Survey Data

Reg No

12404541


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Historical, Social


Original Use

Post box


In Use As

Post box


Date

1881 - 1901


Coordinates

253557, 113553


Date Recorded

01/01/2005


Date Updated

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Description

Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1881-1901, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Set in rendered, ruled and lined boundary wall.

Appraisal

A "wall box" post box supplied by W.T. Allen and Company (fl. 1881-1955) of London representing an interesting example of mass-produced cast-iron work making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a rural village street scene with embellishments identifying the artistic potential of the composition including the Queen Victoria (1819-1901; r. 1837-1901) royal cipher of additional significance as an imprinted reminder of the period when Ireland formed part of the British Empire.