Survey Data
Reg No
22806004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1910 - 1920
Coordinates
241752, 107828
Date Recorded
14/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1915, with inscribed “GR” royal cipher. Set into painted roughcast boundary wall.
Appraisal
This cast-iron post box, which is still in use, is an important, if subtle, item of street furniture that represents an early-surviving example of mass-produced cast-iron work. The raised details serve to enhance the artistic design quality of the composition, while the presence of a royal cipher augments the importance of the post box as a tangible reminder of Ireland as part of the British Empire.