Post Office and adjacent cottage, dated 1713, are two cottages located on Church Road in Barton Bendish. They are constructed from brick, carstone, and ashlar, topped with a thatched roof, while the rear outshut has a pantiled roof. The buildings are one storey high with a dormer attic. The west gable features brick tumbling and a set-off to the attic floor, along with a date plaque inscribed with 1713 in Roman numerals. The facade has doors on the left and right of the center, with three 20th-century casement windows. Above one of the doors is a plaque that reads: L E R 1713. There are three dormers with sloping pantiled roofs and casements. The roof is gabled, and there is a square early 18th-century ridge stack located left of center, along with a rebuilt external stack on the right.