Monument record 2480/1 - The Old Post Office

Site of silk mill with admin buildings. House formerly post office and post masters house with village hall on top storey. Originally offices of Crag works (water powered carpet works). Photos in PP SMR - film no:33; 11-13 (1). Built after 1848 (3). House, formerly post office and postmaster's house with village hall on upper storey; originally offices of Crag Works, early 19th C with 3-storey porch probably mid 19th C. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and stone-slate roof with coped gables and gable chimneys. 3-storeys, 7 windows with central 3-storey porch capped with an open Doric pediment. Steep bank to right with external stone steps and causeway giving access to upper storey (former loading door blocked). The Crag Works, of which the Old Post Office is the only surviving part, was built as a water- powered carpet works; it was built with Crag Hall before 1819. Shown on maps by Greenwood (1819), Bryant (1831) & the Tithe Map (1849) (4).

<1> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, /141 (Y) (Book). SCH1093.

<2> Peak Park Treasures, C66 Johnson A 1994 (Index). SCH2624.

<3> Longden G, 1988, The Industrial Revolution in East Cheshire: Six Theme Walks, /39 (Book). SCH3193.

<4> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /3/9 (Report). SCH1934.

<5> Beeken B S, Crag Works Wildboarclough (Unspecified Type). SCH1017.