MSO10697 - Allerford Post Office (Building)

A 17th Century farmhouse, now used as a post office and dwelling. It has an early 19th Century wing in picturesque style containing the shop. The frontage includes ogee-headed leaded-light windows and a George V letter box.

Farmhouse, now dwelling and post office. C16-C17, altered early-mid C19. Red sandstone and blue lias random rubble, double Roman tiled roof, half-hipped to left, lateral stack with rebuilt circular chimney end bay left, similar circular chimney added at rear flanking left gable end. T-plan. One and a half storeys, 2-window facade, C19 casements, 2-light dormers rising from below eaves to right of lateral stack, ground floor large segmental headed 4-light ogee-headed casements with rusticated lintel, external wooden shutters with George V post box flanked by lateral stack left and right triple Roman tiled pentice porch with cambered head opening, laterally boarded and studded door, 2-light casement to right. Left gable end: cambered head 2-light casement, ground floor triple Roman tile pentice hood to 3-light depressed ogee-headed casements. [1] English Heritage Listed Building Number: 265478. First Listed on 22/05/1969. [2] T-plan. Stone, Random rubble walls. Gabled roof [3] The building and post box were visited in May 2012 as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. The house received a BAR score of 6 and the Post Box 4A. [5] A structure is visible on the 1841 Selworthy Tithe map at this location. [6] The building is depicted and labelled "PO" on 2020 MasterMap data. [7]