Survey Data
Reg No
40000402
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
241908, 304979
Date Recorded
15/06/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding circular-profile cast-iron pillar post box, c.1880, with royal insignia removed from the door. Stepped necking with slot in band flanked by words 'Post Office' in raised letters. Domed cap with decorative dentillated effect to base. Plain door with trace of decorative insignia, stepped base.
Appraisal
The survival and use of the traditional pillar post box is an important architectural feature of the historic character and streetscape of Farnham Street. Despite loss of the decorative royal insignia this pre-independence post box is an authentic piece of historic street furniture, which through the repainting in green and removal of the monarch's initials gives insight into the changing history of the town.