totnes post office
25 Fore Street
Architect
Office of Works (job architect unidentified) Year 1928 Listed building status Grade II Archive sources British Post Office Museum & Archive POST 33/81 Selected bibliographical references Western Morning News 4 Jun 1928, p. 4, 10 (illustration) History Opened: 4 Jun 1928 Closed Current use: Retail space |
Building description
From: Western Morning News 4 Jun 1928, p. 4.
The new post office in Fore-street, Totnes, the erection of which was contemplated before the war, but the building of which was deferred until last year, has now been completed, and will be opened for public business this morning. Departmental economy is responsible for the building being on less ambitious scale than was first planned, but local sentiment has been recognized by keeping its architectural features harmony with that of the old borough. It is roofed and the whole of its facade is in Delabole slate. The floors and stairs throughout are of concrete. Immediately behind the public office, which contains a public telephone cabinet, there a spacious sorting hall, which is well-lighted, and has a wood-blocked floor laid on concrete. To the rear are rooms for the use the rural postmen. The postmaster and clerks are accommodated on the first floor, is also the instrument-room and one for the telegraph messengers. On the top storey a retiring room provided for the female members of the staff, and the telegraph linesmen will occupy another room. There is central heating. An automatic stamp-issuing machine is so fixed as to be available when the office is closed.
The new post office in Fore-street, Totnes, the erection of which was contemplated before the war, but the building of which was deferred until last year, has now been completed, and will be opened for public business this morning. Departmental economy is responsible for the building being on less ambitious scale than was first planned, but local sentiment has been recognized by keeping its architectural features harmony with that of the old borough. It is roofed and the whole of its facade is in Delabole slate. The floors and stairs throughout are of concrete. Immediately behind the public office, which contains a public telephone cabinet, there a spacious sorting hall, which is well-lighted, and has a wood-blocked floor laid on concrete. To the rear are rooms for the use the rural postmen. The postmaster and clerks are accommodated on the first floor, is also the instrument-room and one for the telegraph messengers. On the top storey a retiring room provided for the female members of the staff, and the telegraph linesmen will occupy another room. There is central heating. An automatic stamp-issuing machine is so fixed as to be available when the office is closed.