Survey Data
Reg No
16003454
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1905 - 1955
Coordinates
331744, 193723
Date Recorded
13/10/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Cast-iron wall-mounted post box, erected c.1930, having P&T cipher to door and manufacturer's mark to frame. Double-sided box, having aperture to rear. Set in boundary wall of Dominican convent.
Appraisal
An unusual post box, having an aperture to the rear to allow for school and convent post to be posted without having to leave the grounds. This large size wall box, known as the Type A, is of a type manufactured by W. T. Allen of London during the first half of the twentieth century. A post box is indicated at this point on the 3rd edition OS map, and it seems this may be an Edwardian post box, but with the door replaced subsequent to the foundation of the State and the establishment of the Department of Posts and Telegraph.