Sheffield Post Office (1910)
Fitzalan Square
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Photograph © Julian Osley
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Architect
Walter Pott Year 1910 Listed building status Grade II Archive sources British Postal Museum and Archive 91/263 National Archives WORK 13/286, 365 Selected bibliographical references Builder 8 Jun 1907, p. 698 Yorkshire Telegraph & Star 4 Jul 1910, p. 5 History Opened: 4 Jul 1910 Closed: 1999 Current use: Awaiting development (Sep 2015) |
Building description
From: The Builder 8 June 1907, p. 698
It is proposed to erect a new post office on a site of the end of Fitzalan-square, adjoining the premises already erected in Flat-street. The principal front to Fitzalan-square is to be three stories high above the ground, and the centre portion will have columns the full height of the lower floors, these being finished with carved Ionic caps and a heavy moulded cornice and balustrade which will also be continued around the other fronts. The two principal entrances to the office will be in the wings to this portion, and these will give access to the public office and the inquiry office, postmaster's room, and other parts of the building. The upper part of these will be finished with pediments. The front to Flat-street is treated in a similar manner, but without columns, and the corner of Fitzalan-square and Flat-street will be circular to accommodate the main staircase leading to the upper floors of the building, and will be finished with a dome. The main front on Fitzalan-square on the ground floor will be occupied by the public offices and the main entrances. The public office will be 64 ft long by 45 ft wide, and this room will be lighted by windows from the back as well as the front, It is proposed to line this room to a height of about 8 ft with marble, and to provide a marble mosaic floor in the space used by the public. Adjoining will be a public telephone office with silence boxes. The postmaster, the chief clerk, and the writing staff, as well as the sectional engineer, will be accommodated upon the first floor immediately over the public office and front entrances, and on the first floor above will be the telephone switchroom and message-room. The Flat-street wing is set apart on the lower floors for the various retiring-rooms for the staff, for the telegraph messengers' delivery-room, and by the storerooms. The first floor will be occupied by the instrument-room, 148 ft long by 45 ft wide, exclusive of the projecting bays. The lower part of the site in little Pond-street will afford space for the extension of the present-sorting office, and also of the provision of yards for loading. It is intended to alter the rooms in Flat-street now occupied by the postmen, so as to provide a general dining-room, kitchen, etc. for the staff. The plans have all been prepared by Mr Walter Potts [sic], of His Majesty's Office of Works.
It is proposed to erect a new post office on a site of the end of Fitzalan-square, adjoining the premises already erected in Flat-street. The principal front to Fitzalan-square is to be three stories high above the ground, and the centre portion will have columns the full height of the lower floors, these being finished with carved Ionic caps and a heavy moulded cornice and balustrade which will also be continued around the other fronts. The two principal entrances to the office will be in the wings to this portion, and these will give access to the public office and the inquiry office, postmaster's room, and other parts of the building. The upper part of these will be finished with pediments. The front to Flat-street is treated in a similar manner, but without columns, and the corner of Fitzalan-square and Flat-street will be circular to accommodate the main staircase leading to the upper floors of the building, and will be finished with a dome. The main front on Fitzalan-square on the ground floor will be occupied by the public offices and the main entrances. The public office will be 64 ft long by 45 ft wide, and this room will be lighted by windows from the back as well as the front, It is proposed to line this room to a height of about 8 ft with marble, and to provide a marble mosaic floor in the space used by the public. Adjoining will be a public telephone office with silence boxes. The postmaster, the chief clerk, and the writing staff, as well as the sectional engineer, will be accommodated upon the first floor immediately over the public office and front entrances, and on the first floor above will be the telephone switchroom and message-room. The Flat-street wing is set apart on the lower floors for the various retiring-rooms for the staff, for the telegraph messengers' delivery-room, and by the storerooms. The first floor will be occupied by the instrument-room, 148 ft long by 45 ft wide, exclusive of the projecting bays. The lower part of the site in little Pond-street will afford space for the extension of the present-sorting office, and also of the provision of yards for loading. It is intended to alter the rooms in Flat-street now occupied by the postmen, so as to provide a general dining-room, kitchen, etc. for the staff. The plans have all been prepared by Mr Walter Potts [sic], of His Majesty's Office of Works.
