King's Lynn Post Office (1939)

KING'S LYNN POST OFFICE AND TELEPHONE EXCHANGE (1939)

Baxter's Plain

Architect: David Dyke
Year: 1939
Archive sources
British Postal Museum & Archive: K1931 (photograph)
Selected bibliographical references
Post Office Magazine Jun 1939, p. 300
History
Opened: 3 May 1939
Closed: 19 Sep 2007
Current use: Awaiting new use (2015)
Building description
From: The Post Office Magazine July 1939, p. 300

"... The new building occupies a large island site and houses the Post Office and Telephone Exchange and also the Inland Revenue Offices. In designing the building particular attention has been paid to the architectural importance of King's Lynn and an elevation of restrained classical dignity has been produced, designed to harmonise with the many architectural monuments of the famous town ... The building generally is of warm red brickwork. The main entrance is flanked by columns surmounted by a stone balcony. The public office is panelled in elm and beech obtained from the piles taken from the bed of the Thames during the demolition of Waterloo Bridge. The floor is laid in ceramic mosaic. The complete effect offered by the new building is one of civic dignity ..."