Description

Circa 1800. 2-storey, 5-bay symmetrical public house of rectangular plan. Cement rendered and lined principal front painted including dressings. Door at centre flanked by windows and with regular fenestration at 1st floor.

REAR ELEVATION: roughcast, windows at 1st floor to outer right and left. Modern single-storey addition at ground floor.

12-pane timber sash and case windows with modern wrought-iron window guards at ground floor. Modern glazing at 1st floor centre bay, 4-pane timber sash and case window to rear elevation. 4-panel, 2-leaf flush-beaded timber entrance door. Panelled vestibule, 8-panel, 2-leaf inner doors with stained glass upper panels. Grey slate roof, piend-roofed, slate-hung dormers to outer left and right of principal pitch, 12-pane timber sash and case windows with blind slate-hung sidelights. Cast-iron gutters and downpipes. Roughcast mutual ridge stack to W, coped with circular cans.

Statement of Interest

The ordnance plan of 1868 mark this building as the Post Office. This building is important for its contribution to the fabric of the street, its 2-storey elevation mirroring those of its neighbours. It is also notable for the survival of its original windows.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17773649

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings