Survey Data
Reg No
15400206
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1900 - 1920
Coordinates
233786, 270502
Date Recorded
02/11/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1910, with 'Post Office' in raised lettering to the letter flap. No cipher or insignia. Makers name appears at base in raised lettering ' T. Allen & Co. London '. Built into wall of Fiddler's Green Pub towards the north end of Streete Village.
Appraisal
An attractive item of street furniture representing an early-surviving artifact of mass-produced cast-iron ware. The raised lettering enhances the modest design quality of the composition, while the survival of the manufacturer's signature is also of note. This post box probably dates to the last years of British rule with the royal insignia subsequently removed after Independence. It is built into the wall of Fiddlers Green public house, which appears to have been built originally as a post office (Ordnance Survey map of the village, c.1914).