Survey Data
Reg No
20512622
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Building misc
In Use As
Building misc
Date
1930 - 1950
Coordinates
167977, 72124
Date Recorded
10/02/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced thirteen-bay double-height former postal sorting office with three-bay central breakfront, built c. 1940, now in use as bowling alley. Rendered parapet with render eaves band. Roughcast rendered walls with raised render panels between openings and having brick plinths. Render walls to central breakfront. Timber sash windows to central breakfront and timber fixed windows to flanking bays. Pairs of timber panelled doors.
Appraisal
This building is a well designed mid twentieth-century structure, and is representative of architectural design and theory of that time. The façade of the building is enlivened by subtle architectural details, such as the central breakfront, raised render panels, and render parapet. The building retains many interesting features and materials, such as the timber sash windows, timber fixed windows and timber panelled doors.