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Latitude: 52.1492 / 52°8'57"N
Longitude: -3.4029 / 3°24'10"W
OS Eastings: 304107
OS Northings: 251029
OS Grid: SO041510
Mapcode National: GBR YN.6QKD
Mapcode Global: VH69Z.Y7WR
Plus Code: 9C4R4HXW+MR
Entry Name: Post Office
Listing Date: 16 September 1991
Last Amended: 16 September 1991
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 7445
Building Class: Communications
ID on this website: 300007445
Location: On prominent site, close to Groe.
County: Powys
Community: Builth (Llanfair-ym-Muallt)
Community: Builth
Built-Up Area: Builth Wells
Traditional County: Brecknockshire
Tagged with: Post office
Dated 1936. Neo-Georgian Style.
Single storey. Hipped grey slate roof with graduated courses and coved eaves. Roughcast render above pale cream limestone, with dressings in same stone.
Seven bays to Strand Street, two doors plus five large sash windows with small panes, and stone sills with aprons linking to plinth. Public entrance doorway has limestone surround and pediment with date 1936 and monogram of Edward VIII. Panelled entrance doors in pale wood. Panelled door to private entrance, painted with fanlight above. To N, pair of large sash windows as front.
At rear, service blocks in same materials, partly in Neo-Georgian style, with glazed iron canopy over loading bay, and skylights in long hipped roof. Large yard behind rendered wall, entered through gateway with pillars with globe finials.
Interior retains original fittings including pale wood porch, panelling and
counters, desks, posting box, doors, and telephone booth. Doors have original brass fittings. Contemporary floor tiles. Simple Neo-Georgian ceilings, coved and moulded.
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