Description

CAMBORNE CHAPEL STREET
SW 64 SW
(west side)
10/27
No.15 (Post Office)
GV
II

Post Office, now sorting office. Dated 1899 in pediment; altered internally.
Snecked squared sandstone with granite dressings, slate roof. Plan altered.
Two storeys and 3 unequal bays defined by pilasters; symmetrical; banded
rock-faced pilasters (those at the corners finished with miniature
pediments), a broad band between the floors and a string course above the
1st floor, and a pediment over the centre; the wider centre bay has
coupled 2-light casement windows with pilaster jambs and stilted segmental
heads, raised lettering "POST OFFICE" on the band, a tripartite window at
1st floor with a 2-light centre and sashes without glazing bars, a datestone
in the pediment with raised lettering "1899", and a finial on the apex; the
outer bays have wide doorways matching the ground-floor windows in style,
with panelled double doors and overlights, and 4-pane sashed windows
above. Interior altered. (No.17 to the right, which now houses the Post
office sales counter, is not included in the item.)

Listing NGR: SW6469240018

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613489

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