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Summary

Built 1912 in Edwardian Baroque style, converted to Tesco Metro 2004

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1280052: THE POST OFFICE
• Listed Building (II) 1280052: THE POST OFFICE
• Listed Building (II) 1280052: THE POST OFFICE

Other References/Statuses

• Torbay HER: MTO60149

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) POST OFFICE (Built 1912, XX to XXI - 1912 AD to 2008 AD)

Full description

Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.

The former post office is divided into two parts: the earlier is the 3-storey seven-bayed building to south (right-hand) built 1912 in Edwardian Baroque style by John Rutherford along an 80'/24.5m frontage. The later building is the larger 4-storey eight-bayed extension to the north of 1933-35. Internal remodellings were undertaken in 1961 and 1984. With this last there was a wholesale and disastrous replacement of the original timber sash windows by uPVC. The 1933 buildings was converted to Tesco Metro 2004. The 1912 ceased to function as a public post office in 2009.

Listed 16 August 1986 and situated in Torquay Harbour Conservation Area. [1]

A conservation plan was prepared by Mewes & Davis Architects in February 2003 [2]

Department of National Heritage, 1994, Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p.138; 885-1/17/97 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV362056.

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Nichols, G. A., 2003, The Post Office, 25-26 Fleet Street, Torquay: Conservation Plan (* Torbay Report - Interim/Research/Specialist). SDV362398.

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Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7948 - Conservation Plan for The Fleet Street Post Office, Torquay

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