real time web analytics
Report - - Bishop Street Post Office - Leicester - September 2014 | Other Sites | 28DaysLater.co.uk

Report - Bishop Street Post Office - Leicester - September 2014

Hide this ad by donating or subscribing !

RichPDG

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member

The History
Designed by Julius Bradley and opened in 1935 to replace a Victorian Post Office close-by on Granby Street. It also acted as a sorting office for Central Leicester and Central suburbs. It closed in 2007 with most services going to WH Smiths on Granby Street and parcel collection going to an office on Campbell Street. In 2012 Leicester City Council purchased the property with the plan to use it as Customer Service Centre, to replace the offices on Wleford Road, but this idea has fallen flat on it’s face. It is now up for sale on a lowered price with the Council reeling over a £30k a year cost of keeping the building. In May 2013 there was talk of student accommodation, which appears to have also fallen through.

The Explore
Visited with KM Punk one evening after we discovered that another site was a no go so we decided to hit this place and it did not disappoint!

1
14972602367_546016df98_c.jpg


2
15155811511_a9d18a658c_c.jpg


3
15156325541_a766ce8a9c_c.jpg


4
15158867652_0e84dde251_c.jpg


5
14972301620_bf3cd46b6c_c.jpg


6
14972704958_fcd78327d6_c.jpg


7
14972487070_3edd7e8ecf_c.jpg


8
15136407006_4a414d3391_c.jpg


9
14972415208_c5f970b201_c.jpg


10
14972385569_c79a6c576d_c.jpg


11
14972840908_5e5ca45ab4_c.jpg


12
15158148092_27e59cea50_c.jpg


13
14972690130_92be4d4c7d_c.jpg


14
15159140175_e982044cc6_c.jpg


15
15159066812_bebff468fc_c.jpg


16
15158305512_47123778aa_c.jpg


17
15155694541_848ca39a90_c.jpg


18
14971862059_97e711085c_c.jpg


19
15155943671_19fb4b8e3f_c.jpg


20
15158770545_c626c5e83f_c.jpg


21
15155882131_046402ac7a_c.jpg


22
14972566380_e280db338d_c.jpg


23
15156028711_6046022fef_c.jpg

Thanks for looking! :thumb
 

JaneEyre

The clumsiest explorer in Yorkshire!
28DL Full Member
That is stunnin and was on my doorstop for years, Doh! Seriously good work guys :D xxx
 
Top