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{{Infobox|[[File:Bexhill Post Office.jpg|thumb|class=pageimage]]|1931-11-14|David Nicholas Dyke|Richard John Barwick|w247454248|50.84044|0.47419}} | {{Infobox | ||
|image=[[File:Bexhill Post Office.jpg|thumb|class=pageimage]] | |||
|date=1931-11-14 | |||
|architect=David Nicholas Dyke | |||
|builder=Richard John Barwick | |||
|use=Commercial | |||
|osmid=w247454248 | |||
|lat=50.84044|lng=0.47419 | |||
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Bexhill Delivery and Post Office was built in 1931 by Richard John Barwick and is a good example of the larger inter-war post offices built by the Office of Works in what came be known as "Post-Office Georgian". The architect of this building was David Nicholas Dyke, who designed a significant number of similar buildings, his Hastings Post Office (1930) on Cambridge Road is on an even monumental scale. | Bexhill Delivery and Post Office was built in 1931 by Richard John Barwick and is a good example of the larger inter-war post offices built by the Office of Works in what came be known as "Post-Office Georgian". The architect of this building was David Nicholas Dyke, who designed a significant number of similar buildings, his Hastings Post Office (1930) on Cambridge Road is on an even monumental scale. | ||
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Built in red brick with limestone dressings Bexhill Post Office has a beautifully decorated doorcase with its triangular pediment and Greek columns. Note also the incorporation of the caduceus motif, the symbol representing Mercury, the messenger of the gods. | Built in red brick with limestone dressings Bexhill Post Office has a beautifully decorated doorcase with its triangular pediment and Greek columns. Note also the incorporation of the caduceus motif, the symbol representing Mercury, the messenger of the gods. | ||
== Gallery == | |||
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Bexhill Post Office - geograph.org.uk - 1989675.jpg|Motif above the main door | Bexhill Post Office - geograph.org.uk - 1989675.jpg|Motif above the main door | ||
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[[Category:Devonshire Square]] | [[Category:Devonshire Square]] | ||
[[Category:1930s]] | [[Category:1930s]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Commercial]] | ||
[[Category:Town Centre Conserv. Area]] | [[Category:Town Centre Conserv. Area]] | ||
[[Category:Central Ward]] | [[Category:Central Ward]] | ||