The Old Post Office

Pair of two-bay two-storey houses over basement, built c.1820. Previously in use as a post office, now a single property in private domestic use. Pitched slate roof with red brick and rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods to corbelled eaves course. Lined-and-ruled rendered wall to front elevation, roughcast render to side. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two sliding sash windows to ground and first floor and eight-over-eight (partially blocked) and six-over-six sliding sash windows to western house. Square-headed door opening to eastern house with replacement timber door. Square-headed door opening to basement with tongue-and-grooved door. Shopfront to western house comprises square-headed window opening with fixed light six-pane window set in timber architrave with adjacent timber panelled door having overlight (now blocked) and limestone step). Fronts directly onto street.

The retention of the early simple shopfront and much early joinery makes this building of particular note. The shopfront is a rare surviving example of its type and is an important component in the historic streetscape of Glanmire. The building's previous use as a post office contributes to the social history of the village.