By Dan Walsh
New Ross Post Office on Charles Street is to be sold by An Post and staff there have been advised to seek employment from the new Postmaster or be redeployed within the An Post network in towns like Enniscorthy, Wexford and Waterford. This action is expected to take place in the coming months.
In a statement seen by WexfordLocal.com it says; “An Post staff formerly employed there will take up a number of possible options, including taking up employment for the new Postmaster or being redeployed within the An Post network. It is likely that a new location for the post office will be sought by the new Postmaster.
“In this event the landmark red brick building on Charles Street will be sold as it is owned outright by An Post.
“In line with the ongoing transformation of the national post office network An Post has announced that its office in New Ross will become a contractor run post office. New Ross joins the mainstream of national post offices of which more than 95% of the country’s 900 plus offices which are run by contractors. Fewer than 40 post offices nationally are run directly by An Post.”
HISTORY; New Ross Post Office was erected on Charles Street to a design examined (1904) by Thomas John Mellon (d. 1922), Principal Surveyor to the Board of Public Works (appointed 1893), representing an important component of the early 20th century-built heritage of New Ross with architectural value.
It is a detached two-bay single-storey post office, designed 1904; opened 1905, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey side elevations; three-bay single-storey return block (north).
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