Survey Data
Reg No
16000038
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1900 - 1910
Coordinates
331186, 194290
Date Recorded
04/10/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Painted cast-iron round-headed post box, c.1905, having raised lettering and Edward VII cipher. Heavily painted maker’s mark to rear. Attached to painted cast-iron lamp post, having fluted post and foliate collars. Lamp missing.
Appraisal
Lamp boxes, post boxes with rounded tops designed to be affixed to lamp posts, are more vulnerable to removal than wall or pillar boxes, so the survival of this one and its continued use is notable. The cipher of Edward VII indicates its early twentieth-century origins, and the repainting of postboxes following the foundation of the state was a simple and practical method of reclaiming these artefacts of Ireland’s colonial past. The decorative cast-iron lamp post, which has bars at the top which would have been used as a ladder rest by the lamplighter, also demonstrates a high standard of design and execution.