Criterion D: Characteristic values  Tumut Post Office is an example of:  1. Post office and telegraph office with quarters (second generation typology 1870-1929)  2. Victorian Italianate style with Federation Free style additions  3. Architect: New South Wales Colonial Architect under James Barnet, with alterations by Walter Vernon and George Oakeshott  Tumut Post Office, built in 1879 and extended and altered, retains an 1879 core as well as the original residential quarters at first floor level. Other original or early internal spaces and planning can also be discerned, albeit with more recent and mostly standard Australia Post fitouts. The Federation works included addition of a balcony and an arcaded loggia to Wynyard Street, which also changed aspects of the original layout. Stylistically and architecturally, Tumut is a fusion of Victorian design from the Barnet period and Federation design from the Vernon-Oakeshott phase of New South Wales Government architecture. While the later works added some character and aesthetic value, the fusion of periods has detracted from a clear emergent style. Nevertheless, the building has a forceful presentation to the street, with significant elements including the imposing two-storey presentation, prominent chimneys, arcaded verandah and scalloped balcony detailing. The internal staircase and fenestration are additionally of a high standard of craftsmanship. Criterion E: Aesthetic characteristics  Tumut Post Office, while a fusion of architectural styles from two distinct periods, nevertheless contributes to the historic character of the immediate streetscape of this part of the Tumut Urban Conservation Area, where there are a number of valued buildings from the nineteenth century. The contribution is enhanced by the imposing two-storey presentation, and the handsome and well detailed arcaded verandah and first floor balcony. Criterion G: Social value  Tumut Post Office has been the focus of local postal communication services for over 130 years. Its social value is enhanced by its prominent location, and its role in, and contribution to the valued collection of other historic public and commercial buildings in the centre of Tumut, where the Tumut Urban Conservation Area is located.