The Old Post House And The Nook

The Old Post House and The Nook is a former post office that has been converted into a private dwelling, with an attached cottage. The Post House dates from the late 17th century, while The Nook was built in the mid 19th century.

The Post House features coursed rubble-stone walls and a thatched roof with gable ends, including a stone gable coping on the left side. It has 20th-century rebuilt brick stacks at the gable ends and stands two storeys tall. The ground floor has three windows with three-light stone mullions, originally ovolo-moulded, though the right window has been replaced with a hollow chamfer. Each window has separate labels above. The iron casements are fitted with lead lights. The first floor has two-light cast-iron casements with lead lights in pegged wood frames. The front doorway is centrally located and features stone moulded jambs and a depressed arch within a square head, dating from the 17th century. The door itself is panelled and made from old materials, dating from the 19th century, and is sheltered by a flat stone canopy supported by two stone brackets. Inside, there are flagstone floors and mid-chamfered ceiling beams with stepped stops, likely re-set and dating from the late 17th century. The roof structure has butt-purlins and pegged collars, which were renewed in the early 19th century, with a 20th-century raising of the front pitch and consolidation.

The Nook has roughcast walls and a hipped slate roof, and it shares a stack with The Old Post House. It also stands two storeys tall and features one window and a door. The window has three-light cast-iron casements with glazing bars and wooden cills, while the plank door on the right side is from the 20th century. Notably, there are slate-roofed outshuts at the south end that are of special interest.