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Latitude: 53.3902 / 53°23'24"N
Longitude: -3.0192 / 3°1'8"W
OS Eastings: 332317
OS Northings: 388631
OS Grid: SJ323886
Mapcode National: GBR 7YC7.4F
Mapcode Global: WH87D.L1JV
Plus Code: 9C5R9XRJ+38
Entry Name: Post Office
Listing Date: 28 March 1974
Last Amended: 10 August 1992
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1201624
English Heritage Legacy ID: 389100
Also known as: Post Office House, Birkenhead
ID on this website: 101201624
Location: Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41
County: Wirral
Electoral Ward/Division: Birkenhead and Tranmere
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Birkenhead
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside
Church of England Parish: Birkenhead Christ the King
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Post office
BIRKENHEAD
SJ3288NW ARGYLE STREET
789-1/13/7 (East side)
28/03/74 Post Office
(Formerly Listed as:
ARGYLE STREET
(East side)
Post Office (front block only))
II
Post Office. Dated 1907. By Walter Pott. Brick with stone
dressings and Welsh slate roof. Free classical style with
robust, exaggerated detailing throughout. 3 storeys, 5 bays to
Argyle Street, the central bay pedimented with full height
Ionic pilasters. Rusticated stonework to ground floor, and
projecting bands of stone above. Ornate pedimented windows set
in concave architraves with segmental arches and stressed
voussoirs. Upper windows have segmentally pedimented heads.
Second storey windows in stressed moulded architraves.
Egg-and-dart frieze above, modillion cornice and balustrading.
Angled corner housing recessed entrance in Gibbs surround;
pedimented 1st floor surround with Ionic shafts and coat of
arms above and date in parapet. Lower 2-storeyed bay to right
with blocked doorway in angled corner, and lunette in low
upper storey. Return elevation to Grange Street East of 2
bays, with single storey 7-bay sorting office beyond, the bays
articulated by pilasters. Segmentally-arched windows with
stressed keyblocks. Terminating block of sorting office
advanced, with angular pediment over doorway.
Listing NGR: SJ3231788631
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