Wick Post Office (1894)
High Street/Market Street
|
Architect
D. & J.R. McMillan Year 1894 Selected bibliographical references Dundee Advertiser 10 Dec 1894, p. 1 History Closed ?Demolished |
Building description
From: Dundee Advertiser 10 December 1894, p. 1
When the Wick Town Council resolved few years ego to fen the Market Place for building purposes, the ground on the west side of the open space was acquired by Dean of Guild Sinclair. Shortly afterwards Mr Murray, Postmaster, entered into negotiations with Mr Sinclair for the erection of buildings suitable for a Poet Office, and an agreement was entered into for lease for 15 years. The work was finished in May last, and on Whitsunday the Post Office was removed to its new quarters. About 20 years ago the entire postal and telegraph staff numbered less than 12 persons. The number gradually increased with increasing traffic, and the staff, all told, now amounts to 55. Additional accommodation therefore became necessary, and this has now been amply provided for ... The building is large and handsome, and the internal equipment as complete as is found in any ordinary sized county town in Scotland. No more convenient site could have been selected in the royal burgh .. The building is in the Renaissance style, with ashlar of local stone and dressings of freestone from Eday, in Orkney. Standing the corner of High Street and Market Street, the public entrance is placed the extreme angle of the streets, and the doorway, surmounted with handsome balustrade, leads to the general office, which has large windows facing both streets, with a small enclosure behind one of the north windows for collecting purposes. The floor is laid with encaustic tiles of neat design. A dwarf wooden partition, fluted and artistically varnished, divides the public office from the spacious sorting room, which it immediately adjoins. Leading out from the sorting room is the Postmaster's private office. which has also separate entrance from Market Street. Retiring room, lavatories, etc., are provided for the use of the clerks. The instrument room is on the first flour. It is large and commodious, and fitted with all the newest telegraph appliances. Adjoining are the battery room, the engineer’s office, with retiring room and lavatories similar to those the ground floor. All the apartments are lined with wood within a foot the ceiling. The larger rooms are ventilated by fresh air inlets at the walls, and have foul air outlets near the ceiling connected to Buchan’s "parexhaust" ventilator on the roof. The architects for the building were Messrs D. & J. R. Macmillan. Aberdeen ...
When the Wick Town Council resolved few years ego to fen the Market Place for building purposes, the ground on the west side of the open space was acquired by Dean of Guild Sinclair. Shortly afterwards Mr Murray, Postmaster, entered into negotiations with Mr Sinclair for the erection of buildings suitable for a Poet Office, and an agreement was entered into for lease for 15 years. The work was finished in May last, and on Whitsunday the Post Office was removed to its new quarters. About 20 years ago the entire postal and telegraph staff numbered less than 12 persons. The number gradually increased with increasing traffic, and the staff, all told, now amounts to 55. Additional accommodation therefore became necessary, and this has now been amply provided for ... The building is large and handsome, and the internal equipment as complete as is found in any ordinary sized county town in Scotland. No more convenient site could have been selected in the royal burgh .. The building is in the Renaissance style, with ashlar of local stone and dressings of freestone from Eday, in Orkney. Standing the corner of High Street and Market Street, the public entrance is placed the extreme angle of the streets, and the doorway, surmounted with handsome balustrade, leads to the general office, which has large windows facing both streets, with a small enclosure behind one of the north windows for collecting purposes. The floor is laid with encaustic tiles of neat design. A dwarf wooden partition, fluted and artistically varnished, divides the public office from the spacious sorting room, which it immediately adjoins. Leading out from the sorting room is the Postmaster's private office. which has also separate entrance from Market Street. Retiring room, lavatories, etc., are provided for the use of the clerks. The instrument room is on the first flour. It is large and commodious, and fitted with all the newest telegraph appliances. Adjoining are the battery room, the engineer’s office, with retiring room and lavatories similar to those the ground floor. All the apartments are lined with wood within a foot the ceiling. The larger rooms are ventilated by fresh air inlets at the walls, and have foul air outlets near the ceiling connected to Buchan’s "parexhaust" ventilator on the roof. The architects for the building were Messrs D. & J. R. Macmillan. Aberdeen ...
Click to set custom HTML
