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Post Office, Main Street, Gorebridge

A Category C Listed Building in Borthwick, Midlothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8412 / 55°50'28"N

Longitude: -3.0477 / 3°2'51"W

OS Eastings: 334486

OS Northings: 661382

OS Grid: NT344613

Mapcode National: GBR 704W.ZY

Mapcode Global: WH7VD.4FZX

Plus Code: 9C7RRXR2+FW

Entry Name: Post Office, Main Street, Gorebridge

Listing Name: Gorebridge Post Office, Main Street

Listing Date: 19 March 1998

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 391985

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45166

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200391985

Location: Borthwick

County: Midlothian

Electoral Ward: Midlothian South

Parish: Borthwick

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Post office

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Description

1879. 2 storey and attic; 4 bay terraced house. Coursed tooled sandstone with droved dressings; chamfered reveals.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: crowstepped gabled near symmetrical front. Large pane central window to ground (central mullion removed); replacement timber doors with letterbox fanlights to flanking bays; painted sign off centre to left; doorway to outer left; 2 shouldered windows to 1st floor, with cills supported by carved brackets; datestone reading "1879" centred above; round arched keystoned window set in gablehead, cill supported by carved brackets.

SW AND NE ELEVATION: obscured by adjoining terrace.

SE ELEVATION: not seen 1997.

Replacement fixed timber window to ground; 4 pane timber sash and case windows to 1st floor and 2 pane timber sash and case window to gablehead. Grey slate roof with lead ridge; cast iron rainwater goods; central coped polished gablehead stack with circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

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