Description

SD 55 SE OVER WYRESDALE ABBEYSTEAD

12/44 Post House and Farm Cottage
2-5-1968 (formerly listed as Post Office)

GV II

Pair of houses, 1892 with C17th remains. Sandstone rubble with slate roof.
2 storeys. Windows rebated and chamfered with mullions. Post House, at the
right, has a drip course, and ground-floor windows which appear to be
C17th and re-used. To the left of the door they are of 2 and 4 lights. To
the right is one of 3 lights. On the 1st floor are 2 of 3 lights, with a
central 2-light window. The door has a moulded surround with a
battlemented lintel inscribed: 'ID NDE 1677'. The Cottage is a gabled
cross wing at the left. It has a drip course, a window of 4 lights on the
ground floor and one of 3 lights above. The gable has a coping with
kneelers, and a ball finial. Against the left-hand return wall there is a
lean-to projection. Chimneys to left and right of Post House. The rear
(north-east) wall of The Cottage is similar to its other facade. The
doorway is in the lean-to at the right and has a moulded surround with
embattled lintel insribed: '18 S 92'. The rear wall of Post House has some
rebated and chamfered mullioned windows.

Listing NGR: SD5612254264

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26326833

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)