Former post office, Friar Street, Reading
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Former post office, Friar Street, Reading
Image: © Jim Osley Taken: 7 Mar 2015
This building is one of the first large post offices built after the end of World War I. It was built in about 1923 to the designs of Office of Works architect Albert Myers, and is typical example of the inter-war "Post Office Georgian" style. Unfortunately the current occupants have treated the building rather unsympathetically. For more on the British post office building click on this http://britishpostofficearchitects.weebly.com/site-search.html
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Image Location
Latitude
51.456769
Longitude
-0.970728