Rochester Head Post Office

The Rochester Head Post Office is a head post office built in 1908, with the architect not known. It is constructed from gault brick, featuring red brick and limestone dressings, and has a Welsh slate roof with two tall ridge stacks. The building is two storeys high and has a nearly symmetrical front with five bays, where the second and fourth bays slightly project.

The parapet has stone coping and a moulded dentil cornice. On the first floor, there are horned sash windows in exposed frames, all with glazing bars. The windows in the outer bays and the tripartite window in the center have rubbed brick surrounds and keystones, while the windows in bays two and four feature stone shouldered architraves. There is a continuous sill band, with rubbed brick aprons for bays one and five, and stone aprons for bays two and four, the latter set on the ground floor cornice.

The entrance is located in bay two, and there is a deeply recessed window in bay four. The design includes Tuscan columns and entablatures that connect over the central tripartite window arrangement. A continuous stone plinth rises in the outer bays to form aprons for the sash windows, similar to those in the rubbed brick surrounds. A modern central dormer has been added. Overall, the building is a thoughtful and good-quality design.