West Sunniside, Post Office

HER Number

4733

District

Sunderland

Site Name

West Sunniside, Post Office

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Communications

Site Type: Broad

Postal System Structure

Site Type: Specific

Post Office

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

This former general post office, now a local delivery office, is by Sir Henry Tanner, 1903. It is 3 storeys high, built in sandstone ashlar with red granite door architraves to the main block; and has a graduated Lakeland slate roof with ashlar chimneys and a copper ridge. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

439940

Northing

557080

Grid Reference

NZ439940557080

Sources

<< HER 4733 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/18/241; Tumman, J, Johnson, M and Lane, A (no date) A walk around Historic Sunderland- The Fawcett and Sunniside Estates.