Survey Data
Reg No
60260207
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Post box
Date
1881 - 1901
Coordinates
322147, 224630
Date Recorded
12/04/2016
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1881-1901; extant 1909, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Now disused. Set in coursed rubble granite boundary wall.
Appraisal
A "wall box" post box supplied by W.T. Allen and Company (fl. 1881-1955) of London representing an interesting example of mass-produced cast-iron work making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a suburban street scene with embellishments identifying the artistic potential of the composition including the Queen Victoria (1814-1901; r. 1837-1901) royal cipher of additional significance as an imprinted reminder of the period when Ireland formed part of the British Empire.