Survey Data

Reg No

31310005


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Historical, Social


Original Use

Post box


In Use As

Post box


Date

1939 - 1955


Coordinates

118212, 278995


Date Recorded

07/03/2011


Date Updated

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Description

Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1939-55, with "P7T [Posts and Telegraphs]" monogram. Set in roughcast 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 sylvan street scene 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).