Old Post Office



This Grade II Listed building is a former post office designed by C.P. Wilkinson was opened in 1927.  It is clad in Portland stone and features a Westmoreland slate roof.  English heritage describe it as, "... Two storeys plus attic with a nine bay facade, the central seven being brought forward. The ground floor is rusticated, has a projecting plinth, semi-circular headed openings with coved surrounds and large 'S' shaped scroll keystones. The first floor sash windows have architraves, and sills and cornices supported by console brackets. Rusticated quoins and a modillion eaves cornice with egg and tongue moulding and carved lion heads. Steeply pitched roof with pedimented dormer windows. The side elevations are treated similarly but in a more restrained manner. Many of the internal fittings and finishes remain intact."

In 2018, when I took these images, the building was home to "The Medicine Tap" a bar and grill.




It also appears that the building is home to HM Courts & Tribunals Service.





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