The Post Office Woodcroft

The Post Office Woodcroft is a house that also serves as part of a post office, originally built as a single residence in the early or mid 16th century, with alterations from the 17th century and later. The building has two storeys and features a timber-framed and plastered structure. It has a hipped roof covered with concrete tiles and two axial chimneys made of red brick. The windows are mainly 20th-century casements. A gabled entrance porch leading to Woodcroft has a battened and boarded door. The layout likely follows a three-cell cross-passage entrance plan, with the Post Office area containing the former parlour and an upper chamber. There are signs of a possible original smoke-bay between the hall and parlour; the parlour features a crenellated mantel beam, while the hall has a large open fireplace with a cambered lintel that appears to have been added later. The original studwork and upper floor structure are heavy and plain, with evidence of shuttered windows that had square mullions. A datestone from 1687 found in the cellar likely refers to a chimney added to the service end and to the butt-purlin roof, which incorporates components from the earlier roof. It is believed that the village wheelwright lived here until the 19th century, when an outshut was added to the rear.