Swinburne Street, Post Office
Swinburne Street, Post Office
HER Number
8275
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Swinburne Street, Post Office
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Communications
Site Type: Broad
Postal System Structure
Site Type: Specific
Post Office
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
The former Post Office. 1873-5. Tooled stone with ashlar dressings, slate roof
with corniced stone chimneys. Simple building with some classical detail. Three
storeys (the top one seems to be an addition) five bays and three-bay West return
to Swinburne Place. Rusticated ground floor up to impost string of round-arched
recesses framing round-headed windows and door at right. Moulded plinth. Pilasters
rest on ground floor entablature, frame round-arched first floor windows with
archivolts and key blocks, and support a cornice. Segment arched second floor
windows in raised surrounds. All windows sashes. Moulded and modillioned eaves. LISTED GRADE 2
with corniced stone chimneys. Simple building with some classical detail. Three
storeys (the top one seems to be an addition) five bays and three-bay West return
to Swinburne Place. Rusticated ground floor up to impost string of round-arched
recesses framing round-headed windows and door at right. Moulded plinth. Pilasters
rest on ground floor entablature, frame round-arched first floor windows with
archivolts and key blocks, and support a cornice. Segment arched second floor
windows in raised surrounds. All windows sashes. Moulded and modillioned eaves. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425490
Northing
563400
Grid Reference
NZ425490563400
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/114