Orchard Cottage Post Office

Orchard Cottage and the Post Office are a pair of cottages dating from the mid-17th century. They are constructed of dressed limestone with a timber-framed first floor featuring brick nogging, and have a tiled roof with stone or rendered stacks. The building has a through passage leading to the rear of the stack and is two stories high with four windows.

The Post Office has a half-glazed door with a flat wooden hood supported by brackets, and a bow-fronted shop window to the left. To the right, there is a 3-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement with a hoodmould. Orchard Cottage features a planked door and a 3-light mullioned casement with a hoodmould. The first floor includes three 3-light leaded casements and one single-light leaded casement. The left return has a single-light casement on the first floor, while the rear has lean-to extensions with 2-light leaded casements on the first floor. The right return has 20th-century casements on both the ground and first floors.

The interior of Orchard Cottage was not accessible during the survey in March 1986, but the Post Office has deeply chamfered beams with bar and stepped stops, planked doors, and a blocked open fireplace with stairs to one side.