BUILTH WELLS POST OFFICE
Strand Street
Photographs © Ian Capper via Geograph and licensed for re-use under a Creative Commons licence
Photograph © John Grayson via Geograph and licensed for re-use under a Creative Commons licence
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Architect: Office of Works (job architect unknown) Year: 1936 Listed building status Grade II Selected bibliographical references Post Office Magazine Nov 1937, p. 374 History Closed Following the closure of the post office, the building was used as a Royal Mail Delivery Office until 2013. With a rare Edward VIII cypher within the pediment above the doorway. A plaque on the wall, in Welsh and English claims erroneously: The only post office in England and Wales bearing an inscription to Edward VIII built before he abdicated in 1937
Building description
From: Post Office Magazine November 1937, p. 374 The new post office at Builth Wells, Breconshire, which was recently opened by Lady Swansea, is one of the very few built during the reign of King Edward VIII. The Royal monogram is carved in stone above the public entrance and its appearance also on the new safe at the counter, on the fire appliances and other fittings serves to date the building in unmistakable fashion |
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Updated: 15 December 2015
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