Survey Data

Reg No

15704035


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Historical, Social


Original Use

Post box


Date

1901 - 1902


Coordinates

284212, 116873


Date Recorded

31/05/2009


Date Updated

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Description

Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, extant 1902, with "ER [Edwardus Rex] VII" royal cipher. Now disused. Set in rendered 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 a rural village street setting with embellishments identifying the artistic potential of the composition including the King Edward VII (1841-1910; r. 1901-10) royal cipher of additional significance as an imprinted reminder of the period when Ireland formed part of the British Empire.