Survey Data
Reg No
22502994
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1881 - 1905
Coordinates
260586, 112143
Date Recorded
24/06/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, extant 1905. Set in red brick header bond surround in part creeper- or ivy-covered 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 New Street: meanwhile, only a feint outline survives of a "chiselled off" royal cipher (cf. 22828008; 22830089; 22830177; 22901820).