Old Post Office, Old Post Office Cottage, Old Post Office Barn

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NY 53 NE, 6/44

GREAT SALKELD, GREAT SALKELD, Old Post Office, Old Post Office Cottage, Old Post Office Barn

(Formerly listed as: Post Office, Post Office Cottage and attached Cart Shed and Hay Barn)

5.6.84

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Formerly 2 houses (one also post office) with adjoining barn/cart shed, now all residential. Dated and inscribed over entrance of centre house J & MS 1757, the former Post Office with alterations dated over entrance M & SB 1854. Red sandstone rubble walls partly rendered and painted. Graduated sandstone slate roof partly rebuilt in C20 with rebuilt red sandstone chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 2 bays each with left 2-bay barn/cart shed, all under common roof, the barn with front gabled extension. Former Post Office has centre panelled door and sash windows with glazing bars in painted stone surrounds. Old Post Office Cottage has right panelled door in C18 stone surround. Sash windows with glazing bars in stone surrounds, the left windows beyond a straight joint, once therefore part of the barn, which has a central segmental-arched doorway under slit vent. Left is covered by extension with casement window.

Listing NGR: NY5504736530