St Aldate's Post Office, Oxford

View Description

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

This item is restricted to only allow viewing of the metadata.

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Rating
Title	St Aldate's Post Office, Oxford
Alternate Title	Oxford Post Office
View	Side view of the Post Office on St Aldates Street
Work Type	buildings public buildings post offices
Style/Period	Nineteenth century
Creator Name	Rivers, E. J., fl. 1870-1880
Creator Nationality	British
Subject.work	architectural exteriors architectural interiors business, commerce and trade government mail communication
Country	United Kingdom
City	Oxford
State/Province	England
Location.Notes	102 to 104 St Aldate's
Architectural Material	Chilmark stone
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	1878-1880 (creation); 1903 (alteration)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	6/2/2007
Subject Information	Oxford's General Post Office at 102 to 104 St Aldate's was built between 1878 and 1880, at a cost of about £10,000. The architect was E. J. Rivers, Esq. of Her Majesty's Office of Works; the builders were Messrs Symm & Co., of Oxford. The building was enlarged and electrified in 1903. In 2003 St Aldate's Post Office building was bought by Merton College, which leases the ground floor back to the Post Office and the upper floors (which have been converted to office space) to other tenants.
Information.source	Headington and Oxford [local government sponsored website]; http://www.headington.org.uk/index.html
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

Find results with:

Searching collections:

Home St Aldate's Post Office, Oxford

St Aldate's Post Office, Oxford

Description

Tags

Comments