READING POST OFFICE
Friar Street
Architect: Albert Myers Year:1923 Archive sources Historic England Archive: MD 95/00421-5 National Archives: WORK 13/784 RIBA British Architectural Library Photographs Collection: Ra5 Selected bibliographical references Architects' Journal 6 Jan 1926, p. 78 Brick Builder Oct 1927, p. 52 Builder 29 Apr 1921, p. 558 Building Mar 1927, p. 113 The Citizen (Gloucester) 28 Aug 1923, p. 5 History Closed Current use: Public house The previous location of the post was in Broad Street. |
Building description
From: The Citizen (Gloucester) 28 August 1923, p. 5
The new post office at Reading is nearing completion and will, when finished, make an important addition to the public buildings in the town. The building, which comprises basement, ground floor, and two storeys, reproduces the Georgian type of architecture, and has a frontage of 98ft. and a total depth of 296 ft. The front elevation is of sandfaced bricks and the brickwork constitutes a special feature of architectural interest. The construction is mainly of steel and reinforced concrete, over 320 tons of the former having been used. The public office on the ground floor has a counter top run of nearly a hundred feet, with accommodation for sixteen clerks, a feature being the new interior pedestal type of counter fittings. The sorting office the same floor is 198 feet by feet. In many respects the new Post Office will be best equipped in the provinces, for fittings of entirely new type are being installed. The cost of building alone is estimated £56,000.
From: The Citizen (Gloucester) 28 August 1923, p. 5
The new post office at Reading is nearing completion and will, when finished, make an important addition to the public buildings in the town. The building, which comprises basement, ground floor, and two storeys, reproduces the Georgian type of architecture, and has a frontage of 98ft. and a total depth of 296 ft. The front elevation is of sandfaced bricks and the brickwork constitutes a special feature of architectural interest. The construction is mainly of steel and reinforced concrete, over 320 tons of the former having been used. The public office on the ground floor has a counter top run of nearly a hundred feet, with accommodation for sixteen clerks, a feature being the new interior pedestal type of counter fittings. The sorting office the same floor is 198 feet by feet. In many respects the new Post Office will be best equipped in the provinces, for fittings of entirely new type are being installed. The cost of building alone is estimated £56,000.