Survey Data
Reg No
50130259
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1900 - 1910
Coordinates
316736, 237488
Date Recorded
20/06/2018
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding round-plan cast-iron pillar postbox, installed c. 1900, having shallow domed cap, moulded corona, neck moulding, cylindrical shaft and moulded plinth base. Curved hinged door with raised frame and 'VR' monogram; lettering 'Post Office' incorporated into neck moulding, and with no visible maker's markings visible.
Appraisal
A surviving example of a late nineteenth-century British postbox in Dublin. Although unmarked, it is very similar to other Dublin postboxes manufactured by Handyside foundry of Derby, a prominent manufacturer of Victorian postboxes. The postbox's early date can be distinguished by its 'VR' monogram, dating it to before the death of Queen Victoria in 1901,and as such it stands as a relic of pre-Independence Ireland and the development of communication networks in the nineteenth century.