Survey Data
Reg No
12329028
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1881 - 1901
Coordinates
256864, 117083
Date Recorded
14/06/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, between 1881-1901, with raised "VR" royal cipher. Set in painted roughcast wall with rendered surround.
Appraisal
Making a pleasing, if subtle visual impression in the street scene a post box represents an important, if small-scale artefact of early mass-produced cast-iron work. Raised dressings identifying the aesthetic concerns of the composition include a cipher of significance as a tangible reminder of the period when Ireland formed part of the British Empire.