HAVERHILL POST OFFICE
11 High Street
Architect: ?Office of Works (job architect unidentified) Year: 1933 (substantially altered and enlarged 1964) Selected bibliographical references Bury Free Press 23 Sep 1933, p. 11 History Opened: 18 Sep 1933 Building description From: Bury Free Press 23 September 1933, p. 11 On Monday a new Post Office was opened to the public in High Street, Haverhill, thus superseding the old premises which had been in Queen Street since 1905. The present position is opposite the parish church and on the site formerly occupied the offices of Messrs. D. Gurteen and Sons, Ltd. It has a frontage of 35ft., and a depth, including the yard and outbuildings, of 130 ft. It is of red sand-faced bricks, with tiled roof, and is equipped in the most modern manner. The fine public office has a height of 12ft. 6 ins. The sorting office is commodious, and is a marked improvement on the accommodation hitherto provided. At the front of the building, beside the posting-box, are stamp machines of the latest type, these, and the posting-box, too, having illuminations for convenience at night. There is also a telephone kiosk, approached at all times from the street. The clock in the main front window double-faced, indicating the time not only those inside the office, but also passers-by in the street. The yard is entered from Crown Passage, at at one end there are garages for motorcycles and cycles, store-houses for barrows and trucks, and one or two other out buildings. The buildings throughout are one storey high, and are most substantially, built. |