Head Post Office

The Head Post Office in Mansfield was built around 1925 and is designed in the Baroque Revival style. It features a brick construction with an ashlar front and has a roof that is not visible. The building has a single side wall ashlar stack.

The façade is characterized by plain angle pilasters and a moulded main cornice. It stands three storeys tall and has an eight-window range of metal-framed glazing bar casements, arranged in a pattern of 1:5:2. The central block slightly projects and contains five windows, flanked by entrance bays. The upper floors of the main block are highlighted by giant Ionic pilasters and rusticated strips with ornamented capitals, which extend through the cornice to create pedestals.

In each bay, there is a single casement with a double keystone, and above it, a smaller casement featuring a keyblock and an ornamented apron. The rusticated ground floor has a moulded cornice and a central doorway that is also moulded, with a keyblock and cornice. The entrance features six-pane double doors with a margin-glazed overlight, flanked by two large casements, three of which have posting boxes and stamp machines located beneath them.

To the right, there is a double entrance bay with two casements on each floor, the upper ones being smaller, all adorned with double keystones. Below this, a round-arched cart entrance with a double keystone and swept-top wrought-iron gates is present. To the left, a single entrance bay has one casement on each floor, the upper one being smaller and also featuring double keystones. Below, there is a plain stone doorcase with a keyblock and six-panel double door, topped with a louvred round opening with a double keystone.