PERSHORE POST OFFICE
34 High Street
Architect: Henry Seccombe Year: 1932 Selected bibliographical references Cheltenham Chronicle 15 Oct 1932, p. 7 (illustrated) Gloucestershire Echo 13 Oct 1932, p. 7 (illustrated) History Opened: 15 Oct 1932 Closed Current use: Town hall Built on the site of the former post office built in 1897 |
Building description
From: Cheltenham Chronicle 15 Oct 1932, p. 7
Pershore's new Post Office in the High-street, a palatial building three storeys high and furnished with all the latest designs and fittings to facilitate the transaction of postal, telegraph and telephone business, opens to-day without any official ceremony, which is rather a pity for it is regarded as an important episode the history of the town. The building, which has taken just a year to complete, is erected the site of the old structure, the width, however, being increased some 14ft. by the absorption of the Postmaster's house which was formerly attached. For the future there will be a resident caretaker, whose quarters are on the top storey, and who will be the night telephone operator. The contractors were Messrs. E. Crowther and Co., Handsworth, Birmingham, the architect Mr. H. E. Seccombe, of the Office of Works, and the clerk of works Mr. D. T. Mackintosh. The new building is constructed somewhat on the same lines as the old, the chief distinction being the long through passage for the convenience of the rural postmen with their bicycles. It is stated that the use of the motor-cycle for country rounds will shortly introduced. The main walls of the building are of red brick, but there is a considerable quantity of plain and ornamented stonework on the front. This is the Gutting stone from the Cotswold quarries, said by some, and just as emphatically denied by others, to the same used in the building of the Abbey about a thousand years ago The big room to which the front public department directly leads is fitted with all the latest boxes for sorting letters. Each department of the staff have retiring rooms of their own, and the whole premises are illuminated with powerful electric lights, and central heating is installed. Pershore's new Post Office compares favourably with any other of its size the country ….
Pershore's new Post Office in the High-street, a palatial building three storeys high and furnished with all the latest designs and fittings to facilitate the transaction of postal, telegraph and telephone business, opens to-day without any official ceremony, which is rather a pity for it is regarded as an important episode the history of the town. The building, which has taken just a year to complete, is erected the site of the old structure, the width, however, being increased some 14ft. by the absorption of the Postmaster's house which was formerly attached. For the future there will be a resident caretaker, whose quarters are on the top storey, and who will be the night telephone operator. The contractors were Messrs. E. Crowther and Co., Handsworth, Birmingham, the architect Mr. H. E. Seccombe, of the Office of Works, and the clerk of works Mr. D. T. Mackintosh. The new building is constructed somewhat on the same lines as the old, the chief distinction being the long through passage for the convenience of the rural postmen with their bicycles. It is stated that the use of the motor-cycle for country rounds will shortly introduced. The main walls of the building are of red brick, but there is a considerable quantity of plain and ornamented stonework on the front. This is the Gutting stone from the Cotswold quarries, said by some, and just as emphatically denied by others, to the same used in the building of the Abbey about a thousand years ago The big room to which the front public department directly leads is fitted with all the latest boxes for sorting letters. Each department of the staff have retiring rooms of their own, and the whole premises are illuminated with powerful electric lights, and central heating is installed. Pershore's new Post Office compares favourably with any other of its size the country ….