Survey Data
Reg No
20862015
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1925 - 1935
Coordinates
165777, 72172
Date Recorded
21/04/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1930, with raised ‘P & T’ initials. Set into limestone wall at entrance to Presentation Brothers, Mount St Joseph.
Appraisal
This cast-iron post box, which is still in use, is an attractive item of street furniture. The raised detailing, alluding to the Celtic Revival style, is of artistic interest, and is a reminder of the change in administration from British colonial power to the Irish Free State in the 1920s and 30s.