Survey Data
Reg No
22312045
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
Post office
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
212708, 158678
Date Recorded
22/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of two-bay three-storey houses, built c.1860. Now in use as post office. Pitched slate and artificial slate roofs with brick chimneystack. Smooth rendered walls to upper storeys, channelled render piers and walls having cornice over to ground floor. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sash windows with render surrounds and stone sills to upper storeys, timber windows with stone sills and timber panelled door with overlight to ground floor.
Appraisal
This post office appears to be composed of two former houses, as evidenced by its separate roofs and irregularly-spaced windows. The broad frontage and bold form of this building impose themselves on the streetscape of Liberty Square. The diminishing windows lend subtlety to the exterior. It retains timber sash windows to the upper storeys, and has striking channelled rendered piers to the ground floor.