Armidale Post Office  The Armidale Post Office is a heritage-listed post office located at 158 Beardy Street, Armidale, in the Armidale Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The post office building was designed by the NSW Colonial Architect's Office under the direction of James Barnet and, subsequently, Walter Liberty Vernon and built in 1880 by W. Seabrook and J. T. Brown, with additions completed in 1897. The property is owned by Australia Post. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 17 December 1999 and to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 8 November 2011. Armidale's first post office was established in 1843. The first official post office premises were erected in 1865 on another site. The current post office was completed on 21 May 1880, under the direction of James Barnet, as premises for the post office and divisional manager. The builders were W. Seabrook and J. T. Brown. Minor alterations and repairs were carried out in 1891 and 1894. The Federation Queen Anne style loggia was added in 1897 by Walter Liberty Vernon, with first-floor extensions to the loggia added in 1917. Further modifications were made in 1929, 1938 and 1979-80. Located on a prominent corner site, the post office is a symmetrical two-storey brick building with a hipped roof and projecting stuccoed single-storey arched loggia. The side elevation has cement rendered banding. A corner addition above the loggia has a hipped roof extended from the bracketed eaves, wide brick-arched window openings, a Dutch gable and Federation Arts and Crafts lettering in cast cement. It was reported to be in good physical condition as of 1 July 1999. Although the building has had numerous modifications the integrity of the original palazzo form with 1897 Queen Anne loggia, remains visually intact. Minor alterations and repairs were carried out in 1891 and 1894. The Queen Anne style loggia was added 1897 with first-floor extensions over the loggia added in 1917. Further modifications were made in 1929, 1938 and 1979-80, details of these are not known. The Armidale Post Office is associated with the historical development of the town's civic core and is part of an important precinct centred on the Beardy/Faulkner Streets intersection. It is also associated with Colonial Architects Barnet and Vernon who both contributed to the present appearance of the building.