Survey Data
Reg No
30333028
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1880 - 1890
Coordinates
185354, 231145
Date Recorded
04/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron pillar post box, erected c.1885, with moulded neck and domed cap with dentillated cornice. No royal insignia evident, maker's name to base.
Appraisal
This post box is an attractive item of early mass-produced cast-iron, simple in design but with some decorative detailing. It occupies a prominent corner site and contributes to the historic patina of the streetscape. Unusually, it has no royal cipher or other insignia, due to its early date or to a recasting of the door. The first cylindrical pillar boxes were introduced in 1879, and this model, made by Andrew Handyside of Derby, with the aperture between the moulded bands was produced from 1883. Until 1887 the model used was known as an 'Anonymous' Pillar Box as the Royal Cipher was not included until that date.