Survey Data
Reg No
50120055
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1930 - 1940
Coordinates
317101, 236544
Date Recorded
30/10/2017
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding round-plan cast-iron pillar postbox, erected c. 1935, having shallow domed cap and plinth base, raised insignia of 'P&T' (Poist agus Teileagrafa) and lettering 'Next collection' to front (west) face, moulded neck and dentillated frieze to cap, and maker's mark 'Carron Company Stirlingshire' to plinth. Set at junction of Lomond Avenue and Inverness Road, outside postal depot.
Appraisal
This attractive piece of street furniture illustrates the high quality of mass-produced cast-ironwork created in the early years of the twentieth century. The insignia, representing the national postal service, dates the box to the early years of the Irish Republic. The postbox reflects the many ways in which the native government proclaimed its legitimacy as the State found its feet. The maker, Carron Company, was known for the production of naval cannon in the nineteenth century and continued to be an important ironworks well into the twentieth century.