The Post Office
THE POST OFFICE, FORE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1237076
- Date first listed:
- 08-Nov-1993
- List Entry Name:
- The Post Office
- Statutory Address:
- THE POST OFFICE, FORE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1237076
- Date first listed:
- 08-Nov-1993
- List Entry Name:
- The Post Office
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE POST OFFICE, FORE STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE POST OFFICE, FORE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Totnes
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 80477 60387
Details
SX 8060 SW TOTNES
FORE STREET (north side) 928-/2/10004 The Post Office
GV II
Post office. c1920s. Built of brick with slate-hung main elevations; gabled slate roofs with rendered end stack. 2 storeys. One-window front with central gable set above 2-storey bay window with 6/6-pane and outer 4/4-pane sashes, and slate projection over tripartite shop front with pilasters framing central doorway with fanlight and multi-pane shop windows with glazing bars. Similar detail and irregular fenestration continued to right-hand return, including lower 2-storey projection with half-hipped roof. Bracketted canopy over entrance to plainer one-storey rear sorting office. Interior not inspected. A good example of a Vernacular Revival composition in traditional materials, clearly designed to harmonise with the buildings in a very fine historic street.
Listing NGR: SX8047760387
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 428287
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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