Survey Data
Reg No
50910194
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1930 - 1950
Coordinates
315853, 233996
Date Recorded
23/11/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding oval-plan cast-iron double postbox on plinth base, installed c. 1940. Drum with raised 'P&T' insignia to curved door leaves to either side, neck mouldings framing two letter slots, dentillated frieze and shallow domed cap. Sited on footpath in front of main post office.
Appraisal
This prominently located postbox is in front of the architecturally important modernist-style Andrew Street Post Office. An attractive piece of street furniture, it is a good example of the high quality of mass-produced cast-iron work made in the early twentieth century. The raised Gaelic script was used by the State for many official purposes in its early decades.