Kentish Town Sorting Office is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1995. Former sorting office. 6 related planning applications.
Kentish Town Sorting Office
- WRENN ID
- sombre-rood-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1995
- Type
- Former sorting office
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CAMDEN
TQ2985SW LEIGHTON ROAD 798-1/43/1024 (South side) 13/02/95 No.30 Kentish Town Sorting Office (Formerly Listed as: LEIGHTON ROAD No.30 (former Royal Mail sorting office - incl. attached railings))
GV II
Royal Mail sorting office. Dated 1903. Red brick with stone dressings. Hipped slated roof with central tall panelled brick chimney-stack set above a segmental pediment and flanked by brick pediments with ball finials above Diocletian windows with keystones. Symmetrical design. Lower single storey facade projects forward beneath the Diocletian windows to give a segmental-arched entrance with pilasters having enriched capitals and frieze inscribed "Postmens Office", above which a pediment with carved royal coat of arms; original part-glazed double doors. Left hand bay with 2 sashes, upper halves with glazing bars; right hand bay with 3 smaller sashes, upper halves with glazing bars. Both bays with brick parapets, corresponding to doorway frieze, and having central segmental headed plaques carved with royal GR monograms. Original rainwater head and pipe to left hand bay. INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ2916985163
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