The Post Office

The Post Office is a house that has been converted into a post office and residence. It dates from around the mid-17th century and was extended in the mid to late 19th century. The building is constructed from rendered and painted stone rubble and cob, topped with a rag slate roof featuring gable ends. There is a projecting end stack on the right with a short brick chimney. At the back, there is a parallel range that is slightly taller and also has gable ends.

The layout consists of a two-room and cross or through passage plan, with the ground sloping down to the right and the entrance located slightly to the left of center. The larger hall-kitchen is on the right and is heated by the end stack, while the smaller room on the left is possibly unheated. A 19th-century framed staircase has been added in the passage. The later addition at the rear, built in the mid to late 19th century, has a three-room plan that now serves as the post office, shop, and an additional reception room.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical three-window front on the earlier range. It features late 18th to early 19th century casements with small panes of glass and stanchion bars on the ground floor. Two three-light casements flank a 20th-century door, which is slightly to the left of center. On the first floor, there are two three-light casements flanking a two-light casement. The rear elevation has a regular four-window layout with brick segmental arches and 16-pane horned sash windows on the first floor.

Inside, the 19th-century framed staircase is located in the passage of the earlier range. The unheated left-hand room has large chamfered waney floor joists, while the right-hand room features slightly lighter, more closely set chamfered floor joists and slate flag floors. There is a 20th-century fireplace in the right-hand room, along with a 19th-century cast-iron grate for the bedroom fireplace above. The roof structure of the earlier range includes four roughly cut trusses that are lap-jointed and pegged at the apices.