Lough Road, CORK CITY, Cork City, CORK

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Survey Data

Reg No

20504445

Rating

Regional

Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Social

Original Use

Post box

In Use As

Post box

Date

1905 - 1915

Coordinates

166656, 70648

Date Recorded

08/03/1995

Date Updated

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Description

Wall-mounted 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 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.

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