Including Stone Gatepiers, 2, 4 And 6 North Bridge Street And 2 Croft Road is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 November 2008. Former Post Office.
Including Stone Gatepiers, 2, 4 And 6 North Bridge Street And 2 Croft Road
- WRENN ID
- tenth-sill-marsh
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 November 2008
- Type
- Former Post Office
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This building, which includes the stone gatepiers, is a former Post Office located at the corner of North Bridge Street and Croft Road. It was designed by James Pearson Alison and dates from 1892 and 1904, with some additions made in the early 20th century at the rear. The structure is a single-storey, rectangular plan with classical detailing and features five bays on each elevation, along with a later two-storey, three-bay addition on the North Bridge Street side.
The entrance is canted and has a pediment, supported by fluted Ionic columns, and is flanked by two pedimented tripartite windows on each side. The building is constructed of blonde sandstone ashlar, with coursed rubble and render on the gables. It has a base course, cill course, string course, and a parapet. The second-floor extension has a balustraded parapet and a corniced eaves course. The tripartite windows are also pedimented and feature fluted pilaster mullions. The central doorway of the two-storey section has a two-leaf timber panelled door set within a broken pediment, and there is a plaque indicating 'Post Office'. The right window has a lowered cill that was used for a former letter box.
The rear of the building has early 20th-century additions that include both two-storey and single-storey flat-roofed red brick structures. The two-storey section has timber sash and case windows, while the other areas have fixed glazing in timber-framed windows. The roof is covered with grey slate and features stone skews, along with large corniced gable stacks topped with short clay cans. The building also has cast-iron rainwater goods.
The stone gatepiers are later additions made of square ashlar and mark the former side delivery entrance.
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