South View
South View and Post Office
South View and Post Office is a stone built 17th century building which was given Grade II listed status in September 1988. It belonged to the estate of Walter Morrison and was sold by auction at the Buck Hotel on Friday 21st July 1922 and was bought by Mr S. Wray. Henry Wray, Norman Wray and Eleanor Wray sold to John and Annie Barrett on March 29th 1943, who sold to William Hardacre in 1950 and finally to the present owners the Ingham family in 1955. The post office was transferred from New Row to South View in 1953 and it is there at the present time. Part of the building was used for catering until 1965. Electricity was installed in 1933 and the building was re-roofed and the chimney rebuilt in 1994. Some land and outbuildings to the rear of the property were sold to Richardson Construction (Northern) Ltd. in 1997 when Woodside Cottage and Waterside Cottage were built. South View was used in the early 1950s along with Tarn House, for the filming of ‘Another Man’s Poison’ starring Bette Davis and Gary Merrill.
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