Survey Data
Reg No
60230084
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1939 - 1984
Coordinates
322060, 228539
Date Recorded
28/11/2016
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1939-1984, with "P7T [Posts and Telegraphs]" monogram. Set in repointed coursed rubble granite boundary wall.
Appraisal
A "wall box" post box supplied by I.V.I. [Industrial Vehicles Ireland] Foundry (fl. 1935-1986) of Athy, County Kildare, representing an interesting example of mass-produced cast-iron work making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in Newtownpark Avenue with embellishments identifying the artistic potential of the composition including the Cló Gaelach or "Old Irish Lettering" defining the monogram of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs (fl. 1924-84).