Post Office, Main Street, Tyninghame

U-plan arrangement of 18th century. Single storey smithy

at centre flanked by single storey and attic E wing

(Smithy Cottage) and 2-storey W wing (Post Office), both

probably by Thomas Hannan circa 1840.

SMITHY: rubble with ashlar dressings; chamfered arrises

to doorway. Earlier 2-bay section to left with 2

enlarged windows and small blocked window to outer left;

adjoined to right by extension with doorway to left and

2 similarly sized windows to right. Multi-pane glazing

(fixed) pattern. Raised skews to steeply pitched

pantiled roofs. Brick gable wallhead stacks to earlier

cottage.

POST OFFICE: stugged, snecked rubble and ashlar

dressings.

W (MAIN) ELEVATION: raised gabled porch at centre;

chamfered arrises to door surround. Small inserted

bathroom window above under eaves to left. Windows to

flanking bays, breaking eaves in gabled dormerheads.

E ELEVATION: Symmetrical 3-bay. Consoled slab canopy to

doorway with chamfered arrises. Window above breaking

eaves in gabled dormerhead. Single windows of both

floors in flanking bays.

S GABLE: projecting stack with set-offs at centre

intercepted by penticed shelter added and extending

left. 12-pane glazing pattern to sash and case windows.

Boarded doors with strip fanlights. NE angle intercepted

at ground by smithy. Saw-tooth ashlar skews; gablet

skewputts. Moulded gable end stacks. Pantiles, red to

E pitch, grey and red to W.

SMITHY COTTAGE: stugged rubble and ashlar dressings.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: consoled slab canopy to doorway

at centre. Boarded door with strip fanlight. Windows to

flanking bays.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: possibly incorporating earlier wall

to centre and left with 2 narrow windows. Wallhead stack

left of centre.

S GABLE: projecting bipartite window at centre with

raised base course and penticed slab roof. 2 small attic

windows flanking. Moulded gable wallhead stack. Small-

pane glazing to sash and case windows. Saw-tooth skews.

Pantiled roof, red to E pitch, grey to W, with skylights

inserted. NW angle intercepted by smithy.