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Post Office, 16 Francis Street, Stornoway, Lewis

A Category B Listed Building in Steòrnabhagh a Deas, Na h-Eileanan Siar

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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

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Description

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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