Survey Data
Reg No
11903617
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1900 - 1910
Coordinates
280277, 197223
Date Recorded
24/10/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1905, with inscribed "ER VII" royal cipher. Mounted within stone surround on rubble stone boundary wall of Crookstown Catholic Church.
Appraisal
This cast-iron post box, which is still in use, is an important feature in the rural landscape and is prominently sited on the boundary wall of Crookstown Catholic Church. The raised royal cipher (and manufacturer's signature) 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.