Ashburton Post Office

Ashburton Post Office is a house that has been converted into a post office with living accommodation above. It was built in the mid to late 19th century. The front is solidly rendered, and it has a slated roof. The building stands three storeys high and is three windows wide. The ground storey features windows and a doorway with flanking pilasters and cornices, and beneath the capitals are shields filled with foliage. The entrance has double doors, each with two panels, and a fanlight with radial bars. The upper storey windows also have flanking pilasters, with those on the second storey featuring vermiculated keystones topped by female heads. Above these windows is a continuous stringcourse that dips down to form a hood over each head. The building has a bracketed eaves-cornice and 2-paned sashes throughout.