Description

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SE 3171
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RIPON,
NORTH STREET (east side),
No 23 (Post Office Sorting Office)

GV II

Opened 1906. By architect JG Burrell. Ground floor ashlar. First floor red brick. Slate mansard roof. Two storeys and attics. Heavy wooden modillioned eaves cornice. Moulded band above ground floor, with large sculpted bosses along it. Four bays: sashes with glazing bars, and tall double keystones: ground floor openings also have jambs and voussoirs alternately plain and moulded. Of these, 2 are doors each with 6 moulded panels and oblong fanlight with glazing bars; but front door also has segment-shaped ashlar hood suspended by cast iron braces. Four flat-topped attic dormers, with moulded cornices and angle pilasters. Red brick stacks with modillioned ashlar cornices. Two cast iron downpipes with large shaped rainwater heads.

Listing NGR: SE3121171530

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26442989

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)