Survey Data

Reg No

20500803


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Social


Original Use

Post box


In Use As

Post box


Date

1905 - 1915


Coordinates

167173, 71849


Date Recorded

28/05/2003


Date Updated

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Description

Cast-iron post box, c. 1910, with ER VII monogram.

Appraisal

This post box is representative of early twentieth-century cast-iron post boxes in Ireland. Today, contemporary post boxes are generally plastic and often replace the distinctive cast-iron box. It is important to afford protection to cast-iron boxes, as they are no longer in production. It is interesting to note the changes in the decorative detail of cast-iron post boxes from Victorian times to the latter part of the twentieth century.