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Latitude: 56.1263 / 56°7'34"N
Longitude: -4.1715 / 4°10'17"W
OS Eastings: 265114
OS Northings: 694747
OS Grid: NS651947
Mapcode National: GBR 12.L4T9
Mapcode Global: WH4P2.W8QT
Plus Code: 9C8Q4RGH+G9
Entry Name: Grocer And Post Box, Post Office, Main Street, Kippen
Listing Name: Kippen, Main Street, Post Office and Grocer with Pillar Box and Buchanan House
Listing Date: 20 August 1991
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 345348
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB12514
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200345348
Location: Kippen
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Forth and Endrick
Parish: Kippen
Traditional County: Stirlingshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Probably late 18th century, partially remodelled late 19th century. Long 5-bay block, pair of 2-storey, 2-bay houses separated by vehicular pend with window over. Originally near symmetrical, house to right converted to shop and Post Office, with unaltered early 20th century corniced shop front. Postmasters house to left. Smooth rendered with painted ashlar margins, plate glass sashes, thin eaves course, grey slated roof with 3 coped ashlar stacks, skews removed.
POST OFFICE AND GROCER: shop front with moulded architrave frame, frieze with shop name (?original) and dentilled cornice above, central door in splayed recess with rectangular fanlight, large plate glass windows.
PEND: flat-arched with stop-chamfered reveals, window above.
BUCHANAN HOUSE: later simple corniced doorpiece with stop-chamfered plain architrtave, projecting cornice cloured off. 2-leaf panelled door with fanlight, later narrow window inserted to right at ground, windows at left hand bay enlarged to stone mullioned bipartites at each floor.
PILLAR BOX: George V, red cast-iron pillar box, positioned between shop-front and pend, complete with sign bracket and "POST OFFICE" sign.
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