Survey Data
Reg No
12314063
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1901 - 1910
Coordinates
241214, 143384
Date Recorded
15/06/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron pillar post box, between 1901-10, with raised "ER VII" royal cipher, moulded necking, and shallow domed capping. Road fronted on concrete footpath.
Appraisal
Supplied by the Handyside Foundry of Derby and London a post box representing an early-surviving artefact of mass-produced cast-iron work makes a pleasing, if subtle visual statement in the streetscape. Raised details contributing to the design aesthetic of the composition include a royal cipher of particular importance as a tangible reminder of the period when Ireland formed part of the British Empire.