The Post Office

ST 8260 BRADFORD-ON-AVON THE SHAMBLES

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GV II

Post office. 1901 and 1936. Randomly coursed squared Bath stone with a Roman tile roof. Arts and Crafts style making particular effort to fit into its mixed urban surrounding. Two storeys and attics. Four bay front to the Shambles with the 1936 extension apparently being the two left bays but the Edward VIII cipher and date is on bay 3. From left: Entrance bay with taking in door (for mailbags) above, under hood. Large 5 light small paned mullion & transom window with integral clock and posting box. 5 light window above. Bays 3 and 4 were perhaps refaced in 1936. 3 light mullion and transom windows flank door with hood on brackets, 3 light windows above. The corner is turned with a bartizon turret with a 3 light window. Return front of 3 bays. Bay one has a 2 light mullion and transom window below and a 4 light window in attic gable. Bay 2 has two 2 light mullion and transom windows with a 5 light window above and a segmental headed gable. 2 corbelled stacks. The third bay is plainer and is perhaps also 1936. A post office retaining its 1936 appearance unchanged and carrying a very rare cipher. It is in the centre of Bradford on Avon and has very important group value.

Listing NGR: ST8263860989