Revival genres in Queensland, with some Queen Anne Free Style detailing (such as ogee consoles on the ground floor, and equilateral triangle-pediments on the clock tower). The vigorous reworking associated with the breakfront, entry porch and clock tower of 1898, are part of an early essay in the Baroque Revival grand manner, by one of its most important practitioners in Australia, the Queensland Government Architect Alfred Barton Brady. Criterion E: Aesthetic characteristics Charters Towers Post Office is a prominent late nineteenth century public building in the city, with landmark qualities and aesthetic characteristics which contribute greatly to the heritage character of Gill Street. It is valued for its prominent corner siting; five-storey corner clock tower with friezes, rusticated stuccoed banding, colonnettes, parapet gables and four-sided metal-clad extruded pyramid spire; two-stepped breakfront porch entrance with flanking piers and paired Corinthian columns; and verandah with astylar pilasters topped with scroll consoles. The roof also sports a prominent octagonal roof lantern with an ogival metal-clad roof and weather-vane finial lantern. Criterion G: Social value Charters Towers Post Office is of social significance to the community of Charters Towers and the surrounding region, as a prominent and valued public building dating to the era of nineteenth century gold prosperity in the city, and as the focus of postal services and communication in the town for over 120 years. References Bibliography GS Warmington and AC Ward, Australia Post Survey of Historic Properties in Queensland, Volume 1, 1991 Commonwealth Heritage List, ID 105523 Register of the National Estate, ID 8931 & 8937 Don Watson and Judith McKay, Queensland Architects of the Nineteenth Century, Brisbane: Museum of Queensland, 1994. Chesterton Corporate Property Advisors, CISD Property Valuation Report, June 2005. Historical notes at Qld Govt Natural Water & resources website Attribution External links Commonwealth Heritage List places in Queensland Charters Towers City, Queensland Post office buildings in Queensland Articles incorporating text from the Australian Heritage Database Clock towers in Australia