The Posting House, Glasserton

The Posting House is a cottage built after 1850 in the village of Glasserton. It is a single-story, three-bay structure with a modern flat-roofed addition to the rear. The walls are constructed of whinstone rubble, with painted margins and granite quoins. The front elevation features a stone porch that projects at the center, with a steeply pitched gable, a modern door set deeply within the porch, and a narrow window in the gablehead. A further square window is located to the right return. There are blank end gables, and a carport is attached to the left gable. The windows are timber casements with trellis-pattern glazing, as are the slit windows and the door panel. The roof is of grey slates and has overhanging eaves, dating to the mid-19th century. Circle motifs have been incised into the slates above the outer bays; pairs of circles are visible on the left. A later stack is situated at the center, incorporating a base and a truncated diamond-shaped stack. A whinstone boundary wall runs alongside the property.

The unusual glazing pattern is replicated at the nearby Cottage Kettle, which is listed separately. These cottages share a similar character, suggesting a shared history of re-working, possibly undertaken by the owner of Glasserton House in the mid to later 19th century. To the east of The Posting House, a ruinous cottage stands by the roadside, displaying a post box – this was likely formerly the village smithy. The cottage appears on the first edition Ordnance Survey map from 1850.