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Terraced two-bay four-storey house, built c.1810. Now in use as post office with residence above, having recent timber shopfront to front (north) elevation, and four-bay return to rear. M-profile hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, yellow brick and rendered chimneystacks with clay pots. Rebuilt parapet wall with squared granite coping over moulded brick eaves course. Cast-iron rainwater goods throughout. Front elevation rebuilt c.1880 in Flemish bond red brick with painted signage: "KING & Co./Ltd./THE/WELL KNOWN/BOOT/&/SHOE/RETAILERS/97". Side (west) elevation rebuilt in machine-cut red brick. Camber-headed window openings with gauged red brick voussoirs, reveals and granite sills, with replacement uPVC windows. Pillar postbox, c.1900, to footpath. Former delivery grate to path, in-filled with cement. Recent buildings and car park abutting to rear.

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