Survey Data
Reg No
40308042
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1910 - 1920
Coordinates
260137, 314129
Date Recorded
03/07/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected c.1915. Profiled border with hooded letter opening and crown insignia over, rounded trim to door opening, raised 'G.R.' lettering on door, and rounded hand grip to bottom left. Makers name at bottom in raised lettering 'F. Allen & Co. London'.
Appraisal
A functional piece of street furniture that is a good example of the high quality of mass-produced cast-iron in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was made at the W.T. Allen & Co. foundry in London, which produced post boxes from 1881-1955. Cast-iron post boxes are becoming increasing rare throughout Ireland, often being replaced with mass-produced plastic boxes.