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SHEFFIELD
SK3587SE FLAT STREET
784-1/25/323 (East side)
Former Post Office and attached
railings
GV II
Post office, now offices, and attached railing. c1890, with
rear addition dated 1909. Red brick with ashlar dressings and
slate roofs with 2 gable and single ridge brick stacks, with
prominent stone coping.
EXTERIOR: first floor sillband, dentilled cornice and blocking
course, coped gables. Main block, 2 storeys; 7 window range.
Centre, flanked by brick pilasters topped with urns, has
pedimented gable and a paired 8 pane sash. On either side, 2
similar windows, the right one partly reglazed. Arcaded ground
floor has 5 moulded round arches with a central tripartite
window flanked by 2 paired 8 pane sashes. Under the central
window, blocked posting boxes, flanked by elaborate cast-iron
area railing. Projecting end bays have angle pilasters to the
first floor, carried up through a moulded cornice and topped
with ball finials. Coped gables also have ball finials. On the
first floor, a 2-light cross mullioned window with brick
mullion and stone transom, with a pair of 8 pane sashes.
Below, a pilastered doorcase with moulded cornice on brackets,
and fielded panelled double doors, those to the right with an
overlight. Above the doors, a pedimented panel with the VR
monogram, and a crown in the pediment.
Beyond, to left, a 2 storey addition, single window.
Projecting centre with angle pilasters and cornice to each
floor, the upper one dentilled. 3-light mullioned window with
8 pane sashes, and below, a similar 3-light cross-mullioned
window. To right, a single storey addition with angle
pilasters with ball finials, and coped gable with ball finial.
Single 3-light cross mullioned window with 8 pane sashes.
Rear addition, to Pond Street, in a simpler version of the
same style, 2 storeys; 7 window range. 2 gable and 2 side wall
coped brick stacks. Central bay has flanking pilasters and
pediment containing a round-arched opening with a double sash.
Single tripartite sash on each floor, the lower one larger. On
either side, 2 double sashes, the lower ones larger. At the
foot of each bay, a barred cellar opening. Projecting end bays
have coped parapets and pedestals with ball finials, and a
double sash on each floor. Left bay has a smaller sash to the
ground floor with a corniced doorway below it.
Beyond, to left, a gabled 2 storey block with coped gable
containing a round window. Double sash flanked by single
sashes. Below, 2 double board doors with louvred panels.
INTERIOR not inspected.
Listing NGR: SK3572787367
