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Kentish Town Sorting Office

A Grade II Listed Building in Kentish Town, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5506 / 51°33'2"N

Longitude: -0.1384 / 0°8'18"W

OS Eastings: 529169

OS Northings: 185163

OS Grid: TQ291851

Mapcode National: GBR DV.ZR4

Mapcode Global: VHGQS.K955

Plus Code: 9C3XHV26+6J

Entry Name: Kentish Town Sorting Office

Listing Date: 13 February 1995

Last Amended: 11 January 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1379291

English Heritage Legacy ID: 478660

ID on this website: 101379291

Location: Kentish Town, Camden, London, NW5

County: London

District: Camden

Electoral Ward/Division: Kentish Town

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Camden

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Benet Kentish Town

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description



CAMDEN

TQ2985SW LEIGHTON ROAD
798-1/43/1024 (South side)
13/02/95 No.30
Kentish Town Sorting Office
(Formerly Listed as:
LEIGHTON ROAD
No.30
(former Royal Mail sorting office -
incl. attached railings))

GV II

Royal Mail sorting office. Dated 1903. Red brick with stone
dressings. Hipped slated roof with central tall panelled brick
chimney-stack set above a segmental pediment and flanked by
brick pediments with ball finials above Diocletian windows
with keystones. Symmetrical design. Lower single storey facade
projects forward beneath the Diocletian windows to give a
segmental-arched entrance with pilasters having enriched
capitals and frieze inscribed "Postmens Office", above which a
pediment with carved royal coat of arms; original part-glazed
double doors. Left hand bay with 2 sashes, upper halves with
glazing bars; right hand bay with 3 smaller sashes, upper
halves with glazing bars. Both bays with brick parapets,
corresponding to doorway frieze, and having central segmental
headed plaques carved with royal GR monograms. Original
rainwater head and pipe to left hand bay.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ2916985163

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