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Latitude: 58.2088 / 58°12'31"N
Longitude: -6.3863 / 6°23'10"W
OS Eastings: 142445
OS Northings: 932837
OS Grid: NB424328
Mapcode National: GBR B7M1.1KT
Mapcode Global: WGY2Y.WX3X
Plus Code: 9CCM6J57+GF
Entry Name: Post Office, 16 Francis Street, Stornoway, Lewis
Listing Name: 16 Francis Street, Post Office Building
Listing Date: 1 February 1993
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 388019
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB41686
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Lewis, Stornoway, 16 Francis Street, Post Office
ID on this website: 200388019
Location: Stornoway
County: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Town: Stornoway
Electoral Ward: Steòrnabhagh a Deas
Traditional County: Ross-shire
Tagged with: Post office
Post Office, 1920s in appearance, designed probably by J Wilson Paterson, or W T Oldrieve, his predecessor in the Ministry of Works. Scots baronial. Brown rock-faced ashlar, contrasting yellow ashlar dressings with Scots renaissance mouldings. Small-paned sash windows; green slate roof. 2 storeys, low wing to right; front based on L-plan tower formula, but gabled left bay (containing vehicle pend) does not step forward in to street. Off-centre door with "Post Ossice" inscribed in frieze in art nouveau lettering. First floor windows break through eaves and have pedimented dormer heads, main roof swept deeply down areas between and linked by rhone pipe. Coped stacks; crow-stepped gables, roof over low wing partly concealed by high wall-head.
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