Survey Data
Reg No
11817106
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
273079, 213006
Date Recorded
14/02/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1890, with raised "VR" royal cipher and crown motif. Mounted in wall of Kildare Railway Station.
Appraisal
This cast-iron post box, which is still in use and in very good condition, is an important if subtle feature in the Kildare Railway Station complex. The raised royal cipher (and manufacturer's signature, which is now heavily coated in paint and somewhat indiscernible) is of considerable artistic merit. Its age and survival, however, together with its associations with Ireland as formerly part of the British Empire are of great historical and social importance.