This unique cottage from the 1800s used to be a post office and would have been part of the social centre of the town.

The Old Post Office, in Down St Mary, is described by Historic England as a Tudor Gothic cottage, and was built in the 1870s, backing onto the village’s churchyard.

The cottage is Grade II listed and has retained some impressive period features, such as a curving bay window, an original fireplace and a hipped roof.

The property also features ornamental sgraffito plasterwork - a method in which different colours of plaster are layered together, with this cottage and its adjoining row being the only domestic example in Devon from the time period.

Inside, there is a kitchen/dining toom, a family room, and a sitting room on the ground floor, with three bedrooms and a family bathroom upstairs.

Outdoors is a paved sun terrace, a vegetable bed, a raised lawn and a wooden shed.

The property is being marketed by Stags Exeter, who have it listed at a price of £295,000.

The estate agent commented: “The Old Post Office is a delightful Grade II listed semi-detached cottage.

“The property provides accommodation over two floors with a generous ground floor with kitchen/dining room, family room and cosy sitting room with period fireplace.

“The first floor provides three bedrooms and a family bathroom. To the side and rear of the property is a delightful paved sun terrace and garden, both of which enjoy far-reaching rural views.”