Survey Data
Reg No
50130144
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1890 - 1900
Coordinates
315931, 237745
Date Recorded
19/06/2018
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding round-plan cast-iron pillar postbox, installed c. 1900, having shallow domed cap, moulded corona, neck moulding, cylindrical shaft and moulded plinth base. Curved hinged door facing north with raised frame and 'VR' cipher, lettering 'Post Office' incorporated into neck moulding, and raised lettering to plinth base reading 'Handyside Derby & London'.
Appraisal
A relatively rare surviving example of a late nineteenth-century pillar postbox in Dublin. The Handyside foundry of Derby was a prominent manufacturer of Victorian postboxes and declined after the turn of the century. The postbox's early date can be distinguished by its 'VR' monogram, dating it to before the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, and as such it stands as a relic of the latter years of British control in the Republic, and improved communication networks in the nineteenth century.