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Summary

Post office built circa 1920s. A good example of a vernacular revival building in traditional materials.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1237076: THE POST OFFICE

Other References/Statuses

• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 428287

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SHOP (Unknown date)
• POST OFFICE (Early 20th Century - 1920 AD to 1930 AD (Between))

Full description

Beacham, P., 1995, The Old Post Office, Totnes (Correspondence). SDV346879.

A very good example of a thoroughly sustained essay in a vernacular Arts and Crafts style.

English Heritage, 2011, Historic Houses Register (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV346128.

The Post Office.
Post office. Circa 1920s. Built of brick with slate-hung main elevations; gabled slate roofs with rendered end stack. 2 storeys. One-window front with central gable set above 2-storey bay window with 6/6-pane and outer 4/4-pane sashes, and slate projection over tripartite shop front with pilasters framing central doorway with fanlight and multi-pane shop windows with glazing bars. Similar detail and irregular fenestration continued to right-hand return, including lower 2-storey projection with half-hipped roof. Bracketted canopy over entrance to plainer one-storey rear sorting office.
Interior not inspected. A good example of a Vernacular Revival composition in traditional materials, clearly designed to harmonise with the buildings in a very fine historic street.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

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