Listed Building record TR 35 SE 610 - HEAD POST OFFICE

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
STANHOPE ROAD 1. 1035 (North Side) Head Post Office TR 3752 NE 1/412 II 2. Late C19. Architect. C B Hutchinson. Head Post Office built in the late 19th century to the designs of CB Hutchinson. The right side portion is of 2 storeys and has a most elaborate and fantastic Dutch gable of red brick with stone and flint diaperwork. Curved pediment on top. 4 moulded brick pilasters and 3 round- headed arches. Below this is a very wide modillion cornice. The 1st floor has 6 moulded brick pilasters and mullioned and transomed casements set in arcading between. The ground floor has 2 large cambered windows and a right side doorcase with blank cartouche above surmounted by a stone curved pediment and flanked by console brackets. Freely interpreted Gibbs surround. On the left is a 1 storey portion with a slate roof having 2 stuccoed gables with curved pediments and console brackets. Underneath this is a modillion cornice. The ground floor has 13 moulded brick pilasters but only 6 windows set in arcading - the other window spaces have blanks. Stone and brick plinth.
Listing NGR: TR3764452819 (1)

Historic England archive material: BF104133 HEAD POST OFFICE, STANHOPE ROAD, DEAL

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.