Post Office Sorting Office is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1984. Post office.

Post Office Sorting Office

WRENN ID
sunken-gargoyle-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1984
Type
Post office
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12/11/2015

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RIPON, NORTH STREET (east side), No 23 (Post Office Sorting Office)

GV II

Opened 1906. By architect JG Burrell. Ground floor ashlar. First floor red brick. Slate mansard roof. Two storeys and attics. Heavy wooden modillioned eaves cornice. Moulded band above ground floor, with large sculpted bosses along it. Four bays: sashes with glazing bars, and tall double keystones: ground floor openings also have jambs and voussoirs alternately plain and moulded. Of these, 2 are doors each with 6 moulded panels and oblong fanlight with glazing bars; but front door also has segment-shaped ashlar hood suspended by cast iron braces. Four flat-topped attic dormers, with moulded cornices and angle pilasters. Red brick stacks with modillioned ashlar cornices. Two cast iron downpipes with large shaped rainwater heads.

Listing NGR: SE3119871528

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