DAGENHAM POST OFFICE
7-9 Boxoll Road
Photograph © Julian Osley
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Architect: Frederick Llewellyn
Year: 1933 Archive sources British Postal Museum and Archive: Dagenham Portfolio File (photograph) Selected bibliographical references Brick Builder Jun 1932, p. 18 Builder 12 Jan 1934, p. 60 (illustration), p. 93 Chelmsford Chronicle 12 May 1933, p. 3 Cherry, Bridget and others. London 5: East. New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2005, p. 144 Essex Newsman 13 May 1933, p. 4 Evening Telegraph 8 May 1933, p. 10 History Opened: 8 May 1933 Closed Current use: Royal Mail Delivery Office |
Building description
From: The Builder 12 Jan 1934, p. 93
This new post office is planned with the main front to Boxall [sic]-road, near to Wood-lane, which is one of the through roads on the Becontree Estate. The architect, in designing the exterior, was influenced by the traditional brick architecture of Essex, and also by the necessity for harmonising the elevational treatment with the simple domestic note of the dwellings in the vicinity erected by the London County Council. Externally an all-brick treatment has been adopted. Inside the public office is panelled dado high in oak, with the telephone cabinets and other fittings designed as a definite architectural whole. The floor to the public office is paved with brown heather tiles, which harmonise with the general brick treatment, and give a pleasing colour tone when contrasted with the oak panelling and fitments.
From: Essex Newsman 13 May 1933, p. 4
Sir Kingsley Wood ... the Postmaster-General referred to the development of brighter Post-offices at the opening of the new Dagenham Head Post Office on Monday. He said this new building was one of the brightest of their new bright offices. It was an example of the steady progress made by the Post-office in that direction. They were re-constructing a number on modern lines, and also erecting new Post-offices.
From: Evening Telegraph 8 May 1933, p. 10
A mullion-windowed building, with steep-pitch tile roofs, built in the traditional brick architectural style of Essex. This is not a description of an old-world country mansion—but of Dagenham's new head Post Office. It is the very latest step in the brighter Post Office movement. The people of Dagenham will be able from to-day to buy their stamps in what is probably the most aristocratic-looking Post Office in the country. An official of the General Post Office told a Press representative something about the new building. "One of its most notable features", he said, "is the arrangement of the lighting. The whole building is particularly well-lighted, and the sorting office, where high speed work is essential, large skylights give the staff the advantage of working in daylight conditions for the longest possible period each day." The roof lights are glazed with a new type of glass which has the peculiar property of intercepting over 75 per cent, of the heat of the sun's rays. This glass is of a greenish tint, which gives the internal natural lighting a restful quality to the eye. Inside, the office is oak-panelled, with telephone cabinets designed in keeping."
This new post office is planned with the main front to Boxall [sic]-road, near to Wood-lane, which is one of the through roads on the Becontree Estate. The architect, in designing the exterior, was influenced by the traditional brick architecture of Essex, and also by the necessity for harmonising the elevational treatment with the simple domestic note of the dwellings in the vicinity erected by the London County Council. Externally an all-brick treatment has been adopted. Inside the public office is panelled dado high in oak, with the telephone cabinets and other fittings designed as a definite architectural whole. The floor to the public office is paved with brown heather tiles, which harmonise with the general brick treatment, and give a pleasing colour tone when contrasted with the oak panelling and fitments.
From: Essex Newsman 13 May 1933, p. 4
Sir Kingsley Wood ... the Postmaster-General referred to the development of brighter Post-offices at the opening of the new Dagenham Head Post Office on Monday. He said this new building was one of the brightest of their new bright offices. It was an example of the steady progress made by the Post-office in that direction. They were re-constructing a number on modern lines, and also erecting new Post-offices.
From: Evening Telegraph 8 May 1933, p. 10
A mullion-windowed building, with steep-pitch tile roofs, built in the traditional brick architectural style of Essex. This is not a description of an old-world country mansion—but of Dagenham's new head Post Office. It is the very latest step in the brighter Post Office movement. The people of Dagenham will be able from to-day to buy their stamps in what is probably the most aristocratic-looking Post Office in the country. An official of the General Post Office told a Press representative something about the new building. "One of its most notable features", he said, "is the arrangement of the lighting. The whole building is particularly well-lighted, and the sorting office, where high speed work is essential, large skylights give the staff the advantage of working in daylight conditions for the longest possible period each day." The roof lights are glazed with a new type of glass which has the peculiar property of intercepting over 75 per cent, of the heat of the sun's rays. This glass is of a greenish tint, which gives the internal natural lighting a restful quality to the eye. Inside, the office is oak-panelled, with telephone cabinets designed in keeping."
