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Broxburn, Station Road, Old Post Office
Post Office (19th Century)
Site Name Broxburn, Station Road, Old Post Office
Classification Post Office (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) West Burnside
Canmore ID 275393
Site Number NT07SE 168
NGR NT 08177 72169
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275393
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Uphall
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
Station Road and Almondell Road, lined with more substantial Victorian bungalows and houses. St Nicholas Free Church, 1890, by J G Fairley, has a Gothic frontage with wide shoulders and good plate-tracery. Old Post Office, c.1880, on the corner of West Burnside, is a crowstepped corner. Knysna Bank, 1885, has an intriguingly carved florid porch.
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Two storey corner sandstone purpose built post office. Crowstep gables, and slated roof. Principle corner entrance with carved plaque above " POST OFFICE", secondary entrance to upper floor on West Burnside.
