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Latitude: 55.7743 / 55°46'27"N
Longitude: -4.0376 / 4°2'15"W
OS Eastings: 272283
OS Northings: 655315
OS Grid: NS722553
Mapcode National: GBR 017N.NX
Mapcode Global: WH4QW.Y4H6
Plus Code: 9C7QQXF6+PX
Entry Name: Post Office, 20-22 Brandon Street, Hamilton
Listing Name: 20-22 (Even Nos) Brandon Street, Post Office
Listing Date: 4 May 1993
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 378810
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB34542
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200378810
Location: Hamilton
County: South Lanarkshire
Town: Hamilton
Electoral Ward: Hamilton North and East
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
Tagged with: Post office
Early 20th century. 3-storey, 5-bay with 2 further lower bays, classically-detailed post office. Tooled red ashlar, brick to rear, piended slate roof to front with ridge ventilator. Moulded cill course to ground, 1st and 2nd floors; corniced parapet with balustraded panels; round-headed top-hopper windows to ground floor with acroterion motif to transom at centre and centre right windows, architraved sash and case elsewhere with plate glass to bottom and multi-pane to top, alternate pedimented and segmental panels over 1st floor windows.
FRONT ELEVATIONS: 5 bays to right; 3 windows to centre, 2 keystoned round-headed arched doors blocked as windows at outer bays set within pedimented doorcase with pilaster strips and composite capitals; 5 windows to 1st floor; 7 windows to 2nd floor. 2 bays to left; 2 windows to ground, 1st and 2nd floors.
The heraldic panels in the pediments are inscribed 'ER'; The words 'POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE' are inscribed over the ground floor windows.
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