Northwich - The Penny Black - from north-east
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Northwich - The Penny Black - from north-east by Dave Bevis as part of the Geograph project.
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Northwich - The Penny Black - from north-east
Image: © Dave Bevis Taken: 29 Aug 2013
The following narrative is taken from: http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-penny-black-northwich . "This Wetherspoon pub was purpose-built in 1914 as the town's main post office, and takes its name from the world's first-ever adhesive postage stamp. The Witton Street frontage bears a plaque with the inscription: 'Designed by HM Office of Works in 1914, as a purpose-built post office to serve Northwich and District, it is the town's largest liftable building'. 'Liftable' or timber-framed structures have been used in Northwich - particularly for public buildings - so that they can be jacked back into position when subsidence occurs." For further information, please see Julian Osley's http://britishpostofficearchitects.weebly.com/northwich.html . For alternative views of this building, please see Image, Image and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.262002
Longitude
-2.508767