The Old Gateacre Telephone Exchange
Gateacre Brow.
A place I've always found very attractive and very much in keeping with the village.
The former Gateacre Telephone Exchange
It sits on the corner of the junction with Sandfield Road and was built in 1889 by the National Telephone Company to house a local telephone exchange. The Grade II listed building was designed by the architect Walter Aubrey Thomas, who is more famously known as the architect of The Liver Building. The building came under the ownership of the General Post Office in 1911, although it remained a manned telephone exchange until 1946, when an automated system was installed. During the early-to-mid twentieth century the building was also home to several financial institutions including Parr’s Bank (which in 1920 became part of Westminster Bank) and later with the Prudential Assurance Company.
The Old Gateacre Telephone Exchange
Gateacre Brow.
A place I've always found very attractive and very much in keeping with the village.
The former Gateacre Telephone Exchange
It sits on the corner of the junction with Sandfield Road and was built in 1889 by the National Telephone Company to house a local telephone exchange. The Grade II listed building was designed by the architect Walter Aubrey Thomas, who is more famously known as the architect of The Liver Building. The building came under the ownership of the General Post Office in 1911, although it remained a manned telephone exchange until 1946, when an automated system was installed. During the early-to-mid twentieth century the building was also home to several financial institutions including Parr’s Bank (which in 1920 became part of Westminster Bank) and later with the Prudential Assurance Company.