Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
10/08/1994
Date of Amendment
10/08/1994
Name of Property
The Post Office
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Location
Situated some 50m from The Square.
Broad Class
Communications
History
1925 Post Office, probably designed by the Office of Works, London. Neo-Georgian style typical of Post Office buildings between the wars.
Exterior
Stone ground-floor and colourwashed render above, slate roof with flat eaves, coped shouldered gables and rendered stacks. Three-storey four-window range with small-paned metal windows throughout. Four attic casement pairs under eaves with stone sills, four first-floor long 28-pane curved-headed windows with plain surrounds and stone sill, the bottom 12 panes opening as casement pair. Ground floor has a fine grey ashlar pilastrade of five broad piers with low plinths and plain moulded caps, the corner piers broader. Straight two-step entablature across with bronze letters 'Post Office Swyddfa'r Post' and shadow of previous AD 1925 date. Broad small-paned glazing over ashlar walling in three bays, in the second the walling raised slightly for posting box, and glazing bars include a circle in front of clock. Similar small-paned overlight over altered double doors in third bay. N end has two ground floor windows and one long first floor window.
Reason for designation
A good example of inter-war public building in a prominent location.
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