Dominant on Amien St

[notjim]

Someone asked me the other day about this building, it appears in the background of one of the pictures above and is 102 or 103 Amiens Street. I can't find anything about it, which is strange because it has quite a bit of presence, a strong late-Victorian civic form. Does anyone know anything about it, when was it built, what was it built for?

[Paul Clerkin]

Former railway postal sorting office I believe - if you're on the platforms at Connolly, you can see where it once had its own sidings. I seem to recall An Post selling it in the 1990s.

I got knocked off my bike right in front of it in 1992 by someone turning left and not looking.

[Paul Clerkin]

That was off the top of my head.

1892 - Designed by J. Howard Pentland as a parcels office. Pentland designed many postoffices for the Board of Works usin the same red brick and stone dressings.

A few other works by him - I probably have photos of others but unsure of architect to be definitive
http://archiseek.com/?s=J.+Howard+Pentland

[notjim]

Brilliant, thanks, you're a star.