Listed Building: HEAD POST OFFICE (2.1.131)

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Grade II
Authority
EH LBS Legacy ID 391698
Date assigned 21 March 1994
Date last amended

Description

Head post office. c1925. Brick with ashlar front; roof not visible. Single side wall ashlar stack. Baroque Revival style. Plain angle pilasters, moulded main cornice. 3 storeys; 8-window range of metal-framed glazing bar casements arranged 1:5:2. Slightly projecting central block, 5 windows, flanked by entrance bays. Main block has the upper floors articulated by giant Ionic pilasters and flanked by rusticated strips with ornamented capitals, carried through the cornice to form pedestals. In each bay, a single casement with double keystone, and above, a smaller casement with keyblock and ornamented apron. Rusticated ground floor has moulded cornice and moulded central doorway with keyblock and cornice. 6-pane double doors with margin-glazed overlight, flanked by 2 large casements. 3 of these windows have posting boxes and stamp machines below them. Double entrance bay, to right, has 2 casements on each floor, the upper ones smaller, all with double keystones. Below, a round-arched cart entrance with double keystone and swept-top wrought-iron gates. Single entrance bay, to left, has a single casement on each floor, the upper one smaller, with double keystones. Below, a plain stone doorcase with keyblock and 6-panel double door. Above it, a louvred round opening with double keystone. (EH)

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Grid reference Centred SK 53963 61039 (20m by 36m)
Map sheet SK56SW
District Mansfield
Civil Parish Mansfield, Mansfield

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Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:39AM

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