Middle Cottage Post Office Cottage

COWESBY MAIN STREET SE 4689 (EAST SIDE) POST OFFICE COTTAGE 9/19 and MIDDLE COTTAGE - II House, now 2 dwellings. Mid-late C18 with C19 and C20 additions arid alterations. Coursed squared herringbone-tooled stone, random nibble to C20 part; pantile roofs. Lobby-entry plan, 2 storeys, 4 bays with C19 bay added to right (which with bay 4 now forms Post Office Cottage), and C20 single-storey addition to far right (not of special interest). Main range: central C20 part-glazed door with herringbone-tooled lintel. Flanking windows (two on each floor) have stone lintels and cills, bay 1-3 having 12-pane side-sliding sashes and bay 4 having C20 casements, the lst-floor window opening widened. Added bay has half-glazed C20 door with stone lintel and C20 casement in widened opening above. Shaped kneelers and ashlar coping overall. To right end of original house corniced stone stack, heightened in white C20 brick; and rebuilt central ridge stack. Rear: flat-roofed C20 extension on right not of interest. Small, square, central, lst-floor light and another at eaves on left. Interior of Middle Cottage not inspected but said to retain original central back-to-back fireplaces. Post Office Cottage formerly served as a Post Office.

Listing NGR: SE4658789843