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placename:- Post Office
parish Kirkbampton parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY30715649
10Km square:- NY35
References Listed Buildings 2010

1Km square NY3056

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
POST OFFICE AND ADJOINING HOUSE / / / KIRKBAMPTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71927 / NY3071456493
courtesy of English Heritage
Post Office and house, formerly barn, house and byre. Late C17 or early C18 with alterations dated 1804 over entrance. Cement rendered clay walls, house walls raised in height with brick; Welsh slate roofs, brick chimney stacks. Single-storey, 3-bay Post Office, formerly barn; 2-storey, 2-bay house with former single-storey byre to right. C20 shop door in plain painted stone surround with dated lintel, weathered inscription. 2 C20 shop windows to left. Plank door in plain stone surround to left. Rear wall has large cart entrance and clay walls much repaired with brick. Interior has 3 pairs of upper crucks. House was originally single-storey and parts of the clay wall remain as internal wall. 2-pane sash windows. C20 window and plank door in former byre. Interior of byre has one pair of upper crucks. House would have been of cruck construction also before its alteration. Listed with Solway View for G.V.

placename:- Post Office
district:- Allerdale
listed building
coordinates:- NY30715649
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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