Description

LEEDS UPPER STREET
TQ 85 SW (west side)

3/129 The Old Post Office
(formerly listed as The
26.4.68. House attached to Leeds
Post Office)
GV II

House, formerly Post Office, now house. Early C19. Red brick
in Flemish bond with occasional grey headers. Left side elevation
to road, roughly coursed galletted stone to ground floor, chequered
red and grey brick above. Plain tile roof. At right-angles
to road. 2 storeys on brick plinth with dentilled eaves-cornice
to road. Hipped roof, hips returning along side elevations.
Integral lean-tos to left and right ends. Red brick stack
in left end of left lean-to with tumbled brickwork to shoulders
and stone base an integral part of lean-to wall. Irregular
fenestration of 2 glazing-bar sashes in open boxes and one small
C20 single light. Ground floor windows have segmental heads.
Central panelled door with 2 square top lights under flat
bracketted hood. Stone quatrefoil, probably from Priory, to
base of left stack. Slightly later 2-storey red brick additions
to rear. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ8198452774

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620827

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)