Post Office

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

In the entry for:

SD 8913 SE ROCHDALE THE ESPLANADE (North West Side) POST OFFICE 11/54

GV II

In the descriptive notes the words "Post Office. 1920. E. Lutyens" shall be amended to read: "Post Office. 1920. C.P. Wilkinson".

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SD 8913 SE ROCHDALE THE ESPLANADE (north west side) 11/54 Post Office G.V. II

Post Office. 1920. E. Lutyens. Portland stone with Westmorland slate roof. "L" shaped plan with single storey appendage to rear enclosing a yard. In a restrained Baroque style. 2 storeys plus attic with a 9-bay facade, the central 7 being brought forward. The ground floor is rusticated, has a projecting plinth, semi-circular headed openings with coved surrounds and large "S" shaped scroll keystones. The first floor sash windows have architraves, and sills and cornices supported by console brackets.

Rusticated quoins and a modillion eaves cornice with egg and tongue moulding and carved lion heads. Steeply pitched roof with pedimented dormer windows. The side elevations are treated similarly but in a more restrained manner. Many of the internal fittings and finishes remain intact. A similar building was to be erected on the other side of the War Memorial (q.v.) but was abandoned due to cost.

Listing NGR: SD8956213340

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1091 Ioe Records Taken By Pamela Jackson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Ms Pamela Jackson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project