Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 September 1991. A C20 Post office.
Post Office
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 September 1991
- Type
- Post office
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Single storey. Hipped grey slate roof with graduated courses and coved eaves. Roughcast render above pale cream limestone, with dressings in same stone. Seven bays to Strand Street, two doors plus five large sash windows with small panes, and stone sills with aprons linking to plinth. Public entrance doorway has limestone surround and pediment with date 1936 and monogram of Edward VIII. Panelled entrance doors in pale wood. Panelled door to private entrance, painted with fanlight above. To N, pair of large sash windows as front. At rear, service blocks in same materials, partly in Neo-Georgian style, with glazed iron canopy over loading bay, and skylights in long hipped roof. Large yard behind rendered wall, entered through gateway with pillars with globe finials.
Interior retains original fittings including pale wood porch, panelling and counters, desks, posting box, doors, and telephone booth. Doors have original brass fittings. Contemporary floor tiles. Simple Neo-Georgian ceilings, coved and moulded.
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