Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Head Post Office
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 24 November 1987
- Community
- Aberystwyth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.41476, -4.08396
- Cadw reference
- 10243
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set into the slope of a continuous row of frontage near the bottom of the Street.
History
Built in 1906 by Daniel Thomas, the Eastgate Draper; dated 1901 in reference to Edward VII's accession.
Exterior
3-storey, 3-window brick front with terracotta window dressings; widebracket eaves and red brick chimney stacks. 1st and 2nd floor paired sash windows linked by arabesque detailed panels; egg and dart cornices to 1st floor. The chief interest of this building is the tesselated fascia to the ground floo reading " E VII R POST OFFICE 1901"; egg and dart cornice and fluted fascia ends; small pane glazing over panelled door entrance, with channelled pilasters, and modern window. Main entrance offset to left and clock to right of centre in Barque broken pedimented frame. Terracotta brick ventilator panels to plinth.
Reason for designation
Group value
Nearby in the register
- Abbey National Building SocietyCommercialunder 1 mi
- Midland BankCommercialunder 1 mi
- Seion Welsh Congregational ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- PencaerDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.