Survey Data
Reg No
15507023
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1881 - 1922
Coordinates
304507, 120835
Date Recorded
05/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Pier-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, extant 1922. Set in red brick Running bond pier.
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 an urban street scene: meanwhile, only a feint outline survives of a "chiselled off" royal cipher (cf. 15605063; 15701804; 15703908).