Post Office And Savings Bank (Facade Only)

The Post Office and Savings Bank, built in 1896, features an ashlar facade in the Flemish Renaissance style and stands two storeys high with a mansard roof. The centre of the building is slightly recessed and consists of three windows. The doorway is framed by grey granite pilasters that support a scrolled pediment on console brackets, with the Royal Arms displayed beneath a smaller segmental pediment above. The first-floor windows are topped with triangular pediments, while the second floor has dormers with segmental pediments. The wings of the building feature tripartite windows, each with a triangular or segmental pediment over the central light. Large tripartite dormers are flanked by swagged wings with pilasters that support an entablature, which features a high central structure containing a sculptured crown beneath a semi-circular shell pediment. The roof is covered with slate, and the sides of the building are blank-walled brick.